Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

11

Time Required

                          15 - 25 minutes

Sections

3

  • Back Cover
  • 2 steps
  • Keyboard
  • 4 steps
  • Fan
  • 5 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Back Cover
  • Place the device upside down on a flat surface.
  • Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove all nineteen 1.2mm screws that secure the bottom cover of the device.

Place the device upside down on a flat surface.

Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove all nineteen 1.2mm screws that secure the bottom cover of the device.

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Step 2

  • Pry around the edges with a spudger to remove the back cover.
  • The two hinges on the back require additional force to be popped open.

Pry around the edges with a spudger to remove the back cover.

The two hinges on the back require additional force to be popped open.

Step 3

              Keyboard
  • The keyboard is the silver piece located by itself on the upper half of the laptop.
  • Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the four 1.2mm screws from the keyboard.
  • Using a spudger, go around the edges and pry off the keyboard.
  • All black clips will have to be removed before the keyboard can be removed.

The keyboard is the silver piece located by itself on the upper half of the laptop.

Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the four 1.2mm screws from the keyboard.

Using a spudger, go around the edges and pry off the keyboard.

All black clips will have to be removed before the keyboard can be removed.

Step 4

  • Remove the ribbon cable connection from the keyboard.
  • Peel back the two pieces of tape to separate the keyboard.
  • Remove the keyboard from under the plastic covering.
  • Remove the silver plate back cover of the keyboard from the bottom base.

Remove the ribbon cable connection from the keyboard.

Peel back the two pieces of tape to separate the keyboard.

Remove the keyboard from under the plastic covering.

Remove the silver plate back cover of the keyboard from the bottom base.

Step 5

  • Remove the large silver plate from the keyboard.
  • You can not remove the silver backing with the attached wire from the back of the keyboard.

Remove the large silver plate from the keyboard.

You can not remove the silver backing with the attached wire from the back of the keyboard.

Step 6

  • The keyboard is removed and ready to be replaced.

The keyboard is removed and ready to be replaced.

Step 7

              Fan
  • Remove twelve 1.2mm Phillips #000 screws from the motherboard, wireless LAN card, and hard drive.

Remove twelve 1.2mm Phillips #000 screws from the motherboard, wireless LAN card, and hard drive.

Step 8

  • Using a Phillips #000 screwdriver, remove both 1.2mm screws that hold the fan in place.

Using a Phillips #000 screwdriver, remove both 1.2mm screws that hold the fan in place.

Step 9

  • Lift the fan, hard drive, motherboard, and wireless LAN card out of the device.
  • These components are still connected with wires. Remove all plugs that may be attached to other components in order to isolate the group of components.

Lift the fan, hard drive, motherboard, and wireless LAN card out of the device.

These components are still connected with wires. Remove all plugs that may be attached to other components in order to isolate the group of components.

Step 10

  • Flip over the motherboard.
  • Remove all three 1.2mm Phillips #00 screws that attach the fan to the motherboard.

Flip over the motherboard.

Remove all three 1.2mm Phillips #00 screws that attach the fan to the motherboard.

Step 11

  • The fan and motherboard are still connected with wires. Remove any plugs that may be attaching the components
  • Remove the fan from the motherboard.

The fan and motherboard are still connected with wires. Remove any plugs that may be attaching the components

Remove the fan from the motherboard.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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