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This guide will show you how to remove the hard drive cable from your laptop.
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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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The access door should now be raised enough to lift it up and out of the Unibody.
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Grab the white plastic tab and pull the battery up and out of the Unibody.
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Remove the following eight screws securing the lower case to the chassis:
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One 3 mm Phillips screw.
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Three 13.5 mm Phillips screws.
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Four 3.5 mm Phillips screws.
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Using both hands, lift and remove the lower case off the upper case.
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Using the flat end of a spudger, pry the subwoofer connector straight up off the logic board.
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Disconnect the camera cable by pulling the male end straight away from its socket.
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Use a spudger to pry the optical drive connector straight up off the logic board.
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Remove the two Phillips screws securing the subwoofer to the upper case.
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Lift the subwoofer off the optical drive, and set it above the computer.
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Remove the two Phillips screws securing the camera cable bracket to the upper case.
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Remove the three 2.5 mm Phillips screws securing the optical drive to the upper case.
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Lift the optical drive from its right edge and pull it out of the computer.
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Remove the single Phillips screw securing the hard drive bracket to the upper case.
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Lift the hard drive by its plastic pull tab and remove the freed hard drive bracket.
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Lift the hard drive out of its supports and disconnect the SATA cable by pulling the connector straight away from the hard drive.
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Remove the four 10.3 mm Phillips screws securing the mid wall to the upper case.
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Lift the mid wall out of the upper case.
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Use a spudger to pry the hard drive cable connector straight up off the logic board.
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Peel the hard drive cable from the adhesive securing it to the upper case, and maneuver the plastic retaining block out of the upper case.
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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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My mid-2012 MBP MD101LL/A a1278 doesn’t look anything like this, nor does the cable.
These instructions are not for the Mid 2012 A1278, but for a much older MacBook Pro. Pretty confusing.
big up to the 2 ppl a day that want to run their 08 uni on ssd. 1.5 upload, was it really that slow back then!?
