Hard drive not fitting into connector.

Hello,
Just to let you know, this is the first time I've ever tried to upgrade a hard drive on a 13", 2007, white Intel MacBook. I was following the directions I had found on the internet. I've taken the old drive out, swapped the hard drive plate from the original drive to the new hard drive and tried to push it back into the same slot, but for some reason I can't get it to go all the way back into that slot the drive fits in. Strange enough, it also feels like it's pushing against something rubbery on the inside. It's less than a 1/4 inch from going all the way back in. I've made certain that all the screws are tightened all the way on the drive, but can't figure out why I'm getting resistence when I try to push it in that weeee little bit.
I am certain that I have the drive flipped the proper way too, because I took note of how the original drive was oriented and made sure I duplicated that on this new drive. Like I had said before, it feels like there is something rubbery that's in the way, I just can't get to it.
So I'm also curious if anyone knows if I were to take off the top cover on the laptop whether that would expose the hard drive so that I could see why it's not fitting into the connector properly.
Thanks,
Jeff

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