Difficulty

Easy

Steps

10

Time Required

                          1 week

Sections

4

  • Keyboard
  • 2 steps
  • Battery
  • 3 steps
  • Keyboard
  • 2 steps
  • Hard Drive
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Keyboard
  • Open the lid othe the netbook. Use the Jimmy from the upper left corner of the keyboard. Put it between the keyboard and th casing and move it to the right. It might help to use a metal spudger to push in the pins holding the keyboard in place.
  • Then move down along the sides where there is one pin on each side. After that twist the keyboard towards you.

Open the lid othe the netbook. Use the Jimmy from the upper left corner of the keyboard. Put it between the keyboard and th casing and move it to the right. It might help to use a metal spudger to push in the pins holding the keyboard in place.

Then move down along the sides where there is one pin on each side. After that twist the keyboard towards you.

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Step 2

  • Now open the brown connector so the flat cable is loose. Then you can remove the keyboard.

Now open the brown connector so the flat cable is loose. Then you can remove the keyboard.

Step 3

              Battery
  • Put the netbook, so the back side is upwards.

Put the netbook, so the back side is upwards.

Step 4

  • Push the right lock to the right so the red filed is visible on the left.

Push the right lock to the right so the red filed is visible on the left.

Step 5

  • Now move the left lock which is spring loaded to the leftand keep it there. Then with the other hand remove the battery by pulling down.
  • When reassembeling the new battery push it up into the netbook and do lock the right by moving it to the left so the red field disappears.

Now move the left lock which is spring loaded to the leftand keep it there. Then with the other hand remove the battery by pulling down.

When reassembeling the new battery push it up into the netbook and do lock the right by moving it to the left so the red field disappears.

Step 6

              Keyboard

Step 7

Step 8

              Remove palmrest
  • Remove the 12 screws securing the palmrest.
  • Slowly lift the palmrest up at the front, and stop when you feel the cable slack run out.
  • Remove the tape covering the connectors.

Remove the 12 screws securing the palmrest.

Slowly lift the palmrest up at the front, and stop when you feel the cable slack run out.

Remove the tape covering the connectors.

Step 9

              Remove palmrest cables from connectors
  • Unlock the three connectors, and remove their cables.
  • Continue to lift the palmrest upwards in the front, to the point that it hinges over onto the laptop screen, so as not to pull on the remaining cable on the palmrest. You don’t need to disconnect this one.

Unlock the three connectors, and remove their cables.

Continue to lift the palmrest upwards in the front, to the point that it hinges over onto the laptop screen, so as not to pull on the remaining cable on the palmrest. You don’t need to disconnect this one.

Step 10

              Remove hard drive caddy
  • Remove the four short screws securing the hard drive caddy to the base.
  • Remove the screws securing the caddy to the hard drive. You’re done!

Remove the four short screws securing the hard drive caddy to the base.

Remove the screws securing the caddy to the hard drive. You’re done!

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

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JJ Gerber - Jul 2, 2018

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Works very well. Just a caution on Step 2 reassembly.

Great post, thank you.