Apple White “Ice” iBook Dual USB Repair Manual
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Tools Needed for Take Apart:
Torx T8 Screwdriver – Available from our online store
Torx T6 Screwdriver – Available from our online sore
Philips head screwdriver ( small and medium size screwdrivers)

Always remove the battery and power supply from the computer before beginning any
take apart or repair!

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Table of Contents
Battery Removal…………………………………………………...………....pg. 3
Keyboard Removal…………………………………………..……………….pg. 4
Ram Replacement…………………………………..……………...…………pg.6
Bottom Case Removal………………………………………….………….....pg. 7
Internal Fan Removal……………………………………….....……………..pg 11
Top Case Removal………………………………………….....…………..…pg. 12
Top Shield Removal……………………………………………..….....…….pg. 16
Port Bezel Removal………………………..……………………….………..pg. 17
Hard Drive Removal………………………..………………….………….....pg. 18
Modem Removal………………………….……………………..……………pg. 20
Display Module Removal…………………..……………….………………..pg. 22
Display Back Casing……………………………….……..…………………..pg. 25
Clutch Cover………………………..………………………..……………….pg 27
LCD Removal………………………………………….………………….....pg. 29
Inverter Board…………………………………...………………………...…pg.33
Airport Antenna Cable……………..………………….……………………..pg. 35
Reed Switch / Inverter Cable…………..…………………………………….pg. 39
Microphone Cable……………………………………………………………pg.41
Clutch / Hinge Brace Assembly…………...………..………………………..pg. 42
Optical Drive Assembly…………………..………………………………….pg. 43
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DC-IN Board Removal………………………………………………………pg.46
Logic Board Removal……………..………………………………..………..pg. 47

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Battery Removal
Removing the battery is the first step of
any repair. First, unplug your unit. Then,close the display (if open) and turn theunit over. Locate the battery lock asshown in red in the picture.

Using either a flat head screwdriver or acoin (anything with a flat surface) turnthe security latch to the left as shown.
Turn it until the notch is facing the“unlock graphic.”

The battery will then pop up slightly.
Grasp the battery as shown, and pull it
up and out of the computer.

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Keyboard Removal
Before proceeding, you must firstremove:Battery

Pull the left and right keyboard tabs intowards you, and lift the keyboard up
and flip towards you. (The picture onlyshows the right tab being pushed in, but
it is easier if both are done at the sametime.)

Remove the two Philips head screws asshown. (Note – If an airport card isinstalled, it will have to be removed
first. )Press the airport card holder down andthen towards the left to release thespring.

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Lift the airport card holder up and outof the frame as shown.

Gently Grasp the ribbon cable fromthe keyboard and pull up. You may
want to gently wiggle it from side toside if it does not come off easily.

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Ram Replacement
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
BatteryThis step does not require removal of
the keyboard. To remove ram, gently
pry back the two metal connectors oneach side of the ram chip as shown.
(Only one side is shown, but it iseasier is both are pried back at thesame time.) The ram chip will “pop”
up. Grasp it, and gently pull it out of
its socket.

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Bottom Casing Removal
Before proceeding, you must firstremove:Battery
Remove the 3 Torx T8 screws asshown using a Torx T8 screwdriver.
(Available fromPowerbookmedic.com)

Around the corner of the case, youwill notice the bottom feet. Pry up
these feet (plastic part only as shown)using a flat head screwdriver. Do not
do this to the foot on the battery. Only
do this to the 3 feet on the corners of
the iBook.

Remove the 3 philips head screws
located under each of the feet.

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Lift the metal foot holders out of theirsocket, and place them in a place suchas a zip lock bag.
Note: There are a lot of screws in thedisassembly procedure. We
recommend that after each couple ofsteps, you put the screws from thatstep in a zip lock bag and label the bag
so you aren’t confused later.

Locate two Philips head screws inside
the battery bay, and remove them. The
location is shown in the picture.
There are two springs in the battery
bay that will come out once you
remove the casing. Make sure to put
these back in place when you
reassemble the unit.

In the battery bay there is a plastic
latch which holds the casing on. Use aflathead screwdriver to gently pry thisout, and pull up from the corner at thesame time. Do not use excessive force
or you will break your case! Be
careful!
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Gently work your way around thecase. In some parts you may have to
use a flathead screwdriver to release
the tension around the case. The
bottom does not come out easily,
and you may have to work at it for awhile.

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Bottom Shield Removal
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Battery
Bottom Casing

The bottom shield is held on with twolong strips of grey tape, 3 pieces ofyellow tape, and 5 philips head screws.
Their locations are shown in the picture.
Remove all of these pieces.

You can then lift the bottom shield up
and off of the unit as shown.

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Internal Fan Replacement
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Battery
Bottom Casing
Bottom Shield

Locate the internal fan. (It is near the cd
drive) Remove the one Philips headscrew as shown. Lift the fan up and out,
and then remove the fan cable from its
connector.

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Top Case Removal
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Battery
Keyboard
Bottom Case

Note: You do not have to remove thebottom shield or fan to remove the top
case.
Remove the 4 philips head screws asshown. (There is one on the right of thepicture that is hard to see, but make sure
it is removed.)

Remove the 3 philips head screws
shown in red. (Ignore the hand in the
picture.)Note: These screws will strip easily!
Make sure you apply enough downward
pressure when you are removing them,or they will strip.

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Locate the magnet on the top case as
shown in the picture. Using a flat headscrewdriver or flat tool, gently pry themagnet up and out.

This will reveal another Philips headscrew. Remove the screw as shown.

Remove the trackpad connector cable bygently grabbing it as shown and liftingup.

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Locate the white strip of tape on the sideof the top case as shown. Pry the tapeup, and remove the strip. You will needto put this back when you reassemble
the unit, so place the strip in a clean
place.

Flip your unit over now, and locate yourcd or dvd drive. Use a paper clip to
manually open the drive as shown. (Juststick the paper clip into the hole, and thedrive will pop out.)

On both sides of the drive will be asmall Philips head screw. Remove bothscrews. (The picture only shows one,but both need to be removed.)

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The top case will now be loose to liftup. (You won’t be removing the
trackpad yet.) Start on the top right handcorner near the AC input and DVD
drive, and gently lift the case up.

Undo the power button cord (the blue
and white cable) from the logic board.)

Now, remove the speaker cable (Blackand red wire) from the logic board. The
top case will now lift up and out of theiBook.

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Top Shield Removal
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Battery
Keyboard
Bottom Case
Top Case

Remove the 12 philips head screws asshown. When removing the screws,
make a note of which goes where tohelp with the reassembly process.

Peel up the 3 yellow pieces of tapeand two foil strips from the locations
shown. Do not remove the pieces, justpeel them back so they aren’t
connecting the top shield to anythingelse.
Now, carefully lift the top shield up
and off of the computer being careful
not to bend it.

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Port Bezel Removal
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Battery
Keyboard
Bottom Case
Top Case
Top ShieldOn the left hand side of the unit, locate
the port cover. (The piece covering theUSB, Firewire, etc…) Remove thetwo Philips head screws as shown.

Pull the port cover out and off asshown.

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Hard Drive Removal
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Battery
Keyboard
Bottom Case
Top Case
Top Shield
Disconnect the orange cable from thelogic board as shown. Note that thiscable says “To Main Board” on it.
On the left of the drive notice theblack piece of tape holding the
microphone cable. Lift the tape up to
release the cable.
Then, from the top right corner of thehard drive bracket, lift the drive up
and out.

Remove the orange cable from thehard drive as shown. Pull the cabledirectly out or you risk bending thepins on the hard drive. Note that thecable for the hard drive says “TO
HDD”

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On the side of the drive is a metal
plate with two rubber washers. This is
on both sides. Make sure to transfer
these pieces to the new hard drive you
are installing. (The rubber ends goover the black screws on both sides.)When installing the new drive, makesure the cables are being connected tothe correct place…note the words onthe cables!

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Modem Removal
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Battery
Keyboard
Bottom Case
Top Case
Top Shield
Remove the strip of tape holding thedisplay cable to the modem. Be
extremely careful with the display
cable. You do not want to put thiscable under a lot of stress.

Remove the two Philips head screws
as shown. (The red dot is shown on
top of the cable, but the screw isunderneath the cable.)

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Tilt the modem up and out as shown.

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Display Removal
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Battery
Keyboard
Bottom Case
Top Case
Top Shield
First, locate the hard drive, and undo
the black strip of tape holding the
microphone cable in place.
Next, locate the black display cableright next to the hard drive brack and
PCMCIA card cage. Gently pull thecable up to release it from its
connector.

Locate the cd drive, and remove theyellow strip of tape holding thebacklight cable to the drive.

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Remove the inverter cable from thelogic board as shown.

If you have not done so in a previous
step, remove the Philips head screw inthe location shown.
Also, if you have not done so already,remove the piece of tape connecting
the display cable to the modem. (Seemodem removal for more information.

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Remove the two Philips head screws
in the location shown. Hold themonitor while you do this to prevent
damage.

Lift the display module up and out of
the computer. If a cable is stuck, do
not pull on it, gently work it up andout. Never pull!

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Back Casing Removal
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Display Module
With the display removed, begin by removing the two Torx T6 screws from both sides ofthe display. (You should remove a total of 4 screws, two from each side)

Next, you will need topry the back panel(case with Apple logo
) off. It is best to startat a corner as shown,and pull the casing in
the opposite direction
as the LCD. You may
need to use a flat too
to help you at first.
After you get started,the casing will comeoff easily.

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Lift the back casing off
and away from the restof the display module,
and place it on a cleansurface.

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Clutch Cover Removal
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Display Module
Display Back Casing

Begin by
removing the two
Philips headscrews in thelocation shown(near where thecables enter the
display)

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This will allow the clutch cover to simply be pulled off as shown. *Note that there are
two small white plastic ends on either side of the clutch cover. If these fall off you willneed to place them back on and hold them in place while placing the clutch cover backon. The grooves on these pieces line up with the clutch cover. **Also, when replacing
the clutch cover, note the location of the screw holes in the cover. It is possible to put
this piece on backwards.

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LCD Removal
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Display Module
Display Back Casing
On the side of the display casing you will notice two U shaped notches. In these notches
there are Philips head screws, two on each side of the display. Remove all four screws.

Remove all thepieces of tapeholding the thinmetal sheet inplace. The locationof the tape can varyfrom model tomodel, so use thepicture below as a
guide. Make sure
to remove theAluminum tape inthe middle of thecover as well.

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You can now lift up the backshield. Lift it completely off andplace on a clean surface.

Remove the piece of tapeholding down the display cablein the location shown.

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Disconnect the display cablefrom the LCD by gently grabbing
it as shown and then pulling it
towards you. It should come out
very easily.

The LCD panel will not be free
to be moved. Lift up the display,and pivot it towards the left
hand side where the inverter
cable enters the LCD.

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Pivot the LCD all the way to the left as shown, and disconnect the inverter cableconnector from the Inverter board at the location shown.

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Inverter Board
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Display Module
Display Back Casing
LCD Module
Begin by removing the yellow
strip of tape in the location
shown.

Undo the inverter cableconnector from the inverter
board by gently pulling thecable out. You may need a flat
tool to help aid in the task.

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The inverter board is held inplace by adhesive tape. You
will need to use a flat tool to
pry up the board. It is best to
do this from the left hand sideof the board. Put a flat tool
under the board, and gently
pry up.

Lift the inverter board up andout.

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Airport Antenna Cable
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Display Module
Display Back Casing
LCD Module
Begin by removing the pieceof yellow tape in the location
shown (bottom right handcorner)Next, you need to pry up thegreen airport board as shown
below. It is held on by a lightadhesive.

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Remove the two Philips headscrews in the locations shown
below.

With the screws removed, tilt
the metal piece with cableattached up and out towards
you. Note that there is a cablethat keeps going past this piece.
That is the microphone cableand is not a part of the airport
cable assembly.

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Now, on the left hand side,
repeat the procedure. Remove
the two Philips head screws
from the locations shown
below.

With the screws removed, tilt
the metal piece with cableattached up and out towards
you.

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The cable assembly should now be loose. If it is not, make sure you have removed any
tape that may be holding the cable in, and make sure the cable has been guided out of allof the metal clips that hold the cable in along the side of the display. (Just pull up on thecable to release it from the clips)
Next, remove the tape holding the display cable and airport assembly together. It may
take several attempts to get the tape off. Separate the cables. When replacing, it is notnecessary to tape the cables back together, but you can do so if you have some yellow
tape.

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Reed Switch / Inverter Cable
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Display Module
Display Back Casing
LCD Module
Begin by removing the Philips
head screw in the location shown.

Guide the reed switch cables out,
and if held in place by any tape,remove the tape.

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Next, remove the tape holding the inverter cable microphone cable together. It may takeseveral attempts to get the tape off. Separate the cables. When replacing, it is notnecessary to tape the cables back together, but you can do so if you have some yellow
tape.

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Microphone Assembly
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Display Module
Display Back Casing
LCD Module
The microphone is located in the top left of the display. Then guide the cable all the way
around the bezel and remove it from the inverter cable by undoing the tape holding thecables together.

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Hinge / Clutch Assembly
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Display Module
Display Back Casing
LCD Module
Clutch Cover
Inverter Board
Antenna Cable
Reed Switch / Inverter Cable
Microphone Cable
Remove the six Philips head screws from the locations shown in the picture, and then justlift the clutch assembly out of the unit.

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Optical Drive Removal
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Battery
Keyboard
Bottom Case
Top Case
Top Shield
Bottom Shield
Flip the unit over and locate your cd
drive. Locate the two Philips headscrews shown in red, and remove
them.

Locate the yellow piece of tapeholding the cable going across thedrive, and lift it up to let the cable befree from the drive.

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Flip the unit back over. If you have notremoved the display, Locate the cd
drive, and remove the yellow strip oftape holding the backlight cable to thedrive.

Grab the drive by the sides ONLY as
shown. Tilt the drive up and then out.

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On the back of the drive, locate thetwo Philips head screws shown in red
and remove them. Disconnect thecable, and note that the cable says “TO CD ROM” This is so you don’t
confuse it in reassembly.
If installing a drive that that not have afront “white” bezel, remove the bezel
from the drive you are removing, andput it on the one you are installing.
See below:

Drive Bezel Replacement
The procedure for changing the drive faceplate varies by what type of drive you have.
The instructions are covered below per drive:
CD-ROM – On the top of the drive, locate the Philips head screw immediately in frontand center of the bezel. Remove this screw. On the left hand side, notice a white tab.
Push this tab in with a flat head screwdriver or other flat tool. Do this on the right side as
well. Then, using a flat head screwdriver, gently go around the bezel and pull the bezel
off. Be careful not to damage the bezel.
DVD-ROM - On the top of the drive, locate the two Philips head screws immediately infront and on the left and right hand side of the bezel. Remove these screws. Tilt the bezel
down and off of the drive.
CDRW Drive – Notice on the top left and right of the drive there are two tabs holding
the bezel in place. Push these tabs down and out to release the bezel, and then remove thebezel.

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DC-IN Board Removal
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Battery
Keyboard
Bottom Case
Top Case
Top Shield
Bottom Shield

Note: You need to remove the opticaldrive before continuing with this step.
See the step above.
Turn the unit over, and remove thePhilips head screw holding the DC
Board in place.

Turn the unit back over, and remove
the DC board cable from its connector
as show. (It is the multi colored wirethat was previously taped to the
CD/DVD drive.)
The cable will now be free to be
removed and replaced.

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Logic Board Removal
Before proceeding, you must first remove:
Battery
Keyboard
Bottom Case
Top Case
Top Shield
Port Bezel
Display Module

Locate the reset button next the USB
and firewire ports. Remove the Philips
head screw from the top of the rest
button., and disconnect the cable fromthe logic board.

Remove the two screws from the ventshield as shown, and remove it fromthe computer.

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Remove the last screw from the heatspreader as shown.
Lift the heat spreader up and off of thelaptop.

Turn the laptop over, and remove the four
Philips head screws from the locations
shown.
Then on the right hand side of the logic
board, notice the black strip of tape, andremove it.

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From the left hand side of the logic board,tilt the logic board up and out as shown.

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