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Easily upgrade to a fast 8x SuperDrive.
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Locate the battery release tab on the underside of the G4.
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Slide the battery release tab to the left and lift the battery out of the computer.
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Remove the seven T8 Torx screws from the lower case.
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Using your thumbs, slide the lower case toward the front of the computer.
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The lower case may stick in the front on a tab just above the center of the optical drive. Be careful as you work the case off, or you may break the thin strip of plastic just above the drive.
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Lift the lower case off.
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Disconnect the hard drive ribbon from the logic board using a spudger or the tip of your finger.
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To free the hard drive, remove the two T8 Torx screws from the right wall of the battery housing.
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Remove the hard drive by lifting the left edge up and out of the computer.
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Your laptop should look approximately like this.
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Disconnect and remove the indicated orange ribbon cable.
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Disconnect the pink and white inverter cable from the inverter board.
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Remove the two silver T8 Torx screws from the black plastic bar.
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Lift the black plastic bar out.
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Disconnect the two orange connectors from the logic board, removing tape as necessary.
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Lift the drive up on the right side so that you can access and disconnect the modem cable and inverter cable.
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Remove the drive by lifting the right edge up and out of the computer.
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Remove the 4 T6 Torx screws securing the modem and inverter boards to the optical drive.
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Lift the inverter board off of the optical drive.
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Lift the modem off of the optical drive, carefully guiding the orange cable through the metal mounting bracket.
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Disconnect the orange optical drive ribbon from the back of the drive.
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Remove the 2 Phillips screws from the side with the longer bumper.
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Remove the bracket from the optical drive.
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Remove the 2 Phillips screws from the other side of the optical drive.
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Remove the bracket from the optical drive.
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Remove the 4 Phillips #00 screws from the top of the optical drive.
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Lift up on the thinner edge of the optical drive so that you can access and depress the recessed black tab using a spudger.
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Use a spudger to depress and release the two black tabs on top of the optical drive directly over the bezel.
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Use a spudger to depress and release the black tab on the left side of the optical drive.
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Carefully remove the bezel from the optical drive, minding the two plastic tabs on the bottom, which may catch.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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