Well I was supposed to sell my macbook, but then when I had some interested buyers I found an ebay store that sold an 8x Dual-Layer Superdrive for $159USD - So I bought it!!!!
Then I decided to buy a 160GB 7200RPM hard drive, so my shit can compile faster when i'm coding.
All in all, the total cost of fixing my MBP was $314.23 which is awesome! I didn't go with buying a bottom case... just used a hammer, and a wooden train track from my kid's thomas the tank engine set to remove the dent.
And viola! It's installing Leopard as I type this!!
Notes:
- Go to ifixit.com and check out their detailed instructions how to open your MBP.
- Remember to hold the "C" button after you hear the "bong" sound - that makes your MBP boot up on you DVD drive.
Youporn! Here I come! I missed 1 week of your awesome content!!!
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My MacBook Pro is F***ing Alive!!!!
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For Sale - Busted MacBook Pro (with Busted SuperDrive)
Once upon a time... ahhh forget it. It's for sale for $500 for parts or if you want to spend some more money, you can buy a new SuperDrive and you have a cheap macbook pro. Hard drive not included.
Here are the specs:
- MBP 1st gen.
- ATI 256MB Video Card
- 2GB Ram
- new MagSafe power adapter
- OSX Leopard DVD
- 2 Macbook Pro batteries (Holy Sh*t!)
- Some awesome white decals
Long story short, I was updating my MBP with a software update, then something messed up so I needed to re-install.
But what I noticed was that there was a dent on the bottom case, so I couldn't fit my Leopard DVD (Damn pop-can).
So I opened my MBP, fixed the case, and then found that the SuperDrive (DVD) was busted.
As much as I wanna fix it, I don't have time.
"But Jonas, what about you brining it to the shop and getting it repaired?" - Nahhhhhh... I'm due for another laptop, and have been eye'ing on a macbook (black).
So if you have skill and the $500 to buy an awesome laptop that gave me my coding skills, this is the laptop for you! All you need is to buy a new hard drive, and a new SuperDrive. And you will have an uber facebook browser.
holla at me if you wants it... Oh yea, Canada only.
Below are some pics of the MBP.
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I've been GoogleCoded!
I have a bunch of spikes and some cool stuff that I wanna keep... so I decided to post it on google code....
To Check out the stuff that I have, go here: http://ezed.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/
