This Apple MacBook Pro 15-inch Late 2011 Replacement Battery is specially designed for high performance of your favorite Apple notebook PC. It has been tested on Apple systems to ensure the safety for your computer. Get Your Battery Life Back NuPower batteries are engineered to be a Perfect Fit Solution for your MacBook Pro, and are rigorously tested for long-lasting rel. Hello, does someone know: Can I get a new battery for a 2011 MacBook Pro directly from Apple or AppleStore? Is that possible? On the Apple page I read that they offer batteries for 15 inch Macbook pros, but they didn't mention any model identifier (like 8,1 or 'Early' or 'Late 2011'). Battery connector, please be careful as parts of the motherboard might be electrified. Use the edge of a spudger to pry the battery connector upwards from its socket on the logic board. It is useful to pry upward on both short sides of the connector to 'walk' it out of its socket.

The issue is not one of weight but an issue with the systems cooling and an opening which objects could enter. For a few grams of weight I don’t think its worth it! A better solution would be to swap out the heaver HD for a much lighter SSD, and getting all of the performance benefits of the faster drive as well! While you might not think it the optical drive also acts as a stiffener so there is less twist in the case. This is because of the size of the hole for the DVD/CD’s so taking it out weakens the case design.

Since you’ll be removing many screws it’s best to plan ahead. I found it especially helpful to have a small plastic tray with about a dozen separate compartments to hold screws. As I removed screws I kept them in one compartment for each item removed. For example: The lower case removal involves the removal of ten screws. I kept them all in the first tray compartment and set the lid aside. Also, I put a post-it note identifying this compartment as “Lower case” and noted that the top right-most screws were the long ones.

I continued with this methodology as a removed the next item, and the next, etc. Disassembly notes included for each compartment. This helped SIGNIFICANTLY as I was able to reassemble the Macbook easily by simply going from one compartment to the next (in reverse order). This guide is rated “Difficult” which it really isn’t when you plan ahead in this way. It saves time in the long run. When putting the macbook pro back together, the middle screw on the right side (if the computer is upside down and you have the hinge furthest away from you) requires a bracket that was not included with my new upper case.

I had to remove it from my old case and transfer it over - if you don’t do this, that screw will have nothing to attach to. This was one of the many additional parts i needed to transfer from my old case to the new one that aren’t mentioned in this guidei’m adding comments on each step to try to help othersi wish i had thought to take pictures.

Did you properly ground yourself to the case before putting the spudger to the connector/logic board? Did you use a spudger or something else that is non conductive.or did you use a flat blade metal screw driver instead and compound your error by not grounding yourself before touching the logic board? All kinds of variables here but the bottom line is iFixit provided you a guide to fix your computer. Lots of others have followed this guide without trouble. Your battery issues are not their fault. They did say this guide was moderate difficulty.maybe it's just a little beyond your skill level.

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