Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

16

Time Required

                          30 minutes - 1 hour

Sections

5

  • Lower Case
  • 2 steps
  • Battery
  • 1 step
  • Rear Vent
  • 3 steps
  • Rear Speaker Assembly
  • 9 steps
  • AirPort/Bluetooth Board
  • 1 step

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Lower Case
  • Remove the eight 4 mm Phillips screws securing the lower case to the MacBook.

Remove the eight 4 mm Phillips screws securing the lower case to the MacBook.

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Step 2

  • The lower case is constructed of rubber-coated aluminum. Do not excessively bend the aluminum during removal, as any permanent deformation will cause tolerance issues after reassembly.
  • Slightly lift the lower case near the vent opening.
  • Continue running your fingers between the lower and upper cases until the upper case pops off its retaining clips.
  • The location of these three clips is shown in the third picture.

The lower case is constructed of rubber-coated aluminum. Do not excessively bend the aluminum during removal, as any permanent deformation will cause tolerance issues after reassembly.

Slightly lift the lower case near the vent opening.

Continue running your fingers between the lower and upper cases until the upper case pops off its retaining clips.

The location of these three clips is shown in the third picture.

Step 3

              Battery
  • For precautionary purposes, we advise that you disconnect the battery connector from the logic board to avoid any electrical discharge. This step is optional and is not required.
  • Use the flat end of a spudger to lift the battery connector up out of its socket on the logic board.
  • It may be easier to use your fingernails to lift up on both sides of the connector.

For precautionary purposes, we advise that you disconnect the battery connector from the logic board to avoid any electrical discharge. This step is optional and is not required.

Use the flat end of a spudger to lift the battery connector up out of its socket on the logic board.

It may be easier to use your fingernails to lift up on both sides of the connector.

Step 4

              Rear Vent
  • Remove the following screws from the optical drive side of the rear vent:
  • Two 10 mm T8 Torx
  • Two 5.2 mm Phillips

Remove the following screws from the optical drive side of the rear vent:

Two 10 mm T8 Torx

Two 5.2 mm Phillips

Step 5

  • Remove the following screws from the port side of rear vent:
  • Two 10 mm T8 Torx
  • Two 5.2 mm Phillips

Remove the following screws from the port side of rear vent:

Step 6

  • Carefully lift the rear vent out of the upper case.

Carefully lift the rear vent out of the upper case.

Step 7

              Rear Speaker Assembly
  • Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the AirPort/Bluetooth cable connector up off the logic board.

Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the AirPort/Bluetooth cable connector up off the logic board.

Step 8

  • Remove the following screws securing the right speaker assembly to the upper case:
  • One 12 mm Phillips screw.
  • One 3 mm Phillips screw.

Remove the following screws securing the right speaker assembly to the upper case:

One 12 mm Phillips screw.

One 3 mm Phillips screw.

Step 9

  • Remove the single 2.2 mm Phillips screw inserted horizontally into the side of the optical drive.

Remove the single 2.2 mm Phillips screw inserted horizontally into the side of the optical drive.

Step 10

  • Pry the AirPort and Bluetooth antenna connectors (3 total) up off the AirPort/Bluetooth card.
  • De-route the long antenna from its channel in the rear speaker housing.

Pry the AirPort and Bluetooth antenna connectors (3 total) up off the AirPort/Bluetooth card.

De-route the long antenna from its channel in the rear speaker housing.

Step 11

  • Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the rear speaker cable connector up off the logic board.

Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the rear speaker cable connector up off the logic board.

Step 12

  • Remove the rear speaker assembly from the upper case.

Remove the rear speaker assembly from the upper case.

Step 13

  • Carefully peel the AirPort/Bluetooth cable from its channel within the rear speaker assembly.
  • Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the AirPort/Bluetooth cable up off the rear speaker.

Carefully peel the AirPort/Bluetooth cable from its channel within the rear speaker assembly.

Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the AirPort/Bluetooth cable up off the rear speaker.

Step 14

  • Remove three 3 mm Phillips screws securing the AirPort/Bluetooth board to the rear speaker assembly.

Remove three 3 mm Phillips screws securing the AirPort/Bluetooth board to the rear speaker assembly.

Step 15

  • Lift the AirPort/Bluetooth board up off the rear speaker assembly.

Lift the AirPort/Bluetooth board up off the rear speaker assembly.

Step 16

              AirPort/Bluetooth Board
  • AirPort/Bluetooth board remains.

AirPort/Bluetooth board remains.

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

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schmidtjoel - Jun 8, 2015

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Terrific guide; no problems, at all! Don’t forget you need to add the Wi-Fi service back to the list of services:

  1. Go to System Preferences → Network and click the + button to add a service.

  2. Select Wi-Fi as the Interface and provide a service name.

For more info, please see http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions….

gregpif - Mar 7, 2016

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At Step 11 I accidently pulled the connector off the board incorrectly and it won’t fit back on. What is the difficulty level of resoldering this back onto the logic board or should I take it to a professional?

junkprotectorvpc - Mar 7, 2016

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Hello!

Does anyone know where I could find this bt card but with Bt 4.0 LE in order to get handoff and continuity to work on this A1342 Macbook?

Thanks!