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Open up the macbook air and clean the logic board with isopropyl alcohol. Disconnecting and removing everything and washing it down with parts cleaner before putting it all back together. Enclosure to read the hard drives something like the owc envoy pro anyone have these and is willing to part with them for a day. As on the 2010 macbook air and some iphone 4s, apple used tamperresistant pentalobe screws on the 2011 airs bottom cover. Pull the trackpad ribbon cable straight out of its socket toward the front edge of the air.
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I know i need a torx 5 and a pentalobe but cannot find a reference to size. Bottom base case silver grey screw set pentalobe screwdriver. The p5 driver is compatible with the 5point star shaped pentalobe 5ipr security fasteners used on the bottom of some apple laptops. I bought a few months used macbook air mid20 11 a1465 last spring. What size pentalobe screwdriver do i need for macbook air3,2. Find great deals on ebay for screwdriver macbook air and pentalobe screwdriver macbook air. After that 1 week on rice and two weeks on dehumifcator. Macbook air 11 1st gen a70 water spill power without.
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Pull the cable parallel to the face of the logic board toward the front edge of the air. The io board integrates the magsafe dcin socket, a usb port, and the headphone jack onto one board. Close the display and lay it on a soft surface, topside down. Replace the io board cable on your mid 2011 macbook air 11.
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