PowerBook G4 Titanium Mercury Lower Case Replacement

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PowerBook G4 Titanium Mercury Lower Case Replacement

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

Time Required

No estimate

Introduction

Just remove a few Phillips screws, and the bottom case slides off.

Tools

Phillips #0 Screwdriver

Parts

G4 Titanium Mercury Lower Case

Step 1

Turn the G4 over.
Remove the eight Phillips screws from the lower case.

Step 2

Using your thumbs, slide the lower case away from you.
The lower case may stick in the front on a tab just above the center of the DVD drive. Be careful as you work the case off, or you may break the thin strip of plastic just above the drive.
Lift the lower case off.

Please do steps 7 and 8 before you do 5 and 6, because opening the lid without the bottom plate screwed in place easily breaks the plastic around the powerbook as it is pretty fragile after 20+ years. Mine broke even further as it already hat started an to get the bottom top screws back on I had to flip open the display, beg for it not to fall off and let it hang over my table, so the stress from the hinges would be released. It all fit back together, but is broken more than before, changing the PRAM battery (it’s under the dvd drive) went well and the laptop finally turned on again :)

Jonathan Voß -