Apple macbook pro 17 inch mid 2010 User Manual

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4 Remove 6 (3.3-mm) 
922-9108 screws.
Replacement Note: 
Install screws in order 
shown.
5 Tilt logic board away 
from ports.  

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6 Holding board by 
edges, tilt it up and 
disconnect MagSafe 
connector.
Replacement
Note: If your repair site 
has a bar code reader, 
note the logic board serial 
number:
• A = system
• B = logic board
Or—to be sure—you can 
find the logic board serial 
number on the heatsink 
side of the board.
Important: Do not 
remove the label.  

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If replacing the logic 
board with a new one, 
transfer:
• left speaker
• microphone cable
• heatsink
• memory
1 Install MagSafe board 
connector.
2 Keeping all cables 
away, install logic 
board screws in order 
shown. 
3 Connect cables 
securely following the 
instructions in 
Connector Types.   

MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid 2010) Take Apart — Trackpad 184 2010-06-11
First Steps
Remove:
• Bottom case
• Battery
• Memory
• Fans
• Logic board
Trackpad Kit 922-9009 
includes:
• trackpad
• black label
• 10 bottom case 
screws (3.5-mm and 
14.3-mm)
• 6 Phillips #000 (1.3-
mm) screws
• 1 tri-lobe #0 set screw
• 2 metal flexures
Tools
• ESD wrist strap and 
mat
• Sticky (Post-It) notes
• Black stick
• Large tri-lobe #0 
screwdriver (922-8991)
• Magnetized Phillips 
#00 screwdriver
• Magnetized Phillips...

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Removal
1 Remove 6 #000 (1.3-
mm) Phillips screws 
from flexures. Discard 
old screws; they lose 
their ability to hold 
securely if reused.
2 Remove 4 T6 (3.6-
mm) 922-9539 screws 
from flexure stiffeners. 
Keep screws.
3 Remove 1 tri-lobe set 
screw. Discard old 
screw.
4 Slide out stiffeners 
and flexures. Keep 
stiffeners.
5 Dispose of flexures 
(thin metal pieces); 
they are matched 
to each individual 
trackpad  by 
thickness.  

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6 Carefully tilt up 
keyboard mylar 
as you peel up 
trackpad flex cable 
from adhesive on 
mounting ramp.
Note: If a bar code 
label stays stuck to 
adhesive, be sure to 
remove it.
7 Hold trackpad and 
flex cable, and press 
down on edge closest 
to keyboard.
8 Slide trackpad down 
and back to clear 
supports in front 
edge of top case.  

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9 Tilt up top case, and 
spiral trackpad away 
from top case while 
carefully routing flex 
cable through hole.  

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Replacement
Important: Dispose of old 
flexures, 6 short Phillips 
screws, and 1 tri-lobe 
set screw, and only use 
new ones included with 
trackpad kit.
1 Peel and adhere 
black label (included 
with new trackpad) 
to cover trackpad 
stiffener as shown.
2 Align new flexures on 
positioning posts.
Note: This procedure will 
take patience and a steady 
hand.  Try supporting the 
delicate flexures with a 
black stick.  

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3 Slide stiffeners over 
the flexures and align 
the screw holes.
4 Tighten 4 Torx T6 
screws on stiffeners.
5 Carefully route flex 
cable through guide 
hole.
6 Spiral and pivot 
trackpad into place, 
inserting front edge 
first.
Important: Minimize 
rubbing edges of trackpad 
against top case while 
installing.  This could 
cause invisible cracks to 
form in the glass of the 
trackpad.  

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7 Loosely insert 6 short 
Phillips #000 screws 
into flexures.  Do not 
tighten yet.
8 On the palm rest, 
insert one sticky 
(Post-It) note into gap 
on each of the four 
sides of trackpad.