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Use this guide to replace your MacBook Pro's logic board. Before reattaching the heat sink, it is essential to apply a new layer of thermal paste.
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Remove the following ten screws securing the lower case to the upper case:
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Three 13.5 mm Phillips screws.
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Seven 3 mm Phillips screws.
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Wedge your fingers between the lower case and the vent, and lift upward to release the two clips holding the lower case to the upper case.
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Remove the lower case.
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If present, grab the plastic tab attached to the battery connector and pull it toward the front edge of the device. For Late-2011 models the battery connector will not have a tab and is simply a plug that inserts straight down into the motherboard--to remove pry the plug straight up.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to lift the right fan connector out of its socket on the logic board.
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Remove the three 3.1 mm Phillips screws securing the right fan to the logic board.
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Remove the right fan from the upper case, minding its cable that may get caught.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to lift the left fan connector out of its socket on the logic board.
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Remove the three 3.1 mm Phillips screws securing the left fan to the logic board.
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Remove the left fan from the upper case, minding its cable that may get caught.
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Use the tip of a spudger or your fingernail to flip up the retaining flap on the keyboard backlight ribbon cable.
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Pull the keyboard backlight ribbon cable out of its socket.
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Use the tip of a spudger to push the small plastic cable retainer away from the camera cable socket for enough clearance to remove the camera cable.
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Pull the camera cable toward the optical drive opening to disconnect it from the logic board.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the optical drive connector up and out of its socket on the logic board.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to lift the subwoofer & right speaker connector out of its socket on the logic board.
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Use the tip of a spudger or your fingernail to flip up the retaining flap on the IR sensor ribbon cable socket.
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Pull the IR sensor ribbon cable out of its socket.
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Remove the following four screws:
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Two 3.5 mm Phillips screws
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Two 1.6 mm Phillips screws
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Remove both connector shields from the logic board.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the trackpad connector up and out of its socket on the logic board.
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Use your fingernail to flip up the retaining flap on the keyboard ribbon cable socket.
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Pull the keyboard ribbon cable out of its socket.
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Use your fingernail to flip up the retaining flap on the express card cage ribbon cable socket.
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Pull the express card cage ribbon cable out of its socket.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to lift the hard drive cable connector up and out of its socket on the logic board.
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Use the tip of a spudger or your fingernail to flip up the retaining flap on the battery indicator cable socket.
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Pull the battery indicator ribbon cable out of its socket.
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Lift the black plastic flap attached to the display data cable retainer and rotate it toward the DC-In side of the MacBook.
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Pull the display data cable out of its socket.
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Remove the following eight screws securing the logic board and DC-In board to the upper case:
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Six 3.2 mm Phillips screws
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Two 7.6 mm Phillips screws
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Lift the logic board assembly from the side nearest the optical drive and lift it away from the upper case.
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Carefully pull the ports and DC-In board away from the side of the upper case and remove the logic board assembly, minding any cables that may get caught.
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Remove the eight 8.3 mm Phillips screws securing the heat sink to the logic board.
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Squeeze the heat sink thermal sensor cable between your thumb and the tip of a spudger.
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Lift the spudger upward to lift the thermal sensor connector out of its socket on the logic board.
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Remove the heat sink from the logic board.
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Pull the DC-In board connector out of its socket on the logic board.
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Remove the two 7.9 mm Phillips screws securing the left speaker to the logic board.
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Slightly lift the left speaker assembly away from the logic board.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to lift the left speaker and microphone connectors out of their sockets on the logic board.
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Release the tabs on each side of the RAM chip by simultaneously pushing each tab away from the RAM.
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After the RAM chip has popped up, pull it straight out of its socket.
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Logic board remains.
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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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This is a good guide if you are wanting to remove your trackpad on the A1297 mid-2010 model. There aren't many guides to do this, so this is a simple route to follow.
Nice, thank you Andrew Bookholt
Do you know the fix por ethernet in Mac 2011 A1432?
Good question! We’ve had good quality Ethernet cables easily slip out of the jacks on several of our MacBook Pros (and TiBook) over the years.
hi Andrew... My macbook pro retina.. When starting up, the progress bar gors slow, then macbook suddenly shuts down.. But before that, there is a grain/noise of rainbow colors across the hole screen showing up.. .. Do you regocnize the problem and what can it be, the graphic / logic card?
Thank you.
