Remove the orange tape on the trackpad side of the fan to free the fan cable.

Grasp the heat sink near the copper conductor and lift it out of the computer, freeing it from tape and cables as necessary.

Remove the following five screws:

• One 3 mm Phillips near the screen latch (mind the big magnet on the screen latch).

• Two 3.5 mm Phillips attaching the EMI fingers to the metal framework.

• One 10 mm Phillips near the optical drive.

• One 14 mm long 4 mm standoff in the upper left corner. You can remove this standoff either with a 4 mm nut driver or needlenose pliers.

Lift the EMI fingers above the battery connector away from the metal framework.