Manual

MacBook Pro 17-inch (original, Core 2 Duo, 2.4/2.6GHz, 2008) Take Apart — Top Case 27
Face the computer toward you with the display open slightly past 90-degrees. Using your 5.
ngernails or the tips of your ngers, grasp just beneath the back edge of the top case
behind the keyboard or in the upper right and left corners. Lift upward a few inches, then
work your hands around the top case toward the front, slowly lifting and encouraging the
clips and screw tabs to release. A snapping noise when the clips release is normal.