Please elp me get my MBP (mid 2012 non-retina) working

[FlashHercules]

Okay, so about a year ago, my display crapped out on my MBP... no backlight, just dead screen. I never had a chance to bring it in for repair, but upon powering up, I could hear the boot up noises... leading me to believe it's a display issue.

Fast forward to today, my good buddy gave me his MBP (also mid 2012 non-retina, in better shape than mine). He was experiencing battery issues, and decided to go with a Mac Mini instead... he just wants the hard drive returned.

My plan is to take the battery and SSD from my MBP with display issues, and install it into my buddy's chassis. Is this something I can do myself? Are there any special procedures involved, or would it be a straightforward parts swap? I have zero experience upgrading Mac computers, but have built and repaired many Windows PCs in the past. I'm just not sure if there's any security measures on this model MBP that would prevent me from simply swapping the drive.

Thanks in advance!

 

[IngoX]

Both battery and HDD/SSD are easy and straight forward swaps on those machines. Follow replacement guides on iFixit. Good luck!

MacBook Pro 13" Unibody Mid 2012 Repair Help: Learn How to Fix It Yourself.

Mid 2012 model, A1278 / 2.5 GHz i5 or 2.9 GHz i7 processor.

www.ifixit.com

Only be careful with the hard drive cable. They are known to wear out on these models. It doesn´t have to be user induced while operating the insides, it happened to mine spontaneously. The theory is that the cable is a little too thin and delicate where it passes between the harddrive and the abrasive aluminium insides of the topcase. It eventually wears out and can give peculiar symtoms where it is part working, for example you might be able to boot but crash when you do an OS update. Anyhow it´s a cheap part not hard to find and an easy fix when it happens.