Replacing Only the Keyboard - It Works!!!: I had a friend who spilled both red and white wine on her MacBook Pro 13" mid-2012 Unibody (MBP) keyboard; at separate times. The final straw was the red wine she spilled on it in early December 2013. The MBP would boot up fine and was still working, although, the keyboard was inoperable. Temporary fix was to connect a wireless Apple keyboard via Bluetooth which worked out great until the problem could be solved permanently; on or about 1/8/2014. It would be apparent that the keyboard replacement or uppercase replacement at Apple would be a bloody fortune; approx $929.00. So, we went onto iFixit first to see if a keyboard would be purchased. No, it cannot, but you can purchase a complete uppercase for about $299.95; which is probably the better fix as you will see why. That was a bit rich for my friend. Permanent Fix: So, we found the right keyboard on eBay for $29.95. This was somewhat risky, however, it was delivered on time and once installed, worked very well....

'mayer' is fairly correct. When the using a mac with the GeForce 9400M GPU installed according to Apple: "The NVIDIA GeForce 9400M allocates a base amount of 256 MB for video and boot processes at startup. For example, a MacBook Air (Late 2008) with 2 GB of RAM installed has 1.7 GB of memory available to Mac OS X and applications (2048-256=1792). Mac mini (Early 2009) computers with 1GB of memory share 128MB of main memory with the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M." We have an A1283 (Mac Mini Early 2009) with 2GB of RAM installed. The video portion in the Graphics/Displays portion of System Profiler shows 256MB of VRAM allocated after startup. see "About integrated video on Intel-based Macs" at: About integrated video on Intel-based Macs

Wife has the Late 2009 Macmini (MM) originally with 2GB. We upgraded to 4GB a couple of years ago, and it has been running very slow with Yosemite (10.10.5) for far too long.

Ordered the 8GB upgrade kit and set for 2 day delivery. Bummer it came in 1 day via UPS. Thanks for the surprise iFixit. The tools were unnecessary for me (as I have most), but they are totally outstanding and the real deal. So I decided to use them all. ;)

The upgrade took about 15 min (even for this experienced Mac repair guy). Fired it up and the MM recognized all 8GB. It doesn’t scream, however, it is probably 2-3 times faster and can handle the amazing multi-takser that is my wife; 16 Safari pages, Mac Mail, Calendar, and 7 other apps open at all the same dang time. Thanks iFixit for the absolute best in repair universe parts, service, tech commitment, and guides.

Remove cable from the LCD Display not the board

Fully agree with others. It is easiest is to remove cable from LCD display instead of trying to pull it off the board. It comes off the board very easily, but it is difficult to put it back onto the board. It is easier to snap the cable bad onto the LCD Display itself.

Remove cable from the LCD Display not the board

Fully agree with others. It is easiest is to remove cable from LCD display instead of trying to pull it off the board. It comes off the board very easily, but it is difficult to put it back onto the board. It is easier to snap the cable bad onto the LCD Display itself.