Macbook HD upgrade - what tool?

[generik]

Eh I noticed that the hard drive is screwed into the aluminium cradle using hex screws, what size are those screws? Can't seem to figure out else I would have gotten a screwdriver to finish off an upgrade

Thanks!

 

[risc]

According to http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/86.4.0.html you need a ##00 Phillips Screwdriver. I work with notebook hardware all the time and when you say a hex screw are you talking about Torx? Because a phillips head wouldn't be hex.

 

[joshwest]

Dont listen to anyone its a hex-6 tool you can only get at electronic stores or radioshack i had to buy one to swap mine out. Its around 10 bucks for a set

 

[UnixMage]

Right out of the Apple DIY Guide
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/MacBook_13inch_HardDrive_DIY.pdf

Tools Required

The following tools are required:​

Clean, soft, lint-free cloth
Coin
Phillips #1 screwdriver (preferably with a long handle)
Stiff, plastic, nonmagnetic card (such as a library card)​

 

[xfiftyfour]

Right out of the Apple DIY Guide
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en/MacBook_13inch_HardDrive_DIY.pdf

Tools Required

The following tools are required:​

Clean, soft, lint-free cloth
Coin
Phillips #1 screwdriver (preferably with a long handle)
Stiff, plastic, nonmagnetic card (such as a library card)​

you need the hex tool to get the metal casing off of the current HD and to put it onto the new one.

personally, i picked up a cheap plastic one with a few interchangable heads for a dollar. that was the BEST dollar i ever spent - comes in handy more often than you'd guess (including the other night when i upgraded my MB HD, heh).