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If the optical drive is not open, use a straightened paperclip to open it now.

Remove the 5 mm standoff.

Disconnect the optical drive cable from the logic board.

Lift up on the optical drive while sequentially pushing the small plastic tabs one after another toward the screen to free one side of the drive.

Lift up the side of the optical drive you just freed and slide the drive out and away from the screen.

When reinstalling the optical drive, be sure that the drive tray is out far enough to slide under the lower casing rim.

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

Remove the following Phillips screws:

• Remove the longer Phillips screw from the middle-rear of the modem shield.
• Remove the three identical Phillips screws, two on either side of the EMI fingers, and the remaining one on the right side of the modem shield.
• Remove the larger Phillips screw that secures the EMI fingers to the modem board.

Remove the EMI fingers.

Peel the modem shield away from the metal framework below, working from the right front and moving to the left.

Remove the Phillips screw from the left side of the modem.

Pry up the right side of the modem.

Lift the modem partially out and disconnect the cable on the left side.

Remove the Phillips screw from the left hinge.

Peel up the airport cable from beneath the yellow tape.