Apple MacBook Pro laptop disassembly with the Touch Bar panel showed that it is better to be very careful with the device. How to Disassemble MacBook for cleaning or repair at home Buy battery and thermal paste

The least maintainable laptop of all. In the desire to make it subtle and light Apple completely abandoned the accepted practices of the spare parts layout, and also the battery tightly glued to the top of the case. It was logical to assume that with the 13-inch model she will come even further - but no, everything has developed exactly the opposite. There is even visible to some possibilities for modernization, yes.

Model number of the new PRO - A1425. The sides are visible screws with Pentalobe Slots - they are found in the devices so often that it becomes indecent to call them the word "proprietary".

Phil Schiller called the asymmetric battery, but I think you will agree that it is quite symmetrical about the center. Although, yes, such a scheme of the cell layout, we have not met any laptop.

Again and again, the sticker threatens to deprive the guarantee anyone who will turn him off - with the exception of an authorized service representative. Apple does not select this title iFIXIT. - So, companies in the soul of gallery with all the insides of their products.

The 13-inch Pro is even more different from the previous Apple laptops than its fellow with 15 inches. Only here you can find a completely new battery connector. This is not even a connector, but the contact area between the loop and the motherboard. The miniature connector is no longer quoted.

On top of the screws, on which the dynamics are attached, the pieces of metal microfiber A la Steel wool were found. Why are they?

Here is the most interesting part. The SSD module is set under the trackpad into the plastic frame, and around it in this frame ... Emptiness. Free space. If you get the module along with the frame, then the standard 2.5-inch hard drive will fall into their place. If IFIXit was at hand, there was a hard disk with a thickness of 9.5 millimeters - the bottom cover was not closed with it. But there are drives thinner. If any will develop a specialized cable leading from the HDD (or simple SSD) connectors to the mentioned connector with the motherboard, then you can upgrade your Pro for reasonable money.

Identification of chips again arose problems. All microcircuits for the SSD module makes Samsung - but of them are recognized only directly to the flash memory chips.

Yellow - 32-gigabyte samsung k9fgy8ua7a-hck chips. On the other side there are four more, total 256 GB

Wireless module with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth controllers - exactly the same as in a 15-inch MacBook Pro.

The design of the heat sink could be left for the same if the number of chips that need to be cooled did not decrease from two to one. We mourn, bitterly mourn a non-existent discrete schedule. 13-inch MacBook such a 13-inch.

From now on, two coolers are spinning for the benefit of one processor.

More precisely, asymmetric blades are spinning into them. If you talk about them with an accent of Joni Quince, they are becoming even more asymmetric and quiet.

Under the skeins, it came to the motherboard.

Top of motherboard:
Red - Dual-core Intel Core i5-3210M processor with integrated Intel HD 4000 graphics;
Orange - Energy Efficient RAM DDR3L, HYNIX H5TC4G83MFR, each 512 MB;
Yellow - Intel BD82QS77 interface controller;
Green - Thunderbolt controller Intel DSL3510L.

Lower board:
Red - TEXAS INSTRUMENTS STELLARIS LM4FS1AH microcontroller;
Orange - More HYNIX RAM chips, total 8 GB;
Yellow - USB controller SMSC USB2512B;
Green - Single Cypress Semiconductor CY8C24794-24L. Can be used for different purposes;
Blue - CPU and GPU Maxim Max15119 power controller;
Violet - Cirrus Audio 4206BCNZ audio controller;
Black - something called Texas Instruments TPS 51980.

If the most elegant component of 15-inch Pro was a mini-jack, then this is undoubtedly a magnetic power connector MAGSAFE 2.

To the battery. Two of the six cells are attached in metal grooves with ... screws! Big progress compared to big MacBook!

Alas, but four other cells are still kept on high-quality glue. In order not to damage the cell, it needs to be disconnected immediately with several tools. Contrary to expectations, it is possible, although not easy. Ifixit drank it for 15 minutes.

Energy characteristics of the battery - 74 watt-hour, voltage - 11,21 volts, Capacity - 6600 mlm-hour.

Starting the stage that was not in the case of a C 15-inch Pro begins. Then the Trekpad with his controller remained hidden under the non-dusty battery. Now the controller is viewed through the hole in the housing. Pay attention to the gray chip on the right, between the foil connector and the plate. He was forgotten by collapse, but this is a Silicon Storage Technology flash memory module for 256 megabytes. Why the trackpad memory? Oh yeah, and, it turns out, the exact same put in Pro with 15 inches. Riddle.

Red - Touchpad Touchpad Controller, Broadcom BCM5976. The same as.

Before us is one of the five screws on which the Trekpad is being held. All screws screw.

A warning.
This article is not a guide to action! All responsibility for the collection and analysis of your device lies with you.
Many manufacturers do not bear warranty obligations if the device has been disassembled by the user. If you do not want to lose guarantees in your device, specify the terms of warranty obligations in the documentation or manufacturer of the device.

Used tools:
PH00 Phillips cross screwdriver;
TX6 torx plus screwdriver;
Y1 tri-wing screwdriver;
Plastic tool for pavement of the "Shovel".

We decided to disassemble the laptop MacBook Pro 13 "Unibody release of the mid-2009 and compare it with the MacBook Unibody model.

1. Here he is new MacBook Pro 13 "Unibody!
We will disassemble it into parts and in the course of the matter to compare with the MacBook Unibody laptop.
There is a feeling that these models are largely similar.

2. Box content:
user's manual
DVDs with branded software
60-watt power supply
Extension Cable for Power Supply
Rod for wiping

A video adapter for connecting an external monitor, as usual, no.

3. Compare it with MacBook Unibody:
In the bottom there is no door of the battery compartment.

Immediately the appearance of a SD memory card (and the lack of a microphone connectivity) is immediately striking.
Firewire connector on site!
Security lock was transferred to another straight.

SD Memory Card sticks out the outwardness of already on a centimeter! For MacBook "Pro" is a stupid constructive solution, in our opinion.

4. Let us turn to business.
No doors, it means that the battery user is not provided.
Well, you will have to get a cross scroll.

Quickly open the lid and ...

5. ... We see that inside the laptop looks almost the same as our old familiar, "younger brother" - MacBook Unibody.
The battery compartment is identical to the model MacBook Pro 17. We will risk assumed that in the updated model 15 "Pro it is exactly the same.

Remove 2 screws with a three-sand dye, and the battery suddenly becomes replaced!

The sticker is removed, as well as in the model 17 "Pro - because It is glued only to the battery and the middle wall, and not to the optical drive.

6. Characteristics of the 7-hour rechargeable battery:
Model A1322.
10.95 B.
60 W / h
"The battery does not contain mercury (HG)."

When working with computers with internal batteries, the first thing you need to disconnect the battery to stop the power supply to the device.

Actually, Apple replaces the battery, this service costs 129 dollars. And if you have a nearby shop or Apple service center, you will have to do without computer 3-4 working days.

Let's compare batteries of both models: although they are similar, they are definitely not interchangeable. The MacBook Pro battery is too large (and another form), so that the old MacBook Unibody does not fit.

7. Remove the hard drive ...

Apple still considers it replaceable for the user, however, it is necessary to unscrew to 10 screws more than in the MacBook Unibody model.

The first thing we would replace the Hitachi disk at 160 GB with something more significant.

8. Remove 2 screws and remove the subwoofer.

9. Drive of optical disks is kept on 3 screws with a crusade.

Mounting and arrangement of screws are identical to the older MacBook Unibody model.

10. Remove the optical drive and detect the right dynamics module.

It holds on the adhesive tape. Slightly refress it with a special plastic blade and remove.

11. We disconnect the cable, unscrew the 3 screws using a crosswinter, and the fan is removed!

12. Disconnect the LVDS signal cable.

Unscrew the 7-screwdriver screws of the motherboard (circled with red circles in the picture).
Remove the 2 screw fastening screws to connect an external power supply unit (circled with yellow circles).
Disconnect the trackpad cables, keyboard and battery charge indicator.

Remove the LVDS signal cable holder.
We almost drank the motherboard ...

13. Remove the microphone from a special recess.

Finally, we drank a motherboard!

14. Remove the motherboard ...

As in the MacBook Unibody model, the radiator is removed along with the motherboard.

15. Consider the motherboard on both sides:

16. Disassembly completed! Admire this placer details.

We disassembled Apple MacBook Pro 13 "Unibody's laptop.

Thanks for attention.

Note: This article discloses the question of the secure analysis of MacBook, but the site is not responsible for the work failure or breakage. If you do not understand the technique and electronics, you can disassemble the gadget only in detail by fulfilling all instructions. It is also worth mentioning that the guarantee of any equipment does not cover the breakdowns that you make, disassembled MacBook.

If the manufacturer's warranty is over, and McBook needs to be brushed from dust or repair, an important element of all this will be a competent approach to the analysis / collection. The approach to different models changes slightly, so we consider two options.

The process will need a number of tools that will help make everything neatly:

Screwdriver Cross PH00 of matte nickel, with protection against rolling;
Hour (telephone) screwdriver "Star" Torx Plus TX6;
Telephone three-blade screwdriver y1 firms Tri-Wing;
Plastic blade for work with housings.

MacBook Pro 13 "Unibody released in 2009 and is often compared with MacBook Unibody. In both models, similar housings that have minimal differences. At the bottom, there is no removable panel for the battery, hinting that the creators did not really want that anyone could climb into the insides of his gadget. But for us it is not fundamentally. First you need a cross screwdriver to remove the screws. After removing the entire bottom panel, we can contemplate the internal content of the poppy.

We find two inner corners of the battery and unscrew 2 screws with a three-blade screwdriver. The sticker, unlike some other models, is easily removed, as it is attached to the battery itself directly, and the side wall. When repairing such a design, the next action you need to disconnect the power supply of the system using our plastic blade.

Note

Apple's branded replacement of the battery makes 129 dollars (at the time of writing the article). Perhaps for some users this amount does not hit the pocket, but most it will be more profitable to make it independently or turn to the "budget craft". Be careful when choosing an assistant from the side.

To remove the hard disk, you will need to sweat with the twisting of small screws. It will not be difficult to disassemble, but the painstaking lesson will require focusing. With the next action, we remove the subwoofer, unscrewing 2 more screws. Next, twisting three screws, pull out the drive of the optical disks with the help of a cross slot, the attachments of which are absolutely the same as in the previous model.

Under the drive, you will see the dynamics of the right side, which is attached to the adhesive watering can and is easily removed by the same spatula. To remove the cooler, disconnect the cable, take the cross screwdriver again and unscrew the three mounts. Now our goal is the LVDS cable (rectangular, golden color). Now unscrew the screws along the motherboard without affecting the fastening of the external power supply. After moving out 7 Mother's screws, we get to the external block, removing 2 fasteners.

Alternately turn off the cables: Trekpad, "Claves" and battery charging indicators. Now you can remove the cell of the LVDS holder. In the same part, remove the microphone, extremely gently flying the blade. Everything, you can now remove the motherboard along with the radiator, with a calm soul. Disassemble MacBook Pro 13 "Unibody is quite simple, the main thing to follow all the rules described above. The same applies to collecting. You should not improvise.

At the time of the exit, the model did not gain popularity as he deserved. Therefore, we will pay special attention to it to correct the injustice. Released was in 2012. The list of tools increases slightly:

Two models of crust screwdriver PH00 and PH0;
Torx screwdriver with threads in the form of a star T6;
Three-blade hour screwdriver Y1 firms Tri-Wing;
The blade for working with plastic enclosures.

The new version of the gadget allows you to disassemble yourself, and in particular, remove the bottom panel, only after moving out the 10 screw screwdriver. We see "insides" and immediately begin work with the battery. There will be a three-bladed slot. Now the shovel disconnect the power cord of the battery. The next object is the Toshiba hard drive, which is removed by the cross screwdriver without special complications. 2.5 inches hard drive is fastened with four screws with a star connector.

AIRPORT / BLUETOOTH CARD AND OPTICAL ACCOUNT With the help of a blade, we neatly turn off. Now the optical drive is disconnected by the cross screwdriver. Next, remove the RAM modules. They can be replaced by more spacious, so the ability to manually disassemble the poppy can be useful to any inhabitant that wants to expand the possibilities of work.

Now, with the help of a blade, disconnect the power of the fan, after which we disconnect 3 of its attachments to the cross screwdriver. After that, it remains only to unscrew the screws with the star connector and remove the motherboard. The display module is fixed with hinges to the main case.

Obuving the apparatus, do not forget to follow all the steps when collecting. If you can not imagine how this or that detail of the model looks like, just take its name and model number on the Internet. Unscrew something at random is not the most successful idea. If the warranty period of the gadget has not expired - take advantage of this.

Opening an Apple MacBook Pro laptop of the last generation, conducted by IFIXIT Site Specialists. Then under the "Scalpel" layers hit the 13-inch model in the initial configuration, which does not have the touch of the Touch Bar OLED panel over the keyboard. For its maintainability, it scored only 2 points out of 10 possible. Now IFIXIT engineers got to the MacBook Pro diagonally with Touch Bar.

As it turned out, its inner decoration was recompounds with the goal of freeing the place for the touchpad. The most noticeable change was touched by stereo speakers, which moved from the zones on the sides of the keyboard on the edges of the wrist points. On the above photo of the red frames highlighted the location of the columns in the MacBook Pro with physical function keys, orange - in version with Touch Bar. At the same time, the lattices for the speakers remained there, where they were, although, apparently, they no longer carry no functional load - the sound from the loudspeakers located at the new location is displayed through the side openings.

Another curious discovery made during disassembly MacBook Pro 13 "with Touch Bar concerns a solid-state drive. As we remember, in the basic configuration of the laptop, it was performed in the form of even proprietary, but still a removable module. It is not so easy to replace it. "It is impossible to replace it - SSD is made in the form of sprung directly on the microcircuit board.

Not less than the trouble will be delivered in case of breakdown and the power button, because it is integrated to the fingerprint scanner Touch ID with a surface of sapphire glass. Substitution of this button will cost more analogs without touch ID.

As a result, MacBook Pro 13 "Sample 2016 with a sensory OLED panel got the lowest estimate for maintainability - 1 point out of 10 possible.

The reason for this is that due to its subtlety and ease, the practice of components were sacrificed, in addition, the battery was securely glued to the body in the upper part of it.

If you follow logic, then the new 13-inch laptop from Apple should also remain unrepretentious. However, everything happened up to the opposite. Moreover, the gadget can be even upgraded.

IFIXIT specialists reviewed in detail one such device. A1425 is the model number. From all sides in New Pro, the most common screws are visible.

According to Chiller Phil, the battery in the laptop is asymmetric, although if you look with respect to the center, the symmetry is quite observed. But it is worth noting that the arrangement of the cells in the gadget is unique, there is no such laptop in any other.

After the opening, the label is immediately rushed into the eyes, warning that if someone is removed, except for the service representative (for example, ifixit, to which Apple still trusts), the laptop is removed from the warranty.

As for the differences from other laptops, the 13-inch MacBook Pro has them even more than its 15-inch predecessor. One of these differences is represented by the new battery connector, which is not the fact that the connector, but a kind of platform for connecting the loop and motherboard.

The speakers are fixed by small screws, which are covered with a microfiber with metal, imitating steel. The appointment of them is not entirely clear.

Under the trackpad in the frame of the plastic, the SSD module is located, and around the module a lot of empty space in the frame. In this free place (if you remove the frame with the module) easily fit the usual hard drive of 2.5 inches. IFIXIT representatives at the time of disassembly were used by the Winchester of 9.5 millimeters, but in this case the lid is not closed below. However, this is not a problem, because there is in stock and thinner discs. If, let's say some company will offer a special cable connecting the connectors of a conventional hard disk and the motherboard, then for small money you can improve your laptop.

The identification of chips arose problems. The fact is that the SSD module is equipped with Samsung chips. Of all these microcircuits are freely recognized exceptionally flash memory.

Chips of yellow color - K9FGY8UA7A-HCKO - 32 gigabytes, manufactured by Samsung. Four more on the other side, total 256 GB

The wireless transmission module with Bluetooth controllers and Wi-Fi - exactly the same as in the older 15-inch model MacBook Pro.

Given that from two chips that need cooling, only one remained, the design of the heat sink was slightly changed. Still, 13 inches is 13 inches.

Now the processor is cooled with two coolers. Namely their asymmetric blades.

Changes touched on the motherboard.

Top: Yellow - Intel BD82QS77 interface controller; Red - Dual-core Intel Core i5-3210m processor with Intel HD 4000 graphics; 8 orange chips - DDR3L RAM, HYNIX H5TC4G83MFR, every 512 MB chip; Green - ThunderBolt interface controller model Intel DSL3510L.

Lower: Violet - Cirrus Audio 4206BCNZ audio controller; Black - chip with TPS 51980 marking from Texas Instruments; Orange - additional RAM of RAM from HYNIX, a total of 8 GB are obtained; Green - Cypress Semiconductor chip with CY8C24794-24L marking can be used for various purposes; Blue - the power controller of the central and graphics processors MAXIM MAX15119; Red - microcontroller from Texas Instruments Stellaris LM4FS1AH; Yellow - USB-interface controller SMSC USB2512B.

For sure, like a senior 15-inch brother, a 13-inch Pro is equipped with a new power connector MAGSAFE 2.

There is a lot of interesting things in the battery. For example, two cells of six are fixed with screws in metal grooves. This is undoubtedly a big step forward compared with the previous version.

But further is waiting for a little disappointment - the rest of the cells are kept on the glue, even if they are good. That is, if necessary, access the cell, you need to take several tools and work very carefully, so as not to cause damage. It is quite realistic to perform the procedure, although quite complicated. IFIXIT specialists needed about 15 minutes.

As for the characteristics of the battery, then they are as follows: 74 watts / hour, 11,21 volts, 6600 mlm / hour of capacity.

And now a significant difference from the 15-inch fellow, in which the controller and the trackpad hid under the tightly fixed battery. In the current version it is visible in the housing hole.

I would like to pay attention to the modest chip of gray, located on the right next door to the foil plate and the connector. It is not highlighted by any color, but this is a Silicon Storage Technology - a flash memory module for 256 MB. It is not clear why you need to equip the trackpad memory. It turns out that the same module costs in 15-inch Pro.

Trekpad sensor controller, Broadcom BCM5976 is highlighted in red. Same installed in iPhone 5

Now pay attention to the screws that the Trekpad is attached. Or rather, one of five.

In case of breakdown, the trackpad is easily replaced. This is another significant difference between the 13-inch Pro from its fellow in 15 inches.

And of course, it is impossible to bypass the Retina display. As for the design, there are few differences from the previous version. The display can not be dismantled, nor repair.

According to all the work carried out, it can be said that the MacBook Pro in 13 inches differs for the better from its 15-inch predecessor only ease in improving and removing the Trekpad. But this is a slight difference.

Well, it remains to wait, which will still explore ifixit. Do not forget about the iPad mini and a new iMac.