PowerBook G4 Titanium Onyx Hard Drive Replacement

Using your thumbs, slide the lower case away from you.

Lift the lower case off.

Your laptop should look approximately like this.

Firmly grasp the plastic tab attached to the Airport card and pull up and to the left.

Disconnect the antenna cable from the left side of the Airport card.

Disconnect the hard drive ribbon from the logic board using a spudger or the tip of your finger, removing tape as necessary.

To free the hard drive, remove the two T8 Torx screws from the right wall of the battery housing.

Remove the hard drive by gently grasping the orange ribbon cable and lifting the left edge up and out of the computer.

Your laptop should look approximately like this.

Remove the two black plastic bumpers and two T8 Torx screws from the side of the hard drive.

Grasp the orange ribbon cable and disconnect it from the hard drive. If the connector is tight, gently rock it from side to side.