MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2023) Vent/Antenna Module

Before You Begin

Remove the following part before you begin:

Tools

  • Adjustable torque driver (10–34 Ncm)

  • Antenna tool

  • ESD-safe tweezers

  • Nylon probe (black stick)

  • Torque driver (blue, 0.65 kgf cm)

  • Torx Plus 3IP 44mm half-moon bit

  • Torx security bit

  • Torx T5 bit

Removal

  1. Use the blue torque driver and 3IP bit to remove one 3IP screw (923-06851) from the antenna coaxial cable grounding clip and two 3IP screws (923-06851) from the antenna coaxial cable cowling. Remove the cowling and save it for reassembly.

  2. Use the antenna tool to lift the end of one antenna coaxial cable off the connector. Then repeat the process on the other two antenna coaxial cables.

  3. Use the blue torque driver and the Torx security bit to remove the nine 1IPR screws (923-07033) from the vent/antenna module.

  4. Use the 10–34 Ncm adjustable torque driver and Torx T5 bit to remove the two long outer T5 screws (923-06850) (1) and the four short inner T5 screws (923-07032) (2) from the vent/antenna module.

  5. Lift the vent/antenna module out of the top case as shown.

Reassembly

  1. Position the vent/antenna module in the top case.

  2. Keep the Torx T5 bit in the 10–34 Ncm adjustable torque driver. Set the torque value to 11.5 Ncm.

  3. Use the adjustable torque driver and Torx T5 bit to reinstall the two long T5 screws (923-06850) (1) and the four short T5 screws (923-07032) (2) into the vent/antenna module.

  4. Use the blue torque driver and the Torx security bit to reinstall the nine 1IPR screws (923-07033) into the vent/antenna module.

  5. Position the ends of the antenna coaxial cables over the connectors. Use the blunt end of the antenna tool to press the ends of the antenna coaxial cables to the connectors.

  6. Position the antenna coaxial cable cowling over the ends of the antenna coaxial cables.

  7. Use the blue torque driver and 3IP bit to reinstall one 3IP screw (923-06851) into the antenna coaxial cable grounding clip and two 3IP screws (923-06851) into the antenna coaxial cable cowling.

Reinstall the following parts to complete reassembly:

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