Steps 1–2: Battery
Steps 3–4: Memory Cover
Steps 5–12: Upper Case
Steps 13–23: Optical Drive
Steps 24–25: Optical Drive Cable
Steps 26–30: Optical Drive Replacement
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Step 13
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Optical Drive
Grasp the white plastic tab attached to the hard drive and pull it to the left, removing the hard drive from the computer.
Step 14
Remove the two Phillips screws from the front edge of the optical drive.
Step 15
Disconnect the orange optical drive ribbon cable from the logic board. This cable can also be disconnected using a spudger.
Pull straight up from the left