Mac Repair Guides for Apple Macbook, iPad, Powerbook iPhone & iPod

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Anton 7 years ago	Hi, Thank you for putting this videos, but you omit to explain important steps like heat-sink cover removal and screws for the front fan assembly. The video-cards and other PCI-e devices are held by a bracket and so on. These steps are important part of the process and can not be overlooked.
TyG 8 years ago	Good video. But you stopped short of removing the PSU fan. This is the part I am trying to replace. It has black rubber plugs in the 4 corners that seem very difficult to remove. I don't want to break them. Any help would be appreciated.
TyG 8 years ago	@Chris - Did you ever find out how to remove and replace the PSU fan in your Mac Pro?
Ty 8 years ago	@Chris - Not a stupid question. I am trying to replace mine too. This looks to be the hardest, least explained part to replace on these Mac Pros. I'm pulling my hair out.
Chris 8 years ago	May be a stupid question but does anyone know how to remove the psu fan it's held in by black rubber catches but I don't wormy to break them just to take out the fan. Any help would be great
Chris 8 years ago	May be a stupid question but does anyone know how to remove the psu fan it's held in by black rubber catches but I don't wormy to break them just to take out the fan. Any help would be great
Nile Ridgeman 9 years ago	There's a second screw on my 3,1 2008 8x2.8: at the very bottom of the fan unit at the corner nearest the heart shield. Easy to remove, difficult to put back, but once it and the black one on the board are out it's super easy. I can see why you have to pull the graphics card to pull the heat shield, but no idea why they have the memory unit loosened. Heat shield is held on by magnets BTW.
Grin 11 years ago	...whew...ok found that too. If i can upload a pict i will.
Grin 11 years ago	Thanks! I did find that...now what I'm struggling with is that it DOES look like my fan cage doesn't pull right out either. I removed the one black screw I could see (top right corner if fans are facing left) is there a second screw?
Powerbook Medic 11 years ago	@Grin - it depends exactly which model you have, but it is usually on the front side of the logic board under the 2nd hard drive bay.
Grin 11 years ago	Where is the install for Airport Extreme card? It looked like there was one, but can't find it! Am I missing it?
MC Lau 11 years ago	in this video dismantle seems very simple. but it wasnt really easy to dismantle... lucky there is such video.. otherwise i wont be able to dismantle it at all !!! thanks
Paul 11 years ago	@ 1' 39" It is most definitely not a TORX 15, not a 20 either, so either a 16, 17, 18 or 19
Keith Walter 12 years ago	The fan unit doesn't just pull out - there are two screws holding it in! Also the memory cage is easier to get out if you pull the fan into the cage first
Anthony 12 years ago	First time upgrading a mac, this video was beyond amazing! Thank You!
Gary Cotterill 13 years ago	This video is the only one that truly helped me in finding out the location of the two e-sata ports and how to get to them.. It is not intuitive that the plastic fan unit just pulls out and your video showed how simple it is. Thanks for this great video. The only thing that would make it better is a slow scan of the mother board showing locations of all ports and modules.. THANKS..
Kieran 13 years ago	My dream is to buy all the parts for one then build a Mac Pro myself, it would cost more but would be a amazing taks thanks for the videos
miguel 13 years ago	Thanks. Very usefull to me.