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Add Note Step 10

  • Disconnect the trackpad and keyboard ribbon cable from the logic board, removing tape as necessary.

  • Remove the upper case.

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Add Note Step 11 — Hard Drive

  • Disconnect the orange hard drive ribbon cable from the logic board.

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Add Note Step 12

  • Use a spudger to carefully loosen the adhesive securing the sleep light and IR sensor connectors to the top of the hard drive.

Add NoteNotes: Step 10

urdus's avatar
Flag Reply by urdus Oct 27 @ 9:27 AM

not necessary. just attach a string around both the screen and the keyboard. it will stay in a steady position..

-urdus.

Add NoteNotes: Step 11

urdus's avatar
Flag Reply by urdus Oct 27 @ 10:05 AM

you dont need to do this. disconnect the sleeplight and IR sensor connectors instead. Just lift the harddrive cable where it is glued. It can still be connected to the logicboard. Dont lift the harddrive too much when disconnecting it.

Add NoteNotes: Step 12

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Flag Reply by Archhawk Oct 28 @ 9:16 PM

This was a pain in the !!* for me. It was really stuck on the original drive but good. In finally getting it off, the connector came out of the bluetooth. I had to CAREFULLY slide the ribbon connector back into the bluetooth card. Not easy to do with my big fat fingers.