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  • Back Cover
  • 5 steps
  • Fan
  • 3 steps
  • Heat Sink
  • 1 step

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Step 1

              Back Cover
  • Flip the laptop upside down so the bottom cover is facing up.

Flip the laptop upside down so the bottom cover is facing up.

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Step 2

  • Use a pair of tweezers to grab and pull the feet off of the cover.

Use a pair of tweezers to grab and pull the feet off of the cover.

Step 3

  • Remove the two 4 mm screws using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.
  • Remove the six remaining 6 mm screws located around the edges and underneath the feet using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Remove the two 4 mm screws using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Remove the six remaining 6 mm screws located around the edges and underneath the feet using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Step 4

  • Flip the laptop right-side up and slide an iFixit opening tool and/or Jimmy inside of the bottom cover seam to pry it open.

Flip the laptop right-side up and slide an iFixit opening tool and/or Jimmy inside of the bottom cover seam to pry it open.

Step 5

  • Remove the bottom cover.

Remove the bottom cover.

Step 6

              Fan
  • Remove the three silver screws (one 2 mm screw and two 4 mm screws) holding down the fan using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Remove the three silver screws (one 2 mm screw and two 4 mm screws) holding down the fan using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Step 7

  • Unplug the fan’s power cord from the motherboard.
  • Use tweezers to pull the plug out, if needed.

Unplug the fan’s power cord from the motherboard.

Use tweezers to pull the plug out, if needed.

Step 8

  • Remove the fan.

Remove the fan.

Step 9

              Heat Sink
  • Remove the four gray 3 mm screws around the heat sink using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.
  • Remove the heat sink.

Remove the four gray 3 mm screws around the heat sink using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Remove the heat sink.

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

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