Introduction
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Use your fingers to push both battery release tabs away from the battery, and lift the battery out of the computer.
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Remove the three identical 2mm Phillips screws from the memory door.
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Lift the memory door up enough to grip it and slide it toward you, pulling it away from the casing.
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Remove the following 6 screws:
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Two 10 mm T6 Torx screws on either side of the RAM slot.
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Four 14.5 mm Phillips screws along the hinge.
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Rotate the computer 90 degrees and remove the two 3.2 mm Phillips screws from the rear of the computer.
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Rotate the computer 90 degrees again and remove the four 3.2 mm Phillips screws from the side of the computer.
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Lift up at the rear of the case and work your fingers along the sides, freeing the case as you go. Once you have freed the sides, you may need to rock the case up and down to free the front of the upper case.
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There are four plastic clips above the DVD slot, and another above and to the left of the IR sensor. These clips can be very difficult to disengage without prying. They can also be difficult to re-engage during reassembly.
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Disconnect the trackpad and keyboard ribbon cable from the logic board, removing tape as necessary.
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Remove the upper case.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the orange SuperDrive ribbon cable from the logic board, removing tape as necessary.
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Remove the following 4 screws:
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Two 3.3 mm silver Phillips screws on either side of the SuperDrive.
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One 4.7 mm silver T6 Torx screw from the top left corner of the drive.
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One 6.2 mm black Phillips screw at the top right corner of the drive.
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Lift the optical drive up and out of the computer.
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Disconnect the iSight and display data cables from the logic board by sliding them straight back out of their connectors, removing tape as necessary.
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Disconnect the eight indicated connectors by placing a spudger beneath the wired side of each one and lifting up.
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Remove the silver 9.5 mm T6 Torx screw securing the ground loop in the display data cable to the casing.
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Remove the single black 6 mm T6 Torx screw securing the upper portion of the logic board to the lower case.
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Remove the following 15 screws:
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One 4.4 mm black Phillips screw to the right of the ram slot.
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Eight 4.7 mm silver T6 Torx screws securing the logic board to the lower case.
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One 6.2 mm black T6 Torx screw on the right side of the left fan.
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Five 9.4 mm silver T6 Torx screws securing the left and right fans.
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Hold the logic board down with one hand and use your other hand to lift the left fan up from its housing. There is a piece of black tape securing the left fan to the heat sink. Carefully peel this tape up from the heat sink as you lift the left fan up.
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Lift the right fan up and carefully peel up the tape securing the fan to the heat sink as you go.
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Remove the right fan from the computer.
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Lift up the left side of the logic board and disconnect the gray and black power cable from the bottom of the board.
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Grasp the logic board at the left side and at the thin section, and rotate the logic board out of the lower case.
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It fixed a MacBook Pro 15-Inch A1260 (Early 2008)
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I have applied some liquid flux underneath the chip. Artikelnr. 472-345-30-L eclipse-dortmund.de (via Amazon)
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Before start, make a clone of your old HD into the new one, if you don't want to initiate a fresh copy. (Carbon Copy software is good).
ColmillodeChile -
Besides using WD 500GB models, are the WD 640GB and WD 750GB (the 9.5mm thickness model) good to go for? I am still considering as I have heard from other websites on the computer does not draw enough power to power up the 640 and 750 as it has the clicking sound and the rainbow keeps appearing. Anyone has install one before yet?
Please advice. Appreciated! Thanks a million to all the Mac gurus out there!
Danny Lim -
What is this about removing the PRAM battery causing a reinitialization of the HDD? For serious?
Adrian -
No, that's nonsense
max damage -
Wait, I misunderstood you. I thought the comment was directed at the PRAM battery removal page. Silly me.
Nevermind. Yes, it is always a good idea to backup one's data before doing stuff like this. I never do, and have never had any problems, but it's still a good idea.
Adrian -
The two screws removed in step 3 should not be mixed with screws in steps 5 through 7. Though similar, they are actually slightly shorter and have a bigger head. If you put the longer screws back in here when reassembling, the button to unlatch the top will not work properly.
Doug -
I think you may have commented on the wrong page. This page only has 3 steps, and the screws are removed in step 2, not 3.
(MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Models A1226 and A1260 RAM Replacement)
Don -
I'm not sure how the user notes get attached to the various procedures here, but my comment does seem to show up properly when viewing the steps for Hard Drive Replacement. However, the number of the step may be off if viewed as part of another procedure.
Doug -