Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

6

Time Required

                          10 - 30 minutes

Sections

3

  • Lower Case
  • 2 steps
  • Battery Connector
  • 1 step
  • AirPort/Bluetooth Card
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Lower Case
  • Before proceeding, power down your MacBook. Close the display and lay it on a soft surface, top-side down.
  • Use a P5 Pentalobe driver to remove ten screws securing the lower case, of the following lengths:
  • Two 9 mm screws
  • Eight 2.6 mm screws

Before proceeding, power down your MacBook. Close the display and lay it on a soft surface, top-side down.

Use a P5 Pentalobe driver to remove ten screws securing the lower case, of the following lengths:

Two 9 mm screws

Eight 2.6 mm screws

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Step 2

  • Wedge your fingers between the display and the lower case and pull upward to pop the lower case off the Air.
  • Remove the lower case and set it aside.

Wedge your fingers between the display and the lower case and pull upward to pop the lower case off the Air.

Remove the lower case and set it aside.

Step 3

              Battery Connector
  • As a precaution against accidental discharge or shock, disconnect the battery connector from the logic board.
  • Grab the clear plastic pull tab attached to the battery connector and pull it toward the front edge of the Air to disconnect the battery from the logic board.
  • Be sure to pull the connector horizontally toward the battery, and not straight up from the Air, or you may damage the socket on the logic board.

As a precaution against accidental discharge or shock, disconnect the battery connector from the logic board.

Grab the clear plastic pull tab attached to the battery connector and pull it toward the front edge of the Air to disconnect the battery from the logic board.

Be sure to pull the connector horizontally toward the battery, and not straight up from the Air, or you may damage the socket on the logic board.

Step 4

              AirPort/Bluetooth Card
  • Use the flat end of a spudger to pry both antenna connectors up from their sockets on the AirPort/Bluetooth card.

Use the flat end of a spudger to pry both antenna connectors up from their sockets on the AirPort/Bluetooth card.

Step 5

  • Remove the single 2.9 mm T5 Torx screw securing the AirPort/Bluetooth card to the logic board.

Remove the single 2.9 mm T5 Torx screw securing the AirPort/Bluetooth card to the logic board.

Step 6

  • Slightly lift the free end of the AirPort/Bluetooth card and pull it out of its socket on the logic board.
  • To avoid damaging its socket on the logic board, do not excessively lift the free end of the AirPort/Bluetooth card.
  • Remove the AirPort/Bluetooth card from the Air.

Slightly lift the free end of the AirPort/Bluetooth card and pull it out of its socket on the logic board.

To avoid damaging its socket on the logic board, do not excessively lift the free end of the AirPort/Bluetooth card.

Remove the AirPort/Bluetooth card from the Air.

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Skyynet - Mar 13, 2014

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Is there any way to exchange the installed AirPort/Bluetooth Card with a newer one providing W-LAN AC?

Petar Slavchev - Nov 8, 2015

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Is tihs card is the same as in to Macbook Air 11 ?

milankoehnke1995 - Jul 2, 2016

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is it possible to renew on of the two antenna cables, because mine get broken while lifting it

edwalker263 - Jan 12, 2017

Did you ever find the cables for sale anywhere? Thanks.

Aaron - Oct 1, 2016

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Can I replace this card with a newer one that allows Apple Watch unlock in Sierra?