Where can I get replacement screws for the bottom of my MacBook Pro?

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Where can I get replacement screws for the bottom of my MacBook Pro?

I have a late 2011 13 inch MacBook Pro. I recently upgraded it from the stock 500 gigabyte 5400 RPM hard drive to a 750 gigabyte 7200 RPM Seagate Momentus XT Solid State Hybrd drive. When I was putting the screws back in the bottom case I lost one of the small screws. Now the bottom case of my MacBook is little loose due to the missing screw. Where can I get a replacement screw?

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1), Momentus XT and 8 gigabytes of RAM

Posted on Feb 1, 2013 8:55 AM

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Answer 1

John Galt

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Feb 1, 2013 9:06 AM in response to joshuafromwaterford

PowerBook Medic has screw sets:

http://www.powerbookmedic.com/xcart1/_search.php?is_hc=Y&mode=search&q=screws

iFixit:

http://www.ifixit.com/MacBook-Parts/MacBook-Screw-Set/IF186-027

eBay:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p3984.m570.l1313&_nkw=macbook+screw+set

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Answer 2

Soroshi

Level 1

8 points

Feb 1, 2013 9:07 AM in response to joshuafromwaterford

If you just lost one screw, and there's an apple store where you live. Go ask them nicely and they might just give you one.

If not, then something like this is what you are lookign for:
http://www.amazon.com/Bluecell-Repair-Replacement-Unibody-Macbook/dp/B007ZW548E

I don't think you will find anywhere that will give you just one screw, except perhaps apple, which probably has little boxes full of them in the back.

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