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Unscrew two screws securing the hard drive mounting bracket. Lift up and remove the hard drive bracket.Ĭarefully lift up the hard drive and disconnect the hard drive cable. Upgrading this regular 2.5″ SATA hard drive to a 2.5″ SATA solid state drive will improve laptop performance significantly. Spread latches on both sides of the memory slot. The top memory module with pop up at a 30 degree angle. Pull the top memory module from the slot.Īfter that pull the bottom memory module. This laptop can handle up to 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3-1066 SODIMM memory modules. Remove six screws securing the cooling fans (three screws per one fan).ĭisconnect both fan cables from the motherboard. Remove two screws securing the keyboard and trackpad connectors shield.ĭisconnect 10 cables from the motherboard.īe very careful with connectors 6 and 8.
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I’ll explain how to unlock different types of connectors in the following pictures. Here’s how to disconnect the keyboard backlight cable (connector 6).Ĭarefully lift up the left side of the connector retainer with a small screwdriver. #MACBOOK PRO MID 2010 LOGIC BOARD HOW TO# The retainer will open up at a 90 degree angle.
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Now you can pull the keyboard backlight cable from the connector. Remove the keyboard cable (connector 8) the same way.Īfter that pull the keyboard cable from the connector. Lift up and disconnect the speaker cable (connector 4). Lift up and disconnect the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth assembly connector. Unlock connectors 1,3,5,7,9 the same way. Unplug the camera cable form the connector on the motherboard. Remove nine screws securing the motherboard and MagSafe board. Start removing the motherboard from the left side. Lift up the left side and work the right side of the motherboard out of the notebook case. #MACBOOK PRO MID 2010 LOGIC BOARD SERIAL NUMBER#.#MACBOOK PRO MID 2010 LOGIC BOARD HOW TO#.