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Model A1418 / Late 2012 / 2.7 & 2.9 GHz Core i5 or 3.1 GHz Core i7 Processor

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What is the sticker on the spring plate for?

What is the purpose of the 4 little black sticker on the spring plate?

Do I need to put it back when I finish the CPU upgrade though it’s not sticky anymore.

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If you take them off you’ll see they leave the word VOID! Zoom up on this image to checkout the screws.

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They have no importance other than to prove to Apple if the CPU was altered if you brought your system into Apple for a logic board issue.

Legally Apple can’t use the security stickers to deny you of service. But they could argue the socket is damaged forcing you to buy a replacement logic board.

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