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MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement

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  1. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement, Battery: adım 1, 1 resimden 1.
    • Use your fingers to push both battery release tabs away from the battery, and lift the battery out of the computer.

    Years ago, I had to return/replace this type of a battery several times because of erratic behavior in the laptop. Suddenly I had one that lasted for 5 years before not taking any charge anymore. So, I'm going to order a new one hopefully without having to restart the return charade BECAUSE:

    I observed that the battery's CONTACTs are unreliably INTERMITTENT. So far, it helped for a while moving it in and out in order to chafe the contacts' surfaces against each other.

    moise - Yanıt

  2. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement, RAM Shield: adım 2, 1 resimden 1.
    • Remove the three identical Phillips screws from the memory door.

    Tip for new players - print this guide, then use Sello tape to tape the screws from each step on the picture. Keeps them all organised and easy to know which screws belong to which step when putting it all back together

    MPB Monkey - Yanıt

    Thanks a lot for this great advice. I followed it, and it turned out to be very useful and practical.

    Ralf Bergs -

    MPB Monkey kullanıcısından alıntı:

    "...Tip for new players - print this guide, then use Sello tape..."

    It's one word: Sellotape, the biggest brand in Europe. :-)

    matthk - Yanıt

    In regard to the incredible amount of TINY screws, get an Ice Cube Tray or something with AT LEAST 8 compartments, then, when taking out the screws, mark EACH compartment with the step # and how many screws that were taken out, and used for THAT STEP (such as Step # 3 = 4 of 4 screws. Label EACH compartment, and keep them in line of each step. When it comes time to put everything back together, just reverse your Ice Cube Tray, and follow the Steps in Reverse!

    As far as marking each compartment, try these POST IT PENS!!!

    http://www.staples.com/Post-it-Flag-Ball...

    GOOD LUCK! Take your time, it's not as difficult as it seems!

    JerseyJeepGurl

    JerseyJeepGurl - Yanıt

    An ice cube tray is definitely the way to go!

    Martok Bulls -

    This guide helped me to remove the keyboard on my MBP, but it doesn't take you further to take the keyboard apart. If you REALLY want to look inside the keyboard, you'll need to remove additional phillips screws (10), and carefully remove the inner plastic/clear layers inside the keyboard.

    I did this to look for physical damage inside the keyboard and noticed that the black plastic? sheet was torn on my letter 'v', which was one of the keys not working. I did not see any physical sign anywhere else on the keyboard, though.

    So, after pulling the defective keyboard away and installing the new one purchased from iFixit, putting everything back together is not too difficult, just reverse.

    One thing, though: Check and double-check before you tighten the case screws to make sure your keyboard backlight is working. I noticed I had forgotten to plug it in, luckily for me before I put all the screws on the case.

    To avoid losing any screws, print this guide and use clear tape to tape the screws next to the step. Use double-tape to avoid tearing or one of the tiny screws from falling out.

    Good luck!

    Thanks iFixit for helping me replace my MBP's keyboard!

    juanortuno - Yanıt

    Thank you for some excellent advice form JerseyJeep Gurl

    SubodhJ kullanıcısından alıntı:

    SubodhJ - Yanıt

    Worked perfect on my 4,1 mbp. Took ~15 min.

    I don't see a boost in speed... or is just me?

    I used 500 GB 7200 RPM Seagate SATA Hard Drive model ST9500420AS.

    (if has a G letter at the end (ASG) is the one with built in shock protection who conflict sometimes with the mac own G protection).

    crus - Yanıt

    This guide was awesome. I used JerseyJeepGurl's suggestion and used an egg carton, numbering each cavity as a step in the guide. So for a step that had me remove 3 different kinds of screws, I had a cavity for each, numbered: 1a, 1b, 1c and wrote a,b,c on the guide itself next to each bullet point in the step. It was awesome.

    I guess that before starting I overlooked what a T6 torx actually was. I started this process at 8pm and realized right away that I did not have a set that small and of course all stores were closing. Lowes actually had an awesome fine torx driver set for only 7 bucks!

    So that you fixit.

    tech4eleven - Yanıt

    tech4eleven kullanıcısından alıntı:

    This guide was awesome. I used JerseyJeepGurl's suggestion and used an egg carton, numbering each cavity as a step in the guide. So for a step that had me remove 3 different kinds of screws, I had a cavity for each, numbered: 1a, 1b, 1c and wrote a,b,c on the guide itself next to each bullet point in the step. It was awesome.

    I guess that before starting I overlooked what a T6 torx actually was. I started this process at 8pm and realized right away that I did not have a set that small and of course all stores were closing. Lowes actually had an awesome fine torx driver set for only 7 bucks!

    So that you fixit.

    Thank you everybody for "thanking me" on the compartment advice! Also, just about ANY Auto parts store will have a set of Torx Screw drivers, in a handy little set, that is all together. Good luck everybody,,remember,TAKE YOUR TIME, BREATH, AND DON'T GET FRUSTRATED!!! (STEALING ADVICE FROM PEARL JAM,,BREATH,JUST BREATH),,,,AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO IT YOURSELF!

    JJG

    JerseyJeepGurl - Yanıt

    JerseyJeepGurl kullanıcısından alıntı:

    In regard to the incredible amount of TINY screws, get an Ice Cube Tray or something with AT LEAST 8 compartments, then, when taking out the screws, mark EACH compartment with the step # and how many screws that were taken out, and used for THAT STEP (such as Step # 3 = 4 of 4 screws. Label EACH compartment, and keep them in line of each step. When it comes time to put everything back together, just reverse your Ice Cube Tray, and follow the Steps in Reverse!

    As far as marking each compartment, try these POST IT PENS!!!

    http://www.staples.com/Post-it-Flag-Ball...

    GOOD LUCK! Take your time, it's not as difficult as it seems!

    JerseyJeepGurl

    Michael Fredrickson - Yanıt

    Michael Fredrickson kullanıcısından alıntı:

    I get a piece of "corrugated" cardboard and draw an outline of the laptop and all the "compartments" that are accessed. When you take a screw out simply punch it threw top layer of the cardboard exactly where it goes. Multiple compartments - just draw another diagram on the cardboard. Voila!

    Michael Fredrickson - Yanıt

    I just finished replacing my hard drive following these instructions and they were perfect. The only minor complication involved the ribbon cable connecting to the sleep light and IR sensor connectors. The entire cable was tightly glued to the hard drive. But I got it loose with 10 minutes of gentle prying with a spudger.

    To keep track of the screws I just sketched an outline of the bottom panel, taped the screws in the right places and numbered them with the step numbers.

    Tom McAuliffe - Yanıt

    I just used that Glad Press' N Seal. I just cut a 4 in piece, cut slits in it to about half way, Put the screws on there, and fold the pieces over the screws. You can number them, i just kept track of them. Also, you might not need that much, i just cut that much just to be safe.

    benchallinor27 - Yanıt

    I use magnet

    I use the magnet that close the refigerator door.

    The screws are put on the magnet, so it didnot fall from the table.

    i am french so sorry for my english

    Madoc -

    Just another idea for a container for all the little screws: pillbox. I got one for about $1.00 at the store with 14 compartments.

    Brian Littmann - Yanıt

  3. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 3, 1 resimden 1.
    • Lift the memory door up enough to get a grip on it, and slide it toward you, pulling it away from the casing.

  4. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement, Upper Case: adım 4, 1 resimden 1.
    • Remove the two 2.8 mm Phillips screws in the battery compartment near the latch.

  5. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 5, 1 resimden 1.
    • Remove the following 6 screws:

    • Two 10 mm T6 Torx screws on either side of the RAM slot.

    • Four 14.5 mm Phillips screws along the hinge.

  6. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 6, 1 resimden 1.
    • Remove the four 3.2 mm Phillips screws on the port side of the computer.

    "port side of the computer" should read "starboard side". It's on the right-hand side when the computer is positioned normally in front of you.

    joeycoole - Yanıt

    Port side as in I/O port side, as in the side that has the FireWire and ethernet ports. This is a MacBook, not a sailboat ;)

    Andrew Bookholt -

    Maybe I'm too used to running flight simulators on my Macs. But to us sailors or pilots, it would perhaps be clearer if the instructions mentioned "I/O port side" as Andrew did above.

    Honestly, it never crossed my mind that 'port' refered to in/out…

    joeycoole -

  7. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 7, 1 resimden 1.
    • Rotate the computer 90 degrees and remove the two 3.2 mm Phillips screws from the rear of the computer.

  8. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 8, 1 resimden 1.
    • Rotate the computer 90 degrees again and remove the four 3.2 mm Phillips screws from the side of the computer.

    In my machine the screw closest to the power connector had a slightly thicker head, and would not sit flush, upon reassembly, unless it was returned to the same hole.

    Martin Kenny - Yanıt

  9. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 9, 1 resimden 1.
    • Do not yank the upper case off quickly. The case is attached to the logic board via a ribbon cable.

    • Lift up at the rear of the case and work your fingers along the sides, freeing the case as you go. Once you have freed the sides, you may need to rock the case up and down to free the front of the upper case (there are some hidden plastic clips that need to be clicked off).

    Be super careful not to bend the metal tabs that hook the upper case into the lower case. If bent these make it challenging to close and reattach the upper case.

    lama - Yanıt

    I had already done this once and now have a larger SSD to put in and cannot get past this step as the back just will not pop off. In fact- the front comes off fine but the back, where you cannot get the spudger, is "glued" or wedged solid. I suspect that the rear screw tabs have jammed. :(

    Stefanie - Yanıt

    I would not rock the case up and back. There are 4 plastic connectors that need to come loose, start on the left side with a spudger about a quarter of the distance from the edge and pop them up from left to right, one by one.

    maccentric - Yanıt

  10. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 10, 1 resimden 1.
    • Disconnect the trackpad and keyboard ribbon cable from the logic board, removing tape as necessary.

    • Remove the upper case.

    Kudos for this fantastic walk-through of replacing the hard drive. I just swapped in a new SSD and it was a piece of cake!

    On Step 10, I tried just propping up the keyboard and leaving it connected to the logic board. It worked for a while but eventually the ribbon popped off. Luckily it wasn't damaged and it's super easy to replace.

    DJR - Yanıt

    Same happened to me. No damage here either. :-)

    Ralf Bergs -

    Since there is the ONE cable going from the top keyboard/touchpad assembly to the motherboard, you need to be careful lifting it up and removing it.

    Start at the front of the laptop, using a spudger to widen the gap so you can see inside where the ribbon cable attaches.

    When re-assembling, use a couple of spudgers to prop up the keyboard/touchpad assembly and hold it in place. Re-connect the cable, then starting from the rear, lower the assembly into place.

    ECJohansen - Yanıt

  11. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement, Optical Drive: adım 11, 1 resimden 1.
    • Disconnect the orange SuperDrive ribbon cable from the logic board, removing tape as necessary.

  12. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 12, 1 resimden 1.
    • Remove the following 4 screws:

    • Two 3.3 mm silver Phillips screws on either side of the SuperDrive.

    • One 4.7 mm silver T6 Torx screw from the top left corner of the drive

    • One 6.2 mm black Phillips screw at the top right corner of the drive.

    Regarding the following instruction: -

    Two 3.3 mm silver Phillips screws on either side of the SuperDrive.

    Be aware there are two of these on the bottom (if the slot is facing you) screws close to each other, one is for the actual drive assembly itself and the other is attaching the drive to the Mac. Beware you choose the correct one.

    spaceshipdev - Yanıt

  13. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 13, 1 resimden 1.
    • Lift the optical drive up and out of the computer.

  14. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement, Logic Board: adım 14, 1 resimden 1.
    • Disconnect the hard drive and ExpressCard connectors from the left side of the logic board.

  15. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 15, 1 resimden 1.
    • Disconnect the iSight and display data cables from the logic board by sliding the cables out of their connectors, removing tape as necessary.

  16. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 16, 1 resimden 1.
    • Disconnect the eight indicated connectors by placing a spudger beneath each cable and lifting up.

    Be careful when putting the logic board back into place, you can easily overlook the small cable that fits at the top, otherwise you have the frustrating experience of having to remove all the screws again!

    sfuseau - Yanıt

    On putting this back together, I'm finding the small upper cable that presumably is battery monitoring (lower left hand corning of the picture) is not staying in place (I'm using the one that shipped with the lower tray, not the original). I'm thinking either some of the anti-static tape, or a rebending of the wires to help apply continuous pressure. I had to take the top off one already as a consequence of this, as it wouldn't power-up on battery alone, and the next day, the problem appears to have returned.

    schurger - Yanıt

  17. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 17, 1 resimden 1.
    • Remove the silver T6 Torx screw securing the ground loop in the display data cable to the casing.

  18. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 18, 1 resimden 1.
    • Remove the single T6 Torx screw securing the clear plastic shield over the right ambient light sensor.

    • Lift the clear plastic shield off the right ambient light sensor.

  19. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 19, 1 resimden 1.
    • Peel up the orange Kapton tape securing the right thermal sensor cable to the logic board.

  20. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 20, 1 resimden 1.
    • Remove the following 15 screws:

    • One 4.4 mm black Phillips screw to the right of the ram slot.

    • Eight 4.7 mm silver T6 Torx screws securing the logic board to the lower case.

    • One 6.2 mm black T6 Torx screw on the right side of the left fan.

    • Five 9.4 mm silver T6 Torx screws securing the left and right fans.

    In the diagram, the yellow circle and the orange next to it should be swapped. The black screw won't even grasp the threads in the indicated hole.

    Monica Anderson - Yanıt

    where the foto of step 20??!! (

    kohaua - Yanıt

    The five red rings indicating the screws on the left and right fan should be green not red.

    cgriffin - Yanıt

  21. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 21, 1 resimden 1.
    • Hold the logic board down with one hand and use your other hand to lift the left fan up from its housing. There is a piece of black tape securing the fan to the heat sink. Carefully peel this tape up from the heat sink as you lift the fan up.

    • Place the fan above the Airport card. It is not necessary to remove the fan from the computer entirely.

  22. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 22, 1 resimden 1.
    • Lift the right fan up and carefully peel up the tape securing the fan to the heat sink as you go.

    • Remove the right fan from the computer.

  23. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 23, 1 resimden 1.
    • Lift up the left side of the logic board and disconnect the gray and black power cable from the bottom of the board.

  24. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 24, 1 resimden 1.
    • Grasp the logic board at the left side and at the thin section, and rotate the logic board out of the lower case.

    • To properly reassemble your MacBook Pro, you'll have to clean off and replace the old thermal compound. Use our Applying Thermal Paste Guide to prepare the processor and heat sink surfaces.

  25. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement, Heat Sink: adım 25, 1 resimden 1.
    • Lift the heat sink out of the computer.

    • If you need to mount the heat sink back into the laptop, we have a thermal paste guide that makes replacing the thermal compound easy.

  26. MacBook Pro 15" Core 2 Duo Model A1211 Heat Sink Replacement: adım 26, 1 resimden 1.
    • Peel back the orange Kapton tape covering the left thermal sensor.

    • Use a spudger to pry the left thermal sensor off the heat sink.

    • Heat sink remains.

Sonuç

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

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As usual, ifixit nails it. I just got done replacing the thermal paste on my MBP A1211. This beast had been unable to deal with any video for more than two minutes without sputtering and failing, the fans were screaming and it was so %#*@ hot. One benefit of doing the teardown was cleaning out the mass amount of crud in the fans which obviously was a big problem. Anyhow, the most difficult part of this process was getting the tape off of the left fan, other than that, piece of cake and it fired right up, can't even hear the fans and I'm ten minutes into a full screen movie and no issues. Whoo hooo!!!!

Oh yes, the egg carton for the screws was perfect. I labeled 8 bins for the steps with screw removal as follows (multiple step numbers means they were combined in one egg bin; for step 20 I made three bins separated by color):

2,4

5

6,7,8

12

17,18

20 - orange

20 - green

20 - red, yellow

chdorr - Yanıt

This tutorial is pure gold. With very little money for thermal paste and a pressured air can (i already had the necessary tools), i freed my computer from tons of dirt and hairballs which clogged either both fans and the heat sink. I renewed the thermal paste as well. All in all it took me two hours to do so. My MacBook Pro runs now twenty(!) degrees Celsius cooler than before, cooling fans fire up rarely and all is quiet inside the casing. Performance is just like it was when the computer was new. Before the cleaning and thermal paste renewal, performance was very poor with system crashes, freezed programs and a heated casing you could barely touch. But now it's like i had a new computer again.

Thanks again!

Martok Bulls - Yanıt

Hola Tengo un Mac Book Pro 5.1- 15" Unibody de mediados del 2008 de Batería extraible.

Los ventiladores no paran a pesar de que esta muy limpio y excepto de polvo,Ahora pienso en la pasta térmica para sustituirla pero me falta información y guía para movilizar la Placa lógica y poder ver el disipador de calor y cambiar la pasta térmica.Mi pregunta es, hay fotos como de otros modelos para poder seguir los pasos ,Gracia espero puedan ayudarme.Ok

mb190108 - Yanıt

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