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1. #LATE 2010 MACBOOK PRO 13 WHAT HARD RIVE REPLACEMENT HOW TO#
2. #LATE 2010 MACBOOK PRO 13 WHAT HARD RIVE REPLACEMENT INSTALL#

Now you are ready for the keyboard removal. If you plan to reuse the bakclight, make sure those layers don’t get separated. Start separating the old backlight from the keyboard/plamrest assembly. Now the keyboard and backlight ready for the removal.

#LATE 2010 MACBOOK PRO 13 WHAT HARD RIVE REPLACEMENT INSTALL#

Make sure the spring is in place when you install the new power button/keyboard. There is a silver spring located under the power button. When you remove the keyboard the power button also has to be removed. NOTE: the power button is part of the keyboard. The power button cable routed under other cables. Remove two screws securing the power button to the palmrest assembly. Remove two screws securing the center bracket. Move the AirPort/Bluetooth/speaker assembly aside. Unroute the speaker cable from the center bracket. Remove two more screws securing the optical drive. Move the assembly a little bit to the right so you can access one screw securing the optical drive. Remove four screws securing the AirPort/Bluetooth/speaker assembly. The microphone cable routed very tightly and hard to access. Now you can see why we separated the microphone from the palmrest assembly in the step 8. The logic board was removed with the MagSafe board and microphone attached to it. Start separating the logic board from the palmrest assembly. Remove all screws securing the logic board and MagSafe board (power connector board). Most likely it will not come out clean and some sticky tape and cushion rubber will remain attached to the cover but that’s OK. Using a sharp object carefully unglue the microphone from the palmrest assembly. You might easily damage the microphone cable connector during this procedure. It’s possible to lift up the logic board, unplug the microphone cable, unroute the cable and remove the logic board without separating the microphone from the logic board BUT… it will be very difficult to install the logic board back into the laptop and connect the microphone cable. In this MacBook Pro the microphone is glued to the palmrest assembly. Remove the display cable retaining bracket. Remove three screws securing the silver grounding plate and display cable retainer. The retainer will open up at a 90 degree angle.Īfter both connectors unlocked, you can pull cables from the connectors. Lift up the retainer with your fingernail. You have to be very careful with the keyboard and backlight connectors. Simply lift up the connector and unplug it from the logic board. Lift up the metal retainer securing the connector and disconnect the cable from the logic board by the black tab.Ĭonnectors 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 9 disconnect the same way.

#LATE 2010 MACBOOK PRO 13 WHAT HARD RIVE REPLACEMENT HOW TO#

Here’s how to disconnect the display video cable connector. I will show how to disconnect them in the following steps. Now we’ll have to disconnect all other cables from the logic board.