iBook RAM install. Smalles. Screws. Ever.

serranoserrano
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
Gawd. /me looks at his 512 so-dimm. /me looks at this useless set of mini screwdrivers. Why? Did Apple have to use the wierdest screws ever? Why not just use tabs? Have any of you done a ram install on an iBook- what size screwdriver am I going to need to buy?



I can't take 128 much longer...

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  • Reply 1 of 10
    jesperasjesperas Posts: 524member
    If you have the Dual USB models (the current ones), Philips #0, according to the Apple <a href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=60427&amp;SaveKCWindowURL=http:% 2F%2Fkbase.info.apple.com%2Fcgi-bin%2FWebObjects%2Fkbase.woa%2Fwa%2FSaveKCToHomePa ge&searchMode=Assisted&kbhost=kbase.info.apple.com &showButton=false&randomValue=100&showSurvey=false &sessionID=anonymous|155936260" target="_blank">knowledgebase</a> article.
  • Reply 2 of 10
    emaneman Posts: 7,204member
    Yeah, it's a Phillips # 0. I got mine in a small screwdriver set at Home Depot.



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  • Reply 3 of 10
    serranoserrano Posts: 1,806member
    Thanks guys, I'll be heading down to OSH today.



  • Reply 4 of 10
    daveleedavelee Posts: 245member
    Yep jewellers screwdrivers (get a good quality set - those buggers are in tight - may damage a lesser set).



    AND DON'T DROP THE SCREWS INTO THE CASE!!!!



    That is a whole world of pain...
  • Reply 5 of 10
    cosmocosmo Posts: 662member
    [quote]Originally posted by DaveLee:

    <strong>Yep jewellers screwdrivers (get a good quality set - those buggers are in tight - may damage a lesser set).



    AND DON'T DROP THE SCREWS INTO THE CASE!!!!



    That is a whole world of pain...</strong><hr></blockquote>



    There is still a free floating screw somewhere in my imac from the last time i installed ram

  • Reply 6 of 10
    torifiletorifile Posts: 4,024member
    The screwdriver that came on my little swiss army knife works perfectly for those things. And the tip is just a tad magnetized to help me and my clumsy fingers out.
  • Reply 7 of 10
    serranoserrano Posts: 1,806member
    Argh. /me looks at this new #0 Phillips. /me still looks at his uninstalled 512 so-dimm.



    Why must the screws be soooo shallow? The 0 has the right size points, but is too sharp... I don't have a file... I think I'm going to use the concrete to flatten the tip...
  • Reply 8 of 10
    spartspart Posts: 2,060member
    [quote]Originally posted by Cosmo:

    <strong>



    There is still a free floating screw somewhere in my imac from the last time i installed ram

    </strong><hr></blockquote>



    <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />



    I've done that once, though I did eventually get it out.



    Shaking an iBook around to get out a screw is one thing, holding a fourty pound iMac over your head via creaking handles is quite another.
  • Reply 9 of 10
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    try adding a HD. you take dozens of those bastards out. i only had one extra when i was done.



    any normal computer screwdriver set should have what you need. you can pick up a nice set at radioshack for like $10
  • Reply 10 of 10
    mount_my_floppymount_my_floppy Posts: 913member
    I have a g4 tower
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