Askia Shaheed wrote:NorthernElite wrote:Tonight, I successfully installed the Black Pads upgrade on my MPC 5000.
Here's the 5K fully rebuilt with the Black pads installed - I'm officially calling her "BLACK BEAUTY".
The black pads feel softer and more responsive - plus they look damn fine!!!
If anyone wants any more info regarding stripping your 5K, hit me up and I'll help you out.
Peace - Elite
Yes. Please share how you did this. A tutorial with pictures would be great 
OK, the procedure for opening up the 5K is a bit more complicated than say the 2500, there's a 'LOT' more screws for a start, also there's different lengths of screws which need to be carefully organised during removal (to make sure they go back into the correct place etc).
There are a couple of key things worth pointing out during the removal of the top case and front hand rest, which will be worth making clear to everyone - before you attempt it, it could save you some grief.
I did take some pictures during both the replacement of the hard drive and the replacement of the black pads which you'll find as a handy point of reference.
I didn't want to just post all of the pics without puting together a good tutorial, with clear instructions - but that's gonna take me an hour or so to put together properly and ensure all of the pics are resized and uploaded.
I'll post up a complete tutorial of fully stripping the 5K during this weekend, which I'm sure you'll all find interesting and helpful to read; before you decide to crack your 5K open.
Until later dudes...
