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Janky modification for battery indicator board

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I was recently given this MacBook Pro by a family member who had it lying around. It was in pretty good shape, other than the random stickers on it and the battery indicator button was jammed in the case. Opening it up (a very refreshing exercise compared to the modern plastic-clipped laptops of today!), I found the problem was that the foam around the button on the battery indicator board was very smushed down. I didn't know how to fix this, so I took a piece of newspaper and jammed it between the battery indicator board and the SATA connector on the HDD (see images). My question is, is this safe? The paper isn't touching any circuitry, and I don't think it's putting much pressure on the SATA connector. I just wanted to check, as it would be bad if I ruined something by doing this.

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I think you misunderstand what the foams purpose is here, its a shield to prevent debris to enter the switch area of the battery checker. Here’s what the part looks like on its own

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I would take the paper out, then take some felt cut a disc emulating the foam and put that in its place or just replace the battery checker board Unibody Macbook Pro 17" Battery Indicator board (10/11)

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