MacBook Air Models A1237 und A1304 Festplatten- Austausch

Geschrieben von: Walter Galan

Kommentare: 35

MacBook Air Models A1237 und A1304 Festplatten- Austausch

Schwierigkeitsgrad

Mittel

Schritte

Zeitaufwand

1 - 2 Stunden

Einleitung

Die Festplatte auszutauschen ist einfach! Du kannst dadurch auch die Speicherkapazität vergrößern.

Werkzeuge

Ersatzteile

Schritt 1

Ziehe den Stecker deines MacBook Air und schalte ihn vor Reparaturbeginn aus.
Das Gehäuseunterteil ist mit 10 Kreuzschlitzschrauben am Air befestigt. Drehe sie heraus:
Sechs 2,8 mm Schrauben
Zwei 3,8 mm Schrauben
Zwei 5,4 mm Schrauben

Schritt 2

Hebe das Gehäuseunterteil in der Nähe der Lüftungsöffnungen leicht an und schiebe es in Richtung hinteres Ende des Computers. Du löst dadurch die Haltezungen.

Schritt 3

Löse den Akkuanschluss, indem du ihn aus seinem Sockel ziehst.

Schritt 4

Entferne folgende neun Kreuzschlitzschrauben, die den Akku befestigen:
Vier 2,9 mm Schrauben
Vier 3,8 mm Schrauben
Eine 7,2 mm Schraube

Schritt 5

Hebe den Akku aus dem Air heraus.
Wenn du einen neuen Akku einbaust, solltest du ihn nach dem Einbau kalibrieren:
Lade ihn auf 100% auf und lasse ihn mind. 2 weitere Stunden laden. Benutze das Gerät normal, um den Akku zu leeren. Wenn die Akkuanzeige niedrig ist, speichere deine Arbeit ab und lasse dein Laptop weiter laufen bis es sich wegen eines leeren Akkus von selbst abschaltet. Warte mind. 5 Stunden, lade dann dein Laptop ohne Unterbrechung auf 100% auf.
Falls du nach dem Einbau deines neuen Akkus irgendwelche Probleme oder etwas Ungewöhnliches feststellst, musst du unter Umständen den SMC deines MacBooks zurücksetzen.

Schritt 6

Löse das Flachbandkabel zu den Ports vom Logic Board indem du es an seiner schwarzen Zuglasche gerade nach oben ziehst.
Das Flachbandkabel zum Audioausgang ist am Gehäuse verklebt. Löse es ab.
Heble die kleine Platine mit dem Verbinder des Audiokabels mit einem Spudger weg von der Halterung der Festplatte.

I skipped the step (6c) of prying the audio out ribbon cable connector board off the hard drive bracket (& disconnecting it), since it doesn't come off real easily, and I didn't want to damage it. It only requires a little more care when removing the HD from it's bracket if you skip step 6c.

amiller770 -

Schritt 7

Löse den Verbinder des Audiokabels aus seinem Sockel auf der kleinen Platine.

This is not necessary and looks pretty risky too.

eugene_o -

Agreed, I encountered no issues when I skipped this on a Rev.B model.

Kyle Milnes -

Schritt 8

Heble den Verbinder des Festplattenkabels vom Logic Board hoch.

Reversing step 8 is where I ran into trouble. The replacement fan I had was slightly thicker than the original and caused the ZIF cable to work its way out of the tenuous connection it had to the SSD, resulting in a "?" missing boot drive error upon startup. Took me three tries to get it right! The difficulty is to get the drive connector to the logic board to reach and seat without pulling the other end out of the drive.

aaronmiller -

Schritt 9

Fädle das Mikrofonkabel mit dem flachen Ende des Spudgers aus der Halteklammer der Festplatte.
Entferne jeglichen Kleber von der Schraubenabdeckung der Festplattenklammer.

Schritt 10

Die ganze Festplatteneinheit ist mit vier Kreuzschlitzschrauben am oberen Gehäuse befestigt. Drehe sie heraus:
Zwei 4,7 mm Schrauben
Zwei 3,9 mm Schrauben

Longer screws on top.

Adam Nelson -

Two 3.9 mm Phillips screws.

Two 4.7 mm Phillips screws.

Alvaro Hermida -

There is a cable glued to the diskframe that must be loosened with a spudger before you can remove the frame.

oysteinalsaker -

Schritt 11

Hebe die Festplatteneinheit aus dem oberen Gehäuse.

Ever since Steve Jobs died, Apple hasn't been what it used to be.

George A. - 20/12/16

Schritt 12

Drücke die Festplatte mit den Daumen aus ihrer Halterung heraus.

Schritt 13

Ziehe das Dämpfergummi rings um den Rand der Festplatte ab.

Schritt 14

Wenn vorhanden, musst du das kleine Stück schwarzen Klebebandes vom Verbinder des Flachbandkabels ablösen.

Schritt 15

Die zwei verschiedenen Versionen des MacBook Air haben verschiedene Festplattenanschlüsse. Wenn deine Vorgehensweise ungeeignet für den Anschluss ist, kannst du die Festplatte beschädigen! Sei sehr vorsichtig, wenn du das Festplattenkabel löst. Die ZIF Verbinder sind sehr empfindlich.
Wenn du den originalen MacBook Air (A1237) besitzt, musst du mit dem Spudger oder den Daumen die Sicherungsklappe am Verbinder in Richtung ZUM Kabel hin aufklappen. (Siehe Bild 1)
Wenn du das MacBook Air in der Version A1304 besitzt, musst du mit dem Spudger oder den Daumen die Sicherungsklappe am Verbinder in Richtung WEG VOM Kabel hin aufklappen. (Siehe Bild 2)
Ziehe das Festplattenkabel aus seinem Sockel.

The ribbon cable retaining flap is the black piece of plastic under the white piece of plastic.

Adam Nelson -

Hello

I buy a 60GB m Nano ssd but whp can help me please :(

My Email; bmw357@hotmail.de

jahad nuri -

my macbook air hard driver was failed. now i need to buy the new one with model MCCOE64GEMPP-01A 1.8 INCH 3.3 V ATA7 UDMA66

could you send me with my email address anduamlakk@gmail.com

anduamlak alehegn - 25/06/16

Hi, I've a A1304 hardware configuration (24-pin cable) and recently I've bought an SSD which uses an A1237 hard drive connector's (40-pin cable). If I buy this diferent cable can I use it without major problems?

Thanks

Edgar Castro - 01/07/17

A1237(original and 2008) uses 40-pin ZIF cable, and internally E-IDE signal.

A1304(2009) uses 24-pin LIF cable, and internally S-ATA signal.

It’s not only different cable, but also different disk drive. If you bought one, you physically cannot uses on otherwise.

Sorry to resurrect ancient question, but this might be helpful if someone trying in the furute.

Anonymous - 04/10/19

Schritt 16

Wenn du eine neue Festplatte einbauen willst, haben wir für dich eine Anleitung zur Installation von OS X.
Wenn nötig musst du den Schaumstoff von der alten auf die neue Festplatte übertragen. Du kannst den Schaumstoff mit etwas Geduld und einem Spudger ablösen.
Es gibt zwei wesentliche Verfahren, um mit dem MacBook Air Cds und DVDs lesen zu können: Entweder kaufst du ein externes SuperDrive oder du benutzt Apples Remote Disc. Mit Remote Disc kannst du auf das optische Laufwerk eines benachbarten Apple zugreifen.

Abschluss

Um dein Gerät wieder zusammenzusetzen, folge den Schritten in umgekehrter Reihenfolge.

Tinte & Feder

Walter Galan

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22 Kommentare

It is not necessary to remove the battery. The hard drive can easily be reached while the battery is in place, although you have a little bit more space if you do remove the battery.

It probably is a good idea to unplug the battery before replacing the hard drive, so you do not accidentally short-circuit anything.

Remco Dijkman -

My hard drive replacement (a Mach Xtreme Nano PATA ZIF 120GB SSD) actually went in the other way up from the stock Apple Drive. ie The ZIF connector is seen when put back together, rather than under the drive as is the case with the Apple Drive (as seen in Steps 10&11). This also meant the cable came up past the drive on the inside of the bracket then to the mother board. I had tried several times the same way as the Apple drive was, and the cable kept being pulled out of the ZIF connector when putting it back together. Luckily this did not damage my drive.

Charlie -

I cannot tell you how thankful I am for your comment. I bought exactly the same SSD and spent the better part of today trying to get the computer to see it in Disk Utility. I tried everything (at least I thought so!), tweaking the ZIF cable, resetting the rubber bumper, and so on. Must have done ten or more restarts to no avail. The only thing I didn't do was turn the drive upside down! Thank you so much!

Peace Freak -

SERIOUSLY. 2 hours trying to figure out WHY it wouldn't work, THANK YOU CHARLIE. YEARS LATER.

michaeldamiano - 09/11/16

This guide was very helpful and accurate for our A1304 Air, I have commented/adjusted the guide to give some extra info which I felt was missing, useful for identifying the correct model/revision and related replacement part.

I fitted a RunCore 128GB SSD to our A1304 (Revision B) Air, it was easy enough and works exactly as we hoped! The A1304 (Revision B) model Air has a LIF connector. RunCore have different SSD products for the different Air revisions, it would be easy to order the wrong part, so be sure you you what modle/revision of Air you're working on!

Read the guide in full for, for all the details.

Kyle Milnes -

I think the hard drive connector cables for the A1237 & A1304 are different. I purchased a Samsung 120GB (HS12UHE/A) and the cable on my A1237 didn't fit.

Sean McKenna -

HELP! I replaced my Original Macbook Air hard drive with a Samsung 1.8" 120 G PATA HS12YHA hard drive. Now my Mac gives me the flashing folder with the "?" and Disk Utility doesn't recognize the new drive. Any suggestions??

Deborah -

I installed the new hard drive. Your instructions were very accurate. However, when I turn the machine on, I see a blinking folder image with a question mark in the middle. I am assuming since the hard drive is completely blank, there is no "boot" routine. However, since this is an Air, there is no internal disc drive so I don't know how to run the original install discs. Any thoughts?

kevin c -

There is a little restore USB that came with that MacBook Air that can be used to install the OS on the new hard drive.

Mike -

Did you have response to. Your question? I have same problem ?

Moh -

The foam looking parts on the HDD - what are they and where do I get them from ? Are they required or can the replacement drives go in without them? I have the rubber shock absorber and the casing but I don't have the felt or foam stick on parts. I hope someone knows what the !@#$ i'm talking about!

Max -

Yay!

All went smoothly installing a Toshiba 160GB MK1634GAL HDD.

"Look! It's moving. It's sha — it's... it's alive. It's alive... It's alive, it's moving, it's alive! It's alive, it's alive, it's alive! It's ALIVE!"

Thank you sooooo much!

SRE - 12/05/14

Great guide, but huge overkill!

As has been mentioned by others, I

1) removed the cover,

2) disconnected the battery (but left it in place)

3) unhooked the cable from the top edge of the hard disk bumper.

4) disconnected the wide 'port hatch' ribbon cable that sits on top of the drive, moving it back but not removing it completely.

5) disconnected the data cable for the hard disk where it plugs onto the logic board.

6) removed the screws holding the hard disk bumper in place

7) removed the hard disk.

Everything else is not needed, and you still have loads of room to work in. The more you touch in there, the easier it is to break something.

Thanks for the guide

PhilH - 26/06/14

Just in case anybody doing resurrection these old things.

As post upside mensioned, there are difference HDD thingy between Early 2008(A1237) and Late 2008 + Mid 2009(both A1304). 1st gen A1237 uses 40pin ZIF connector and internal PATA(=E-IDE) protocol. 2nd gen A1304 uses 24pin LIF connector and internal SATA protocol. They don't compatible each other both cable and disk.

If you want to replace 1g A1237 HDD, you can just buy 1.8" 40pin ZIF HDD and replace it. No problem.

But if you try to replace 2g A1304 HDD, There is no way to buy 24pin LIF connector used HDD or SSD (with proper price, at least). And that's because LIF24 is specific design for some Apple devices. But LIF24 internally uses standard SATA pins. So you can jump from the LIF24 cable's pin header. It provides 3.3v, GND, SATA data A+, A-, B-, B+. If you going to use mSATA SSD or 1.8" SATA SSD, it just uses 3.3v only so jump LIF24 to mSATA should works. By any chance it needs 5v, there's always 5v in USB.

Anonymous - 26/01/15

I appreciate the effort you made to make the video but as a previous macBook Pro user and new to macBook Air scene, I have to ask doesnt the lit up apple logo on the outside mean you had the laptop on when you flipped it over and took it apart?

Rick Ellis - 22/04/16

my macbook air hard driver was failed. now i need to buy the new one with model A1304. I prefer ssd

Could you send me with my email address gustavo.arce13@gmail.com

Gustavo Ace - 25/06/16

my macbook air hard driver was failed. now i need to buy the new one with model A1304. I prefer SSD

could you send me with my email address gustavo.arce13@gmail.com Thank you

Gustavo Ace - 25/06/16

Thank you so much, this worked perfectly for me. I needed to change the battery as well as the HDD anyway.

Simon Baldwin - 01/11/16

will this fit MacBook air A1237? https://www.memoryc.com/storage/solidsta...

Marek - 23/04/17

Hi Guys, I hope you can help me with answer to my following questions:

I have an Issue witn my Macbook Air 2012. When I turn it on I do see a bliking question mark. For that I found out that I have to replace a Hard drive cable. Is that correct?

If yes could you please describe how to do that? And which cable “Serial Number” do I have to buy?

Many thanks to you in advance.

regards!

Mirak

Karim - 01/12/20

Hi Sir

I need 1.8 Inch PATA ZIF SSD available sir

nowsathar91 -

In umgekehrter Reihenfolge wieder zusammen bauen

? Und die neue Festplatte auch wieder mit der alten Austauschen?

😂😂😂

LOL

Melanie Geurts -