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Old December 15th, 2006, 07:52 AM
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Just modded my new-to-me H120 to an H130. Got an Apple-branded MK3006GAL off of Ebay for $70 (it had apparently already been formatted using a laptop, so no problems with partition weirdness or anything) and a Torx screwdriver set at Home Depot for $6. Followed NPswimdude500's instructions, very easy. Nothing more to say, could not have been easier.

Battery upgrade to 2200mAh battery happens next week.
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Old December 16th, 2006, 12:12 AM
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Battery upgrade is easy but not as easy as the HD upgrade. Just a bit tricky if you have big fingers like me.
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Old December 18th, 2006, 12:36 PM
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Glad the FAQ helped! I added your link to the 'links' section.
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Old December 18th, 2006, 04:07 PM
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Battery upgrade is easy but not as easy as the HD upgrade. Just a bit tricky if you have big fingers like me.
Yeah, I got a hint of that today as I was disassembling it again to resolder the headphone jack contacts in place.

The worst problem for me was the fact that the Torx screwdriver I bought doesn't have a magnetic tip -- those little screws on the motherboard kept falling off when I tried to put them back in.

But yeah -- big fingers here, too. Not good for precision electronics work!
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Old December 18th, 2006, 04:09 PM
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Indeed, it did!
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Old January 24th, 2007, 10:54 PM
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The worst problem for me was the fact that the Torx screwdriver I bought doesn't have a magnetic tip -- those little screws on the motherboard kept falling off when I tried to put them back in.
Next time around, might try magnetizing your Torx screwdriver...less dropped screws
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Old January 25th, 2007, 03:35 PM
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Next time around, might try magnetizing your Torx screwdriver...less dropped screws
Personally, I prefer to use a tiny bit of petrolium jelly (vasiline) to keep the screws stuck to the driver rather than magnetism, as magnetic fields can be damaging to some components in/on the mother board / harddrive. Even though the ammount of magnetism is probably to small to cause damage there is still a small change it will.
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