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maybe I'm just easily distracted but if
I'm working on my computer and the fan
is being really noisy it can be super
annoying plus it's a pretty good
indicator that the fan could be dying
fortunately such a fix is easy and
requires minimal effort hi I'm MJ with
iFixit and today I'm going to show you
how to replace the fan in a 13-inch
unibody MacBook Pro this video is a
great overview of the process but of
course when you're replacing your fan
you want to make sure to follow the
step-by-step instructions and the repair
guide on our site this version is a
mid-2011 version and while the process
is really similar for previous
iterations I'd still recommend following
the repair guide for your specific
MacBook Pro that all being said I'm
going to go ahead and get my parts and
tools together so I can get started for
this repair you're going to need a
plastic spudger a phillips double zero
screwdriver and a t6 Torx driver both of
which I got from our 54 piece bit driver
kit to get started I'm going to go ahead
and take out all the Phillips screws
that are holding the lower case in place
once the screws are out the lower case
should just pop right off
okay so we can already see the fan and
the screws that are holding it in place
but before we touch those we're going to
disconnect the battery from the logic
board that way we can prevent any sudden
power surges from occurring while we're
working on the computer you're going to
use your plastic spudger and just kind
of lift up one side and then lift up the
other kind of like you're walking the
connector out of the socket with the
battery cable disconnected we can start
working on the fan the fan is held in
place by three screws and one connector
so I'll go ahead and take care of the
screws
now that connector is recessed into the
socket and I've heard of a lot of people
accidentally popping both the connector
and the socket off the logic board so be
very careful when you're lifting up to
only lift up the connector and not the
socket that's attached to the logic
board and that's it all I need to do is
install my new fan and reassemble my
computer of course you can find all of
the parts and tools for this and many
other repairs at ifixit.com and if you
run into any problems during your
repairs there are lots of solutions in
the MacBook Pro repair guide on our site
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