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Installing MacBook Core 2 Duo Fan

  • Author: iRobot
  • Difficulty: Moderate

Replacing a defective fan is pretty easy and will keep your laptop running cool.

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Step 1 — Fan  ¶ 

  • Use a spudger to disconnect the orange optical drive cable from the logic board.

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Step 2  ¶ 

  • Use a spudger to disconnect the black fan connector from the logic board.

  • If you have a MacBook Core 2 Duo Santa Rosa/Penryn, the black fan connector resides in a different location.

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Step 3  ¶ 

  • Deroute the fan cable from behind the tab on the left side of the fan.

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Step 4  ¶ 

  • Peel up the silver foil tape between the fan and the optical drive.

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Step 5  ¶ 

  • Use a spudger to move the gray display data and black speaker cables to the right. This will reveal a silver screw securing the fan housing to the lower case.

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Step 6  ¶ 

  • Remove the following 2 screws:

    • One 3 mm Phillips on the right side of the fan.

    • One 6 mm Phillips on the left side of the fan.

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Step 7  ¶ 

  • Lift the fan and its attached mounting bracket up and out of the computer, being careful not to rip the black felt tape.