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Disassembling Macintosh IIsi Top Case

Device	Macintosh IIsi
Difficulty	Easy
Time	5 - 10 minutes
Steps	2

This guide is by Chris Green on iFixit and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0. ByteRot mirrors it for non-commercial preservation: formatting changed and photos resized for old browsers; full-size photos and the text are on the FTP in /DOCS/REPAIR. Original guide >>

This guide will show you how to remove the top case of the Macintosh IIsi

Tools: Phillips #0 Screwdriver

Step 1

• Start by turning the computer around, and remove this #0 Phillips Screw.
• NOTE: There may or may not be a Phillips #0 screw here, depending on whether or not the computer has ever been serviced.

Step 2

• Now lift these two clips, and slowly pivot the case up.
• You can now seperate the top of the computer from the rest of the machine.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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