That worked but a couple clips broke in the process. Beware for people trying this method.

I couldn’t get the jack plug out without using the metal spudger to push the pins in and out.

One more Philips M2.5x8 screw next to the orange battery switch that isn’t circled

For me this cable was by the hard drive with a grey and a black wire labeled “ODD_TEMP”

The actual joysticks themselves are soldered into the bottom motherboard.

2 more screws on the back.

*T8 screwdriver

There was 1 more screw still attached on the bottom that I had to remove before this would come out.

The only way I found was to clone the disc sector-by-sector. I read online that you can expand it by making the “user content” partition larger.

If you’re just trying to get to the hard drive, I would recommend leaving the BD-ROM connected and just turn and rest it on the fan.