Story: Got Macbook Pro (non-retina) last year - mid-2012 model, 13 inch. Decided I wanted an SSD, so I replaced the HDD and put one in. Shortly after decided I wanted the old HDD in the optical drive's SATA port, so I bought this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058AH2US/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and proceeded to try and install it myself. Bad idea. Upon what I thought was completion, the Macbook's "J" key popped up a bit out of the keyboard meaning I had likely screwed the new drive assembly in too tight. I loosened everything up, put the case back on and rebooted, only to find the J key completely unresponsive, and I am no longer able to boot into recovery mode at the Apple logo by holding option. Oddly enough, the key still works in OSX just fine. At this point, I'm in over my head and am taking it to Apple tomorrow. On the plus side, the drive shows up. Any idea what I'm looking at for repair price?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058AH2US/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
and proceeded to try and install it myself. Bad idea. Upon what I thought was completion, the Macbook's "J" key popped up a bit out of the keyboard meaning I had likely screwed the new drive assembly in too tight. I loosened everything up, put the case back on and rebooted, only to find the J key completely unresponsive, and I am no longer able to boot into recovery mode at the Apple logo by holding option. Oddly enough, the key still works in OSX just fine. At this point, I'm in over my head and am taking it to Apple tomorrow. On the plus side, the drive shows up. Any idea what I'm looking at for repair price?
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