MacBook Air 13" Mid 2011 AirPort/Bluetooth Card Replacement

Step 1 MacBook Air 13" Mid 2011 AirPort/Bluetooth Card Replacement

• Before proceeding, power down your machine. Close the display and lay it on a soft surface top-side down.
• Remove the following ten screws:
• Two 9 mm P5 Pentalobe screws
• Eight 2.6 mm P5 Pentalobe screws
• The special screwdriver needed to remove the ten 5-point Pentalobe screws can be found .
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Step 2

• Wedge your fingers between the display and the lower case and pull upward to pop the lower case off the Air.
• Remove the lower case and set it aside.
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Step 3
• As a precaution against accidental discharge or shock, disconnect the battery connector from the logic board.
• Grab the clear plastic pull tab attached to the battery connector and pull it toward the front edge of the Air to disconnect the battery from the logic board.
• Be sure to pull the connector horizontally toward the battery, and not straight up from the Air, or you may damage the socket on the logic board.
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Step 4
• Use the flat end of a spudger to pry both antenna connectors up from their sockets on the AirPort/Bluetooth card.
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Step 5
• Remove the single 2.9 mm T5 Torx screw securing the AirPort/Bluetooth card to the logic board.
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Step 6
• Slightly lift the free end of the AirPort/Bluetooth card and pull it out of its socket on the logic board.
• To avoid damaging its socket on the logic board, do not excessively lift the free end of the AirPort/Bluetooth card.
• Remove the AirPort/Bluetooth card from the Air.
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