Introduction
Use this guide to replace a broken display on your MacBook Pro Unibody.
What you need
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With the case closed, place the Unibody top-side down on a flat surface.
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Depress the grooved side of the access door release latch enough to grab the free end. Lift the release latch until it is vertical.
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Grab the translucent plastic tab and pull the battery up and out of the Unibody.
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If the latch is depressed it will lock the battery in place.
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Remove the following eight screws securing the lower case to the chassis:
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One 5.4 mm Phillips screw.
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Three 14 mm Phillips screws.
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Four 3.5 mm Phillips screws.
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Disconnect the camera cable by pulling the male end straight away from its socket toward the optical drive opening.
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Deroute the camera data cable from the channel in the optical drive.
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Remove the two Phillips screws securing the camera cable bracket to the upper case.
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Seperate the camera cable bracket from the camera cable and remove it from the computer.
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Grab the plastic pull tab secured to the LVDS cable lock and rotate it toward the DC-in side of the computer.
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Pull the LVDS connector straight away from its socket.
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Remove the 7 mm Phillips screw from the LVDS cable bracket.
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Lift the LVDS cable bracket out of the upper case.
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Remove the two outer 6 mm Torx screws securing each side of the display to the upper case (four screws total).
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Open your MacBook Pro so the display is perpendicular to the upper case.
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Place your opened MacBook Pro on a table as pictured.
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While holding the display and upper case together with your other hand, remove the 6 mm Torx screw from the lower display bracket.
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Grab the upper case with your right hand and rotate it slightly toward the top of the display so the upper display bracket clears the edge of the upper case.
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Rotate the display slightly away from the upper case.
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Lift the display away from the upper case, minding any brackets or cables that may get caught.
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