MacBook Air 11" Mid 2013 Heat Sink Replacement

Remove the following ten screws:

Two 8 mm 5-point Pentalobe screws

Eight 2.5 mm 5-point Pentalobe screws

Wedge your fingers between the display and the lower case and pull upward to pop the lower case off the Air.

Use the flat end of a spudger to pry both short sides of the battery connector upward to disconnect it from its socket on the logic board.

Bend the battery cable slightly away from the logic board so the connector will not accidentally bend back and make contact with its socket.

Use the tip of a spudger to carefully push on each side of the iSight camera cable connector to loosen it out of its socket on the logic board.

Peel the iSight camera cable up off the adhesive securing it to the fan.

Use the tip of a spudger to carefully flip up the retaining flap on the fan cable ZIF socket.

Remove the following three screws securing the fan to the upper case:

Two 5.5 mm T5 Torx screws

One 4.6 mm T5 Torx screw

Lift, but do not remove the fan out of its recess in the upper case.

Carefully pull the fan ribbon cable out of its socket as you remove the fan from the Air.

Remove the four 2.5 mm T5 Torx screws securing the heat sink to the logic board.

Remove the heat sink from the logic board.