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Dropped PowerBook 12"
Authored by: drmacnut on Nov 17, '08 12:49:44PM

Glad to hear your baby (Mac) is working again after that running bear hug!

Nevertheless, the point of this little note is to kindly suggest to you that (1) you make a really good backup of your hard drive right now, and (2) that you get in there and replace the drive with something that hasn't hit the floor running at 100 miles per hour (figuratively speaking).

It might seem like an amazingly difficult job to replace the drive, and although it is by no means easy on a 12", if done carefully and with attention to detail, it can be most satisfying indeed! Those 12" PowerBooks are gems. Go to iFix it, buy a new 5400 RPM drive from them (to support their free guides!) and use the guide to help you do the job. Get one of those inexpensive Wal-Mart plastic boxes with all the little partitions in it and number each section with a Sharpie, so you can put the screws from each step in place. Also, beware of static discharge. Good luck. Give it a go!



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Dropped PowerBook 12"
Authored by: robg on Nov 17, '08 04:22:04PM
Actually, I've already done it once :). Given the machine is now mainly my downstairs websurfer and travel machine (when I don't need the power of the MBP), there's not a lot on the hard drive. It is, however, backed up via Time Machine, in case something does go wrong.

-rob.

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Dropped PowerBook 12"
Authored by: drmacnut on Nov 18, '08 09:08:43AM

Haha what an observant reader I am (not!): I didn't even notice it was you, robg, posting about the ALLOC-MEM hint and your PowerBook 12"! Of course you would have already done an HD switch. My apologies. It's like telling Einstein how to do mathematics!



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Dropped PowerBook 12"
Authored by: Volt on Nov 17, '08 06:08:39PM

This is a good suggestion, but I must say—about 2 years ago I dropped my 12" PowerBook about 4 ft. onto ceramic tile. I was seriously worried, but the only damage it sustained was a small dent above the DVD slot. I don't recommend just crossing your fingers and hoping everything still works perfectly (like I did), but I think these things are pretty resilient.

I guess the sudden motion sensor prevented a head crash. It was actually perfectly horizontal to the floor right when it hit.

I do back up my data nightly though.



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