15" MacBook Pro Core 2 Duo Airport Extreme Replacement
Tools
  • Phillips #00 Screw
Remove battery.
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Three Phillips screws should be removed from the memory cover using a PH00 Phillips screw driver.
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Remove the memory cover.
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Remove two T6 Torx screws and four Phillips screws running along the screen hinge.
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Lift the keyboard carefully. You will have to pry it up starting from the screen side working your way back to the trackpad. BE CAREFUL: There is a ribbon cable attached to the underside of the keyboard so lift carefully.
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Remove the tape from the trackpad and keyboard connector. Disconnect the trackpad and ribbon cable connector from the logic board.
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Disconnect the three antenna cables from the Airport Extreme card. Each connector has a label that matches the wire just in case you get the cables mixed up.
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Remove the T6 Torx screw.
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Remove the retaining clip.
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Lift the Airport Extreme card and pull it out of it's socket.

Reassemble this device by following these instructions in reverse order.
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