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At the bottom of the memory bay, there are 2 more Phillips screws. They are a smaller
head than the ones inside the memory bay that you just removed. Use a Phillips #0
screwdriver to remove the screws.
There is one problem. On many machines, the screws were improperly installed. In-
stead of using loctite on the screw standoff, Apple used loctite on the screws them-
selves, into the standoffs - without loctite on the standoffs that thread into the Mac
Pro’s chassis.
This means, when you try and remove the screws, the standoffs themselves that the
screws are screwed into turn. You may need to use a very thin pair of needlenose pli-
ers, hemostats, or even a thin flat blade screwdriver to hold the hex-shaped standoff
tight, while you loosen the Phillips screws.
A photo of this task being made look easy, at least if your screws are not improperly
installed as described above. Try and not strip the Phillips screw heads.
