I would suggest to anyone who doesn't have extensive experience with very small parts to *NOT* undertake this repair. I have replaced many parts on Apple's laptops before, even stripping down a PowerBook G3 and putting it back together but that was a piece of cake compare to putting back the mute switch. The pictures above don't show all the parts that make the mute switch. There is a small square bracket that came out when I was trying to put back the cable end used by the mute switch. It was also incredibly difficult, for some reason, to line up the 2 brackets that "sandwich" the cable end and hold it to the case. I spent over 3 hours just trying to line up one screw in one of the hole to no avail. I ended up breaking the cable after spending so much time. I had no problem with the volume buttons but was never able to put back the end for the mute switch. Anyone that is contemplating this repair should really think twice about this.