MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2021) 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

  • Antenna tool

  • ESD-safe tweezers

  • Nylon probe (black stick)

  • Torque driver (blue, 0.65 kgf cm)

  • Torx security bit

  • Torx T3 screwdriver

  • Torx T5 screwdriver

Removal

  1. Use the T3 screwdriver to remove the T3 screw (923-06851) from the antenna coaxial cable grounding clip (1) and the two T3 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 T5 screwdriver to remove the two long T5 screws (923-06850) (1) and the four short T5 screws (923-06855) (2) from the vent/antenna module.

  4. Use a torque driver and the Torx security bit to remove the nine 1IPR screws (923-06856) 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. Use the blue torque driver and Torx security bit to reinstall the nine Torx 1IPR screws (923-06856) into the vent/antenna module. Turn each screw until the torque driver clicks.

  3. Use the T5 screwdriver 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. 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.

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

  6. Use the T3 screwdriver to reinstall the T3 screw (923-06851) into the antenna coaxial cable grounding clip (1) and the two T3 screws (923-06851) into the antenna coaxial cable cowling (2).

Reinstall the following part to complete reassembly:

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