MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2023) Vent/Antenna Module

Before You Begin

Warning

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

Remove the following part before you begin:

Tools

  • Adjustable torque driver (10–34 Ncm)

  • Antenna tool

  • Torque driver (blue, 0.65 kgf cm)

  • Torx security bit

  • Torx Plus 3IP 44 mm half-moon bit

  • Torx T5 bit

Removal

  1. Use the blue torque driver and Torx Plus 3IP bit to remove the 3IP screw (923-06851) from the antenna coaxial cable grounding clip (1) and the two 3IP screws (923-06851) from the antenna coaxial cable cowling (2). 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 for the other two antenna coaxial cables.

  3. Use the blue torque driver and Torx security bit to remove the nine 1IPR screws (923-06856) from the vent/antenna module.

  4. Use the 10–34 Ncm adjustable torque driver and T5 bit to remove the two long T5 screws (923-06850) (1) and the four short T5 screws (923-06855) (2) from the vent/antenna module.

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

Reassembly

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

  2. Set the torque value of the 10–34 Ncm adjustable torque driver to 11.5 Ncm.

  3. Use the 10–34 Ncm adjustable torque driver and T5 bit to reinstall the two long T5 screws (923-06850) (1) and the four short T5 screws (923-06855) (2) into the vent/antenna module.

  4. Use the blue torque driver and the Torx security bit to reinstall the nine Torx 1IPR screws (923-06856) into the vent/antenna module.

  5. Position the ends of the antenna coaxial cables over the three connectors. Then 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 cables.

  7. Use the blue torque driver and Torx Plus 3IP bit to reinstall the 3IP screw (923-06851) into the antenna coaxial cable grounding clip (1) and the two 3IP screws (923-06851) into the antenna coaxial cable cowling (2).

Reinstall the following part to complete reassembly:

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