I was nosing
around my computer one day and noticed Apple built the new
MacBook Pros to take advantage of striped RAID-0 To learn
more about the different types of RAID
configurations click here.
I do a lot of movie editing now and work with
large files, so it makes sence for me to use this type of
data recording. I was introduced to this type of recording
through Other World Computers (OWC) and one of their firewire
800 drives. I bought a 1TB backup drive for backing up our
company computers around here, then a couple of video cameras
later I needed more storage, so I ended up getting another
1TB drive and a smaller 200GB drive with firewire 800 to plug
directly into my MacBook Pro without have to plug in a external
power supply. Let me tell you. They have some of the fastest
drive out. Gigs fly by pretty damn fast.
Lets get back on track here. I noticed my
MBP could do RAID-0. This is going to be awesome I thought
because of the speed, so I googled it to see if anyone has
done it yet and of course someone had almost a year ago. I
read the artical and he made it sound like a walk in the park.
I thought to myself. Well. Now they have 320GB drives I can
double what he did. I'll probably have the first MBP with
a striped RAID-0 640GB array. Sweet speed and great storage.
Or-so-I-thought. I had my Superdrive to hard drive adapter
and two 320GB drives ordered even before I read the artical
and I was getting more excited the more I read about what
he had to say. Below is some of the trouble I went through
and had.
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There are a total of 11 machine screws on the
bottom of the computer that have to come out. 2 of which are
T-6 Torx. Now don't go trying to remove them with a Allen or
Phillips. The screwdrivers are to easy and to cheap to get.
You paid a lot for the MBP so respect it. |
| They are 2 machine screws on what I would consider the back.
Not shown are the 4 machine screws on each side. |
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The 2 Torx and 4 Phillips screws are long, so it's easy to
keep track of them. |
000 Phillips
T-6 Torx
You need these and they're
cheap at HomeDepot. Like 5 bucks each and they come with 8
tips each. |
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To the left is the RAM cover plate with some screws from SuperDrive. |
| 2 of the Phillips are kind of hiding, so look at the picture
and I'm sure you'll see them. |
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Once you remove all the screws. Pry up with
your finger nail under the plastic grey lip around the lower
body of the computer. It's a lot like a belt line on a car.
With the keyboard facing up start in the lower
right hand corner and it'll crack open quickly.
Once open, you'll notice right away that there
is a ribbon strip going the top plate/keyboard. Remove the
tape and carefully pry the ribbon strip off it's socket.
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| To the right is the lower rigth hand coner of the SuperDrive.
Notice I have removed all the screws from the drive cover itself.
This was a mistake and useless, so look into the crack and you'll
notice the real screw that should be removed. |
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| The upper right hand corner of the SuperDrive. The screw in
this corner sticks out, because it has a blue isolator built
into it.There is a picture of it above on the RAM cover. |
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| I didn't take a picture of the last corner,
but trust me there is a screw in the lower left hand corner
of the drive. However you are loking at the upper left hand
corner right now. You'll also have another ribbon cable to remove
here. Again be carefull. |
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