Use your fingers to push both battery release tabs away from the battery and lift the battery out of the computer.

Remove the four identical Phillips screws from the memory door.

Lift the memory door up enough to get a grip on it, and slide it toward you, pulling it away from the casing.

Remove the three Phillips screws in the battery compartment near the latch. Apple was nice enough to tilt these screws at a slight angle to make them easier to remove.

Remove the following six screws:

• Two T6 Torx screws on either side of the RAM slot.
• Four Phillips screws along the hinge.

Remove the four Phillips screws on the port side of the computer.

Rotate the computer 90 degrees and remove the two Phillips screws from the rear of the computer.

Rotate the computer 90 degrees again and remove the four Phillips screws from the side of the computer.

Do not yank the upper case off quickly. The case is attached to the logic board via a ribbon cable.

Lift up the back of the case and work your fingers along the sides, freeing the case as you go. Once you have freed the sides, you may need to rock the case up and down to free the front of the upper case.

Disconnect the trackpad and keyboard ribbon cable from the logic board.

Remove the upper case.

Disconnect the orange SuperDrive ribbon cable from the logic board, removing tape as necessary.

Remove the following three screws:

• Two black T6 Torx screws on either side of the SuperDrive.
• One longer silver T6 Torx screw at the back of the drive near the speaker.

Use one hand to pull back the speaker cable and use your other hand to lift the optical drive up and out of the computer.

If you have a CD or any other object jammed in your optical drive, we have an optical drive repair guide.

Disconnect the ten indicated connectors from the logic board.

The connectors have different positions for the four MacBook Pro revisions covered by this guide, and their locations are highlighted in the three pictures on this step.

Rotate the large display data cable to the left and disconnect the small right thermal sensor cable beneath.

Remove the single black T6 Torx screw securing the clear plastic shield over the right ambient light sensor.

Lift the clear plastic shield off the right ambient light sensor.

Peel up the orange Kapton tape securing the left thermal sensor cable to the logic board.

If you have a MacBook Pro 17" Model A1229, this is the middle thermal sensor.

Remove the following twelve screws:

• Seven 6.5 mm T6 Torx screws.
• Two 7.6 mm T6 Torx screws securing the battery connector to the lower case.
• Three 7.8 mm T6 Torx screws.

Lift up the left side of the logic board and disconnect the multi-colored power connector from the bottom of the board.

Grasp the logic board at the left side and at the thin section near the right fan, and rotate the logic board out of the lower case.