Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
11
Time Required
20 - 30 minutes
Sections
3
- Battery
- 3 steps
- Keyboard
- 3 steps
- Hard Drive
- 5 steps
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Battery
- Make sure the laptop is shut down.
- Flip the laptop upside down with the battery facing towards you.
Make sure the laptop is shut down.
Flip the laptop upside down with the battery facing towards you.
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Step 2
- Place the pointed end of a spudger into the battery lock and slide it to the left until you hear the battery release.
Place the pointed end of a spudger into the battery lock and slide it to the left until you hear the battery release.
Step 3
- Pull the battery towards you to remove it from the laptop.
Pull the battery towards you to remove it from the laptop.
Step 4
Keyboard
- Remove all eighteen 8 mm screws with a Phillips #0 screwdriver.
Remove all eighteen 8 mm screws with a Phillips #0 screwdriver.
Step 5
- Move around the edge with metal spudger and carefully pry apart the clips holding the keyboard in place.
- Be careful not to break the plastic clips and do not remove the keyboard yet.
Move around the edge with metal spudger and carefully pry apart the clips holding the keyboard in place.
Be careful not to break the plastic clips and do not remove the keyboard yet.
Step 6
- Carefully detach the three ZIF ribbons connected to the motherboard by flipping up the white hinge.
- Lift up on the keyboard and the whole top should come right off, including the touchpad.
Carefully detach the three ZIF ribbons connected to the motherboard by flipping up the white hinge.
Lift up on the keyboard and the whole top should come right off, including the touchpad.
Step 7
Hard Drive
- Locate the hard drive in the metal casing.
Locate the hard drive in the metal casing.
Step 8
- Remove these two 4 mm Phillips #1 screws.
Remove these two 4 mm Phillips #1 screws.
Step 9
- Locate this ZIF ribbon and carefully flip the white top hinge up and bend the ribbon over to the right side.
Locate this ZIF ribbon and carefully flip the white top hinge up and bend the ribbon over to the right side.
Step 10
- Slide the hard drive to the right and gently lift it off of the laptop.
Slide the hard drive to the right and gently lift it off of the laptop.
Step 11
- There is one screw on each side of the metal hard drive casing you remove.
- Slide the hard drive out of the metal casing.
There is one screw on each side of the metal hard drive casing you remove.
Slide the hard drive out of the metal casing.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Michael Lee - Apr 15, 2016
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You can’t beat the internet when it comes to sorting out a problem.
Many thanks to the author of this guide, it really helped me out
David Waterhouse - Jan 30, 2017
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These are excellent clear instructions, well done and thank you
Jackie Abbott - Mar 2, 2017
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Great directions. With visual ades too…nice.
Thanks
Toni-Marie Catchpaw - Aug 19, 2017
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Thank you for the clear instructions, this is an excellent guide.
Michael King - Jun 22, 2018
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Very helpful guide. Thanks for that! Only thing missing was a warning about where the plastic clips were around the body to make it easier to pop those without breaking the plastic tabs on some of them. Even that isn’t all that important really.
