Hello Everyone!
I've had my current MBP 2 1/2 years or so now, running like a champ. Last November, I upgraded it with a 750GB WD Scorpio Black drive with bay in the optical slot (not optibay, fortunately or unfortunately) and an OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD I got for a steal at MacMall. Machine is running better than ever.
Here's my predicament: a school friend of mine is interested in getting an MBP, and I'm contemplating getting a 15" MBP (Not retina, can't afford it). I want to sell her mine, but there are two issues: 1. I'll have to put the optical drive back in, this school friend is not terribly computer savvy to have to deal with the little quirks of having an external optical drive that was once internal. 2. The upgrade did not go 100% smoothly, the screws are soft and while I did get them off and on again (just barely) for the upgrade, I don't think they will last the second time I try it. I was using a tool kit from Radio Shack (apologies if blasphemed, there.)
So, the plan is to take out both HDD and SDD and install the HDD from the MBP i plan to buy (1TB 5400 most likely). I upgraded RAM much earlier to 8GB so that's not an issue. The issue is screws! Where can I get replacement screws? I have seen some websites, but I need numbers to match, length and type of screw.
Any help or feedback is appreciated. Thanks!
I've had my current MBP 2 1/2 years or so now, running like a champ. Last November, I upgraded it with a 750GB WD Scorpio Black drive with bay in the optical slot (not optibay, fortunately or unfortunately) and an OCZ Vertex 3 240GB SSD I got for a steal at MacMall. Machine is running better than ever.
Here's my predicament: a school friend of mine is interested in getting an MBP, and I'm contemplating getting a 15" MBP (Not retina, can't afford it). I want to sell her mine, but there are two issues: 1. I'll have to put the optical drive back in, this school friend is not terribly computer savvy to have to deal with the little quirks of having an external optical drive that was once internal. 2. The upgrade did not go 100% smoothly, the screws are soft and while I did get them off and on again (just barely) for the upgrade, I don't think they will last the second time I try it. I was using a tool kit from Radio Shack (apologies if blasphemed, there.)
So, the plan is to take out both HDD and SDD and install the HDD from the MBP i plan to buy (1TB 5400 most likely). I upgraded RAM much earlier to 8GB so that's not an issue. The issue is screws! Where can I get replacement screws? I have seen some websites, but I need numbers to match, length and type of screw.
Any help or feedback is appreciated. Thanks!