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  • This is a diagram of the trackpad ribbon clamp connector you will disconnect in the next step.
  • 1) With your fingernails, grasp the locking bar on either side slide it a small amount (about 1/16" or 2 mm) towards the battery.
  • 2) After disengaging the locking bar, slide the cable out of the connector.
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  • For this step, you only need to move the connector about 2 mm. Pulling too hard or too far will damage the connector.
  • Loosen the trackpad connector by pulling the white locking bar toward the battery housing, using the tips of your fingers.
  • Slide the trackpad cable out of the loosened connector.
  • When reattaching the trackpad ribbon cable, make sure that the orange cable is slid into the connector above the locking bar.
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  • Remove the following 10 screws from the bottom case:
    • Three 1.7 mm Phillips from the front edge of the battery compartment.
    • One 3.9 mm T8 Torx to the right of the memory card.
    • One 6.9 mm T8 Torx at the left edge of the memory compartment.
    • Three 12.4 mm Phillips from the center of the row of screws along the back edge of the case.
    • Two 15.1 mm Phillips, one from either end of the row of screws along the back edge of the case.
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