Well, your in luck this is a direct drop in! [product|IF163-051] and yes you'll need to replace the heat sink [https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/MacBook-Pro-13-Inch-Unibody-Mid-2012-Heat-Sink/IF163-043-2].
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Well, your in luck this is a direct drop in! [product|IF163-051] and yes you'll need to replace the heat sink [product|IF163-043-2].
Go for it!
For the SSD you should replace the HD SATA cable when you put it in. Here's the cable you'll want: [product|IF163-041-2]. You'll want to place some eltecticans tape down where it rest on the uppercase as the rough aluminum tends to wear the cable causing read/write errors more so with faster drives.
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=== Update (05/07/2020) ===
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To fit a 2011 display LVDS cable into a 2012 logic board one needs to make a slight modification to the LVDS cable using a nail file to remove a small amount of the edge of tang.
Well, your in luck this is a direct drop in! [product|IF163-051] and yes you'll need to replace the heat sink.
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Well, your in luck this is a direct drop in! [product|IF163-051] and yes you'll need to replace the heat sink [https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/MacBook-Pro-13-Inch-Unibody-Mid-2012-Heat-Sink/IF163-043-2].
Go for it!
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For the SSD you should replace the HD SATA cable when you put it in. Here's the cable you'll want: [https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/MacBook-Pro-13-Inch-Unibody-Mid-2012-Hard-Drive-Cable/IF163-041-2]. You'll want to place some eltecticans tape down where it rest on the uppercase as the rough aluminum tends to wear the cable causing read/write errors more so with faster drives.
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For the SSD you should replace the HD SATA cable when you put it in. Here's the cable you'll want: [product|IF163-041-2]. You'll want to place some eltecticans tape down where it rest on the uppercase as the rough aluminum tends to wear the cable causing read/write errors more so with faster drives.
Well, your in luck this is a direct drop in! [product|IF163-051] and yes you'll need to replace the heat sink.
Go for it!
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For the SSD you should replace the HD SATA cable when you put it in. Here's the cable you'll want: [https://www.ifixit.com/Store/Mac/MacBook-Pro-13-Inch-Unibody-Mid-2012-Hard-Drive-Cable/IF163-041-2]. You'll want to place some eltecticans tape down where it rest on the uppercase as the rough aluminum tends to wear the cable causing read/write errors more so with faster drives.