MacBook Pro (16-inch PROLED XDR, M5 Pro or M5 Max) Touch ID Board Removal

Before You Begin

Warning

Read Battery Safety and follow workspace and battery handling guidelines before you begin.

Remove the following parts before you begin:

Tools

  • ESD-safe tweezers

  • Ethanol or isopropyl alcohol (IPA) wipes

  • Kapton tape

  • Keyboard backlight alignment pins

  • Nylon probe (black stick)

  • Pentalobe PL1.1 44 mm half-moon bit (1IPR half-moon bit)

  • Torque driver (blue, 0.65 kgf cm)

  • Torx Plus 1IP 44 mm half-moon bit

  • Touch ID alignment kit

Note: The tools list includes tools needed for removal and reassembly. Refer to a full list of tools required for all repairs.

Important

  • If you replace this part, it’s recommended to run Repair Assistant in order to finish the repair. Repair Assistant will be available on the device after you’ve completed all reassembly steps.

  • The Touch ID board is located under the keyboard backlight panel. Replacing the Touch ID board requires removing the existing keyboard backlight and installing a replacement. A replacement backlight keyboard is included with a replacement Touch ID board.

  • This procedure may require a Touch ID board shim kit, which only comes with a replacement Touch ID board. It’s not a separate orderable part.

Removal

Keyboard Backlight Removal

  1. Ensure that 10 flex cables are taped back from or moved out of the way of the keyboard backlight.

  2. Use ESD-safe tweezers to peel the keyboard backlight away from the top-right corner of the keyboard.

    • Caution

      • Don’t scratch the housing with the tweezers while removing the keyboard backlight.

      • Ensure that you don’t damage the flex cables when using the tweezers.

  3. Move the ESD-safe tweezers clockwise around the keyboard backlight as you peel it away. Then remove the keyboard backlight from the top case.

  4. Peel off any keyboard backlight remnants that are left on the keyboard.

  5. Use the flat end of a black stick and an ethanol or IPA wipe to clean adhesive residue from the parts of the perimeter marked with the blue lines.

    • Caution: Don’t clean the part of the perimeter outlined in red. It will damage the black foam.

  6. Use the flat end of a black stick and an ethanol or IPA wipe to clean adhesive residue left by adhesive dots on the keyboard backlight.

  7. Use the flat end of a black stick and an ethanol or IPA wipe to clean adhesive residue from the vertical center support rib located above the battery.

  8. Continue to Touch ID removal.

Touch ID Removal

  1. Stand the computer on its side with the display open. Then press the Touch ID button a few times to sense its movement.

  2. Pick up the computer and fully open the display. Then place the computer keyboard-side down on a clean surface with the display hanging down over the edge of the table.

  3. Use the blue torque driver and pentalobe PL1.1 bit to remove four inner PL1.1 screws (923-15347) on the Touch ID board.

  4. Use the blue torque driver and pentalobe PL1.1 bit to remove four outer PL1.1 screws (923-15347) on the Touch ID board.

  5. Remove the Touch ID button (1), Touch ID diffuser (2), and feature plate (3).

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