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-[* black] Use a plastic opening tool to pry the lower panel away from the adhesive securing around its left, right, and top edges. WARNING: Ensure there is glue affixing the main CPU/chip to the cover approximately behind the Apple logo imprint. You MUST carefully pry the glue off BEFORE attempting to completely pull panel off. Refer to red marker in photo.
- [* icon_caution] Don't pry up along the bottom (the edge opposite the battery compartment). There are a bunch of retaining clips that may break if you start from the bottom.
-[* black] After slicing through most of the adhesive, the lower panel lifts right off.
- [* icon_caution] Be extremely careful in lifting off the lower panel. The primary CPU/chip on the circuit board is affixed to the back panel with a blob of glue. Failure to carefully pry the glue from the chip/panel will VERY likely result in the chip being torn from the circuit board, which WILL destroy your trackpad.
+[* black] Use a plastic opening tool to separate the adhesive securing the back panel's left, right, and top edges.
+ [* icon_caution] ***Do not*** pry along the bottom (the edge opposite the battery compartment). There are a bunch of retaining clips that may break if you start from the bottom.
+ [* icon_caution] Be extremely careful in lifting off the lower panel. The primary CPU/chip on the circuit board (marked in red in the second photo) is affixed to the back panel with a blob of glue. Failure to carefully slice through the glue from the chip/panel can result in the chip being torn from the circuit board, which WILL destroy your trackpad.
+[* black] After slicing through all the adhesive, the lower panel lifts right off.