This was definitely a moderately complex do-it-yourself fix. As a 51 year old female, I am moderately mechanical and it took me an hour. I printed the instructions and the comments from users and used an ice cube tray for the screws. In Step 5, the two 14.5mm screws would not come out, so, like others have mentioned, I loosened them and left them in. In Step 11, I used a plastic flat pick to pry the cover off, it was hard near the on/off button on the top right but it did work after a while. I had no problems getting the cable connector nor the fan connectors off, but for both these items and the orange optical drive connector, it is critical to press them back firmly in place when re-assembling. In Step 18, a tweezer or bent nose plier are helpful. In Step 19, my black tape ripped so I used a piece of masking tape to hold everything together. Highly recommend getting the right screwdriver and something to blow the dust out of the case.
Installing MacBook Core 2 Duo Fan
This was definitely a moderately complex do-it-yourself fix. As a 51 year old female, I am moderately mechanical and it took me an hour. I printed the instructions and the comments from users and used an ice cube tray for the screws. In Step 5, the two 14.5mm screws would not come out, so, like others have mentioned, I loosened them and left them in. In Step 11, I used a plastic flat pick to pry the cover off, it was hard near the on/off button on the top right but it did work after a while. I had no problems getting the cable connector nor the fan connectors off, but for both these items and the orange optical drive connector, it is critical to press them back firmly in place when re-assembling. In Step 18, a tweezer or bent nose plier are helpful. In Step 19, my black tape ripped so I used a piece of masking tape to hold everything together. Highly recommend getting the right screwdriver and something to blow the dust out of the case.