Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

6

Time Required

                          20 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
  • To ensure that everything is de-energized and won’t turn on while you’re working, it is recommended that you disconnect the battery.
  • Grab the clear plastic pull tab attached to the battery connector and pull it parallel to the board toward the front edge of the Air.
  • Do not lift upward on the connector as you disconnect it or you risk damage to the connector socket.

To ensure that everything is de-energized and won’t turn on while you’re working, it is recommended that you disconnect the battery.

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

Do not lift upward on the connector as you disconnect it or you risk damage to the connector socket.

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.

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

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cliffordheath - Oct 9, 2017

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My Macbook Air was bought October 2012 but has this WiFi/BT card. It failed and the machine would not boot, even to recovery or single-user mode, and removing the card allowed it to boot.

W_C - May 4, 2020

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Awesome instructions. Followed step by step and didn’t screw up my Air. Thanks for your assistance!

Jimmy James - Feb 15, 2021

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Is possible to replace this with a newer card? Be nice to have wifi-6 and Bluetooth 5.2