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Replace upper case - part no.661-5481 keep original components

Hi ifixit,

I have a dent in the corner of a mid 2010 MacBook pro, it's only affecting the upper case part no. 661-5481, I have seen these retail for $299, but have seen some parts on eBay with water damage that are a lot cheaper.

Can the smaller components like trackpad keyboard, power button etc be removed from a fully working but dented upper case and have a new home in a water damaged case?

Apple have said this is not possible, although I'm thinking that it is simply not worth their while.

Thanks for your time.

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It is possible, but, in my opinion, it is not worth the cost of purchasing a part and then the time to completely disassemble your laptop, then reassemble just to fix a dent. It does not sound like dent is causing any functionality problems, it just doesn't look nice.

But if the cost and time and effort is worth it to you to fix a dent, then by all means get a replacement upper case and do the swap. It is possible to swap all those parts over to a replacement upper case.

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Thanks for the reply!

This is the thing the weigh up of cost/time/effort

A water damaged part is around $79 which seems very reasonable,

although I think apple will not be willing to do the work, I touch it, it loose the warranty.

So I'm pretty stuck,

Thanks again.

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