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Use this guide to replace your heat sink.
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Remove the following P5 pentalobe screws securing the lower case to the MacBook Pro:
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Eight 3.0 mm
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Two 2.3 mm
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Lifting from the edge nearest the clutch cover, lift the lower case off the MacBook Pro.
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Set the lower case aside.
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Peel back the warning label covering the battery connector.
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Using the flat end of a spudger, gently pry the battery connector straight up out of its socket on the logic board.
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Bend the battery cables back and out of the way, ensuring that the battery connector doesn't accidentally make contact with the logic board.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger underneath the rubber heat sink cover on the right fan.
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Slide the spudger underneath the length of the cover, releasing the adhesive.
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Lift the cover and rotate it off of the heat sink.
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In the same manner described above, release the adhesive and flip back the heat sink cover on the left fan.
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Remove the following six screws securing the heat sink to the logic board:
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One 5.5 mm silver raised head T5 Torx screw
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Four 3.5 mm T5 Torx screws
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One 3.8 mm silver T5 Torx screw
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Grasping the heat sink from one side, lift the heat sink off of the MacBook Pro, pulling it free from the computer.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Half of photos are with mac that has only integrated graphics, half with one that has discrete GPU. This frustrates.
Because of fact that this is about heatsink, it's kinda important to point the difference out.
He could at least just add a note on the heatsink screw photo.
Are the denser fan blades in some of the pictures from a different model year? iirc my 2014 one had denser fan blades, but not that metallic inner fan part.
do one with the discrete gpu and integrated graphics please
For the discrete GPU, there are 4 screws surrounding a square copper plate, just unscrew those 4 and follow the steps above. It’s very similar to the integrated graphics board, but with 4 extra screws.
