I found that using a P1 was necessary as the P2 doesn't fit. It could also be the screws that were installed vary slightly.

Another way to say what Tim said above:

For reassembly, this picture, showing the hard drive brackets back in place, is misleading. Leave them off still.

IF, at this stage, you reinstall the hard drive brackets, when you get to the time to reinstall the power supply, you will have to backtrack and take the brackets off.

For reassembly, this picture, showing the hard drive brackets back in place, is misleading. Leave them off still.

IF, at this stage, you reinstall the hard drive brackets, when you get to the time to reinstall the power supply, you will have to backtrack and take the brackets off.

I second this. If your repair is time-sensitive, consider making sure you have a PL1 driver in advance. Seeing that IFixit doesn’t seem to sell them, I bought a german-made Wiha driver, hoping the quality would be high. You never want these things to strip!

If you do need to get the cables back on the the card, I have found good results using the tip of a T5 driver to gently push them down (of course while aligning carefully with other finger). It gives a firm, flat & precise surface to press with + we know you have a T5 around!

To ease logic board removal (and especially later for reinstallation), I choose to gently bend each connector away from the logic board & use a little tape to hold them out of the way.

I used scissors to trim one of my normal-sized spudgers to be a “slim edition”. I wouldn’t recommend using a metal tool - probably more likely to damage something.

I found having a *long* pair of needlenose pliers to be indispensable when dealing with the rubber feet at the bottom. Being able to grab them & reposition was way better than working with a chopstick. Further, you can use the pliers to grab the drive at durable spot for pulling & pushing

after getting all the cables disconnected, I recommend using some tape to gently hold them back out of the way of the drive area - will make future fiddling with the drive & rubber feet much easier & safer for the cables.

I liked this idea & tried it but had trouble getting the feet to stay on the drive all the way down. Maybe I needed different soap or some sticky stuff to keep them adhered. I gave that up, trimmed the feet a little better, placed in bottom & this time had success.