MacBook Pro (13-inch, M2, 2022) Logic Board
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
3 mm hex nut driver
Adjustable torque driver (10–34 Ncm)
Antenna tool
ESD-safe tweezers
Nylon probe (black stick)
Torque driver (blue, 0.65 kgf cm)
Torx T3 half-moon bit
Torx T3 screwdriver
Torx T5 bit
Torx T5 screwdriver
Caution
This procedure requires System Configuration. After you’ve completed all removal and reassembly steps, learn how to initiate the System Configuration process.
If you’re installing a replacement logic board, you must also install a replacement Touch ID board.
Important
This procedure requires a replacement polyester film.
Removal
Use the blue torque driver and T3 half-moon bit to remove the following nine T3 screws:
Three T3 screws (923-05253) (1)
Two T3 screws (923-05253) (923-05263) (4)
Two T3 screws (923-05260) (5)
Two T3 screws (923-05246) (6)
Use the T5 screwdriver to remove the following four T5 screws:
Two T5 screws (923-05254) (2)
Two T5 screws (923-05255, 923-05256) (3)
Remove the following six cowlings and save them for reassembly:
L-shaped cowling (1)
Trackpad connector cowling (2)
Audio board connector cowling (3)
Touch ID board connector cowling (4)
eDP connector cowling (5)
eDP flex cable cowling (6)
Important: The audio board connector cowling (3) has a deeper bend where the screw hole is closest to the heat sink arm. Note the orientation of the cowling for reinstallation.
Lift the ends of the following five flex cables (1–5) off the connectors on the logic board:
Touch Bar touch flex cable (1)
Touch Bar display flex cable (2)
Input/output (I/O) board flex cable (3)
Trackpad flex cable (4)
Audio board flex cable (5)
Lift the end of the eDP flex cable (6) off the connector on the timing controller (TCON) board.
Important: Slightly tilt up the battery cover and route the trackpad flex cable (4) through the battery cover slot. Lower the battery cover onto the top case.
Peel the polyester film tabs from the following eight flex cables:
Left speaker flex cable (1)
Keyboard backlight power cord flex cable (2)
Keyboard flex cable (3)
Right speaker flex cable (4)
Fan flex cable (5)
Right keyboard backlight flex cable (6)
Left keyboard backlight flex cable (7)
Microphone flex cable (8)
Use the black stick to flip up the locking levers of the following eight flex cables:
Left speaker flex cable (1)
Keyboard backlight power cord flex cable (2)
Keyboard flex cable (3)
Right speaker flex cable (4)
Fan flex cable (5)
Right keyboard backlight flex cable (6)
Left keyboard backlight flex cable (7)
Microphone flex cable (8)
Slide the ends of the following eight flex cables from their connectors:
Left speaker flex cable (1)
Keyboard backlight power cord flex cable (2)
Keyboard flex cable (3)
Right speaker flex cable (4)
Fan flex cable (5)
Right keyboard backlight flex cable (6)
Left keyboard backlight flex cable (7)
Microphone flex cable (8)
Remove and discard the polyester film from the wireless antenna coaxial cables.
Use the antenna tool to lift the ends of the two antenna coaxial cables off the connectors.
Use the T5 screwdriver to remove the following five T5 screws from the logic board:
One T5 screw (923-05240) (1)
One T5 screw (923-05253) (2)
Three T5 screws (923-05250) (3)
Use the 3 mm hex nut driver to remove the 3 mm hex nut screw (923-05247) (4) from the heat sink arm.
Slightly tilt up the top edge of the battery cover and partially peel back the BMU flex cable (5). Lower the battery cover onto the top case.
Gently tilt up up the edge of the logic board farthest from the display hinge. Then pull the logic board toward you and out of the top case. Move the cables out of the way as you remove the logic board.
Important: Note how the heat sink arm is positioned on the thermal duct for reassembly.
Reassembly
Important
If you’re installing a replacement logic board, follow steps 1 and 2. If you’re reinstalling the existing logic board, skip to step 3.
Remove the existing Touch ID board and install a replacement Touch ID board.
Remove the existing embedded DisplayPort flex cable with connector cowling and install it on the replacement logic board.
Ensure that the thermal duct is installed on the heat sink arm correctly.
Before reinstalling the logic board, identify all 15 top case cables (1–15).
Note: There are 16 cables total, but the eDP flex cable with connector cowling is attached to the logic board and isn’t included in this image.
Hold the logic board by the edges. Tilt down the edge of the logic board closest to the display hinge. Then lower the rest of the logic board into the top case.
- Caution: Ensure that no top case cables are caught under the logic board.
Use the T5 screwdriver to partially reinstall the following five T5 screws into the logic board:
One T5 screw (923-05240) (1)
One T5 screw (923-05252) (2)
Three T5 screws (923-05250) (3)
Use the 3 mm hex nut driver to partially reinstall the 3 mm hex nut screw (923-05247) (4) into the heat sink arm.
Set the adjustable torque driver to 14.5 Ncm.
Use the 10–34 Ncm adjustable torque driver and T5 bit to fully reinstall one T5 screw.
Set the adjustable torque driver to 16 Ncm.
Use the adjustable torque driver and T5 bit to fully reinstall one T5 screw.
Use the T5 screwdriver to fully reinstall the three T5 screws.
Use the 3 mm hex nut driver to fully reinstall the 3 mm hex nut screw.
Use the blunt end of the antenna tool to press the ends of the two antenna coaxial cables to the connectors.
Adhere a replacement polyester film over the antenna coaxial cables and T5 screw.
- Caution: To prevent damage caused by loose debris, install a new polyester film over the antenna coaxial cables.
Slide the ends of the following eight flex cables (1–8) into the connectors:
Left speaker flex cable (1)
Keyboard backlight power cord flex cable (2)
Keyboard flex cable (3)
Right speaker flex cable (4)
Fan flex cable (5)
Right keyboard backlight flex cable (6)
Left keyboard backlight flex cable (7)
Microphone flex cable (8)
Use the flat end of the black stick to flip down the locking levers of the following eight flex cables:
Left speaker flex cable (1)
Keyboard backlight power cord flex cable (2)
Keyboard flex cable (3)
Right speaker flex cable (4)
Fan flex cable (5)
Right keyboard backlight flex cable (6)
Left keyboard backlight flex cable (7)
Microphone flex cable (8)
Press the polyester film tabs to the ends of the following eight flex cables:
Left speaker flex cable (1)
Keyboard backlight power cord flex cable (2)
Keyboard flex cable (3)
Right speaker flex cable (4)
Fan flex cable (5)
Right keyboard backlight flex cable (6)
Left keyboard backlight flex cable (7)
Microphone flex cable (8)
Press the ends of five flex cables (1–5) to the connectors on the logic board:
Touch Bar touch flex cable (1)
Touch Bar display flex cable (2)
I/O board flex cable (3)
Trackpad flex cable (4)
Audio board flex cable (5)
Press the end of the eDP flex cable (6) to the connector on the timing controller (TCON) board.
Important: Before you press the end of the trackpad flex cable (4) to the connector, slightly tilt up the battery cover and remove the cable from the slot. Lower the battery cover onto the top case.
Position the following six cowlings (1–6):
L-shaped cowling (1)
Trackpad connector cowling (2)
Audio board connector cowling (3)
Touch ID board connector cowling (4)
eDP connector cowling (5)
eDP flex cable cowling (6)
Important: Position the audio board connector cowling (3) with the deeper bend closest to the heat sink arm.
Use the blue torque driver and T3 half-moon bit to reinstall the following nine T3 screws:
Three T3 screws (923-05253) (1)
Two T3 screws (923-05254) (923-05263) (4)
Two T3 screws (923-05260) (5)
Two T3 screws (923-05246) (6)
Use the T5 screwdriver to reinstall the following four T5 screws:
Two T5 screws (923-05254) (2)
Two T5 screws (923-05255) (923-05256) (3)
Reinstall the following part to complete reassembly:
Caution
After you’ve completed all removal and reassembly steps, learn how to initiate the System Configuration process.