Step 1 — Battery
Use your fingers to push both apple battery release tabs away from the battery, and lift the apple macbook pro 15" battery ( a1175 battery ) out of the computer.
Step 2 — Memory Door
Remove the three identical Phillips screws from the memory door.
Step 3
Lift the memory door up enough to get a grip on it, and slide it toward you, pulling it away from the casing.
Step 4 — Upper Case
Remove the two Phillips screws in the apple laptop battery compartment near the latch.
Step 5
Remove the following 6 screws:
Two 10 mm T6 Torx screws on either side of the RAM slot.
Four 14.5 mm Phillips screws along the hinge.
Step 6
Remove the four Phillips screws on the port side of the computer.
Step 7
Rotate the computer 90 degrees and remove the two Phillips screws from the rear of the computer.
Step 8
Rotate the computer 90 degrees again and remove the four Phillips screws from the side of the computer.
Step 9
Do not yank the upper case off quickly. The case is attached to the logic board via a ribbon cable.
Lift up at the rear of the case and work your fingers along the sides, freeing the case as you go. Once you have freed the sides, you may need to rock the case up and down to free the front of the upper case.
Step 10
Disconnect the trackpad and keyboard ribbon cable from the logic board, removing tape as necessary.
Remove the upper case.
Step 11 — Hard Drive
Disconnect the orange hard drive ribbon cable from the logic board.
Step 12
Use a spudger to carefully loosen the adhesive securing the sleep light and IR sensor connectors to the top of the hard drive.
Step 13
Remove the two silver Phillips screws securing the hard drive retaining bracket to the lower case.
Step 14
Slide the Bluetooth board out of its slot next to the hard drive. The Bluetooth board is still connected to the orange hard drive cable, so don't try to remove it entirely from the computer.
Step 15
Lift the hard drive up with one hand and use your other hand to remove the retaining bracket from the side of the hard drive.
Step 16
Disconnect the orange hard drive cable.
Step 17 — Hard Drive Replacement
Remove the two silver T6 Torx screws and black rubber bumpers from the right side of the hard drive.
You'll need to transfer these screws and bumpers to your new hard drive if you're changing drives.
Step 18
Remove the two black T6 Torx screws and black rubber bumpers from the left side of the hard drive.
You'll need to transfer these screws and bumpers to your new hard drive if you're changing drives.
If you are installing a new hard drive, we have an OS X install guide to get you up and running.
To see more informations from:
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Repair/Installing-MacBook-Pro-15-Inch-Model-A1150-Hard-Drive-Replacement/486/1
