Step 13 — Optical Drive Removal
Disconnect and remove the indicated orange ribbon cable.
Step 14
Disconnect the pink and white inverter cable from the inverter board.
The display inverter has orange plastic shielding around it that looks similar to the tape used elsewhere within the computer. Do not remove the shielding from the inverter.
Step 15
Remove the two silver T8 Torx screws from the black plastic bar.
Lift the black plastic bar out.