Macbook Pro 15 Unibody Mid 2009 Left Fan Replacement Repair Guide

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Moderate

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Time Required

                          5 - 40 minutes

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Lower Case
2 steps
Left Fan
2 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Lower Case

Remove the following ten screws securing the lower case to the upper case:
Seven 3 mm Phillips screws.
Three 13.5 mm Phillips screws.

Remove the following ten screws securing the lower case to the upper case:

Seven 3 mm Phillips screws.

Three 13.5 mm Phillips screws.

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Step 2

Using both hands, lift the lower case near the vent to pop it off two clips securing it to the upper case.
Remove the lower case and set it aside.

Using both hands, lift the lower case near the vent to pop it off two clips securing it to the upper case.

Remove the lower case and set it aside.

Step 3

              Left Fan

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the left fan connector from the logic board.
It is useful to twist the spudger axially from beneath the fan cable wires to release the connector.
The fan socket and the fan connector can be seen in the second and third pictures. Be careful not to break the plastic fan socket off the logic board as you use your spudger to lift the fan connector straight up and out of its socket. The layout of the logic board shown in the second picture may look slightly different than your machine but the fan socket is the same.

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the left fan connector from the logic board.

It is useful to twist the spudger axially from beneath the fan cable wires to release the connector.

The fan socket and the fan connector can be seen in the second and third pictures. Be careful not to break the plastic fan socket off the logic board as you use your spudger to lift the fan connector straight up and out of its socket. The layout of the logic board shown in the second picture may look slightly different than your machine but the fan socket is the same.

Step 4

Remove three T6 Torx screws securing the left fan to the logic board.
Lift the left fan out of the upper case.

Remove three T6 Torx screws securing the left fan to the logic board.

Lift the left fan out of the upper case.

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

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kamoako1 - Sep 24, 2016

Connecting the fan to the logic board is unclear. Could you walk through that a little more clearly?

k. - Jan 17, 2017

When connecting the new fan to the logic board, set the connector piece above its socket on the logic board and then gently press down. It should click together.

Oliver - Jul 2, 2020

quite easy. i’m very happy with this manual. Though connecting the new fan until it clicks is the most difficult part. thank you!

pstewart - Apr 23, 2022

Great guide, easy work to do! If I can do this, anyone can. If I can do this, someone who does not exist almost can. Not quite! But almost. I was happy to get that squalling and howling old fan out of my MacBook Pro, and thereby to end the squalling I got from my family over the noise it made. Like the old one, the new fan works great, but it is new, and quiet, and I am thankful. Happy customer.

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