Just let the macbook sleep it off. It'll feel like crap most of the day. Running slow as heck, complaining how bad it feels. Dry heaving in the bathroom.... Hey we've all done the same thing, a time or two...right? Hopefully it'll feel a little guilty for a while, and stay away from the hard stuff.... :-) Mike (spilled my whiskey a time or two)

2.5" IDE/ATA Hard Drive to ATAPI Optical Bay Adapter I've been looking at this option for my 2007 17" MBP core 2 duo macbookpro3,1 or my 15" MBP of the same age, if I ever get it running... Only reason I didn't get one and install a 2nd drive in the opti bay, when I replaced the main hd, was the price…$99.00 seems kinda pricey, when the other 'data-doubler' mounts are about $19. I often think about biting the bullet, and spending 100 bucks…maybe you should go first! :-) "OWC 2.5" IDE/ATA Hard Drive to ATAPI Optical Bay Adapter for select PowerBook, MacBook Pro 15-inch or MacBook Pro 17-inch models" http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/OB0GK... good luck -Mike

Here's a link to what looks exactly like the ir sensor in my 2007 MBP 15" a1226. I got this link from a guy on apple.discussions. I couldn't find anything...I know this post is old, but my link works as-of 2 minutes ago... http://www.pchub.com/uph/laptop/68-90479-15821/Apple-MacBook-Pro-15-Core-2-Duo-A1226-Infrared-Board.html

For what its worth...I can't remember the specific year-make-models of iMacs, but its was really easy to find info on youtube with specifics...My mom had an iMac she bough at compUsa and the kid salesperson said 'ya this is an intel' She bought it, the kid was wrong and she ended up with one of the last ppc model imacs... But she started getting wierd things happening after 6-8 months...Fans would start blazing all of a sudden with everything getting 'buggy'...apps not starting, freezing...things just acting like maybe corrupt drivers on this or that...I was advised to do a pram reset, reset the PMU...leavethe machine unplugged for 15-30 minutes (which seemed to work for a while) and all sorts of key combos to use during boot or reboot...clean install of the OS. Nope. Even booting of and external drive didn't seem to improve things after a certain point. Usually hidden OS folders/directorys would show up...Nothing ever fully fixed things. Got it to boot from external and work well enough for my mom to get...

I managed to get a couple of fingerprints on the LCD.

What's the best way to clean 'em off?

What's the safest way?

I was trying to get the little triangle spacer in place to get the speakers installed. I had it in some tweezers trying to see what I was doing wearing some magnifying goggles, when the spacer shot out like a watermelon seed from between your fingers....Never got a clear view of where i went but it looked like it went sailing over into a part of the room where there is loads of little small bits+pieces in loads of other bigger boxes and containers...it sailed off into the land of the lost. I'd be lucky to happen to see the little booger during spring cleaning...I won't hold my breath. Anybody know where i can buy such a thing?

edit- I made a replacement out of some scrap plastic . Doesn't look too bad. Not sure about thickness. So I'm just gonna put everything back together and hope for the best.

I was holding the plastic triangle spacer in a pair of tweezers, and it shot out like a watermelon seed ya squeeze between your fingers!

It shot (I think) into a high-clutter area of the room and I can't find it. I made a replacement spacer out of plastic and I'll hope it works. Where am I going to buy a stupid little replacement spacer? I think I'm outta luck..

My replacement lcd came with a lot of these pieces tucked away, nice+neat, already in place along the inside edges of the 'mid-frame, silver colored section that attaches to the inside of the LCD. I was following along with the instructions, trying to be careful and not damage any of the ribbon cables or tear out a soldered connection etc. I hadn't even taken my lcd from its bubble wrap.

When I finally think to open it up and check it out. Turns out I could have stopped after taking out the speakers. My new LCD had a home button already installed. And what looks like everything in the upper section, except for the camera, was included, 'pre-installed on my LCD. Looks like I have a wide ribbon cable coming from under a speaker to get.

And at a glance, the Dock connector section looks like it might be the lastand then the dock connector looks like its the last of the bits+pieces that need 2 be moved over 2 the new phone. But I'm not sure what 2 take off first, and what's considered2 be a part of the dock.

I've read of some people having trouble after a battery replacement, because the new battery doesn't have a full charge coming from the factory and that model iPod shipped, or was 'born' with a firewire charger. And these people who were having trouble with their ipods had been using a usb charger or used the computer with its usb connection to charge.

It turns out that they should have been using a firewire charger, at least for that 1st full charge of the new battery, properly resetting every thing with whatever differs between usb and firewire output. A little hotter voltage or mAmp what ever the little difference was. One guy said his ipod had been problematic for years. Until he got his original firewire charger he had useed for years, his pod acted like it was brand new after he started charging with firewire again. He looked into why, and all he could find was others with the same situation.They had very picky ipods that didn't operate normally without a firewire charge! Mine was the same!

Hey Darie H- a quick stupid question for ya...soldering the wires to the board...the 'core' or main wires running down the center, connect to VO and the outer 'sleeve' of wires connect to GND, yes?

It's been years and I wanted to make sure my chances were better than 50/50 of Not having to smell the unique odor of burning resisters, diode etc. :-) Thanks!

"This is a difficult project. It is imperative that you read the entire guide before you proceed. Have a system in place to keep track of the screws so you know what goes where. Budget several hours for this."

That's pretty funny! You guys can tell he's being sarcastic can't you?