Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

11

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Sections

3

  • Lower Case
  • 1 step
  • Battery
  • 4 steps
  • SSD
  • 6 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Lower Case
  • Remove the eleven 6 mm T5 Torx screws securing the lower case.
  • Gently lift the lower case up and away from the device.

Remove the eleven 6 mm T5 Torx screws securing the lower case.

Gently lift the lower case up and away from the device.

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Step 2

              Battery
  • Remove the two 3 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the battery.
  • There are arrows on the battery indicating the location of the screws.

Remove the two 3 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the battery.

There are arrows on the battery indicating the location of the screws.

Step 3

  • Use a pair of tweezers to gently disconnect the battery connector.

Use a pair of tweezers to gently disconnect the battery connector.

Step 4

  • Use a pair of tweezers to gently disconnect the speaker cable.
  • Remove the wires from underneath the battery tabs using the tweezers.

Use a pair of tweezers to gently disconnect the speaker cable.

Remove the wires from underneath the battery tabs using the tweezers.

Step 5

  • Carefully remove the battery from the device.

Carefully remove the battery from the device.

Step 6

              SSD
  • Use a pair of tweezers to disconnect the motherboard-size of the trackpad ribbon cable. Gently lift up the black tab, and the cable should come free from the ZIF connector.

Use a pair of tweezers to disconnect the motherboard-size of the trackpad ribbon cable. Gently lift up the black tab, and the cable should come free from the ZIF connector.

Step 7

  • Use a pair of tweezers to disconnect the keyboard ribbon cable from the motherboard ZIF connector. Gently lift up the white tab, and the cable should come free.

Use a pair of tweezers to disconnect the keyboard ribbon cable from the motherboard ZIF connector. Gently lift up the white tab, and the cable should come free.

Step 8

  • Use a pair of tweezers to disconnect the motherboard-side of the SD board ribbon cable. Gently lift up the black tab, and then ribbon cable should come free from the ZIF connector.

Use a pair of tweezers to disconnect the motherboard-side of the SD board ribbon cable. Gently lift up the black tab, and then ribbon cable should come free from the ZIF connector.

Step 9

  • Use the tweezers to unplug the USB port from the motherboard by gently lifting the white connector up from the black motherboard connector.

Use the tweezers to unplug the USB port from the motherboard by gently lifting the white connector up from the black motherboard connector.

Step 10

  • Use a plastic opening tool to gently pry up the screen cable from the motherboard.

Use a plastic opening tool to gently pry up the screen cable from the motherboard.

Step 11

  • Remove the single 2 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the SSD.
  • Gently lift the SSD up and out of the device.

Remove the single 2 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the SSD.

Gently lift the SSD up and out of the device.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Keyman - Nov 10, 2015

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Perché non posso passare direttamente dallo step 2 allo step 11 ?

ifaxit - Nov 28, 2015

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Same(ish) question as Keyman: why not steps 1, possibly 3, then 11? Why disconnect everything if the SSD is fully exposed when the bottom comes off?

IRREAL - Mar 31, 2016

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Basta infatti scollegare la batteria per evitare eventuali ritorni di massa prima di sostituire l’ssd

furterers - Dec 19, 2016

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he thought that was ram and drilled further to find the ssd perhaps.