With the screws removed, the drive can be easily slid forward and removed: The drive is in it, held in place with four screws.

If you want to replace the hard drive, turn your attention to the black plastic frame that's now lying upside down beside you mini's case. You now have direct access to the two DDR2 SDRAM slots:

With this cable unhooked, the black plastic frame is only connected at the back and can be gently lifted out as if it were on a hinge, revealing the motherboard: Next, there's a small cable on the front of the mini that needs to be disconnected: To remove the antenna, gently pry inward on the two black tabs that hold it in place and lift upward: The fourth is covered by the airport antenna. This frame, which holds the hard drive and the optical drive, needs to be removed if you are replacing the RAM or hard drive. Once you have the lid off, you'll be presented with a very tightly packed computer:īeneath and around the optical drive is a black plastic frame, with a screw in each corner: The Intel Mac mini's case is just like that on the PPC model and can be opened by prying upward with a sharp putty knife while working your way around the bottom of the case:

Mac pro 2007 disassembly