Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

6

Time Required

                          30 minutes

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  • Hard Drive
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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Hard Drive
  • Flip laptop over so that the back is facing upward.
  • Push switch to the right.
  • Pull battery away from the laptop.

Flip laptop over so that the back is facing upward.

Push switch to the right.

Pull battery away from the laptop.

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Step 2

  • Use a #0 Phillips head screw driver to remove all of the screws.

Use a #0 Phillips head screw driver to remove all of the screws.

Step 3

  • Flip laptop back over.
  • Open the laptop.
  • Wedge a prying tool between the keyboard and laptop body seam to remove keyboard.
  • Be careful not to bend the keyboard too much or break the tabs that connect the keyboard to the laptop.

Flip laptop back over.

Open the laptop.

Wedge a prying tool between the keyboard and laptop body seam to remove keyboard.

Be careful not to bend the keyboard too much or break the tabs that connect the keyboard to the laptop.

Step 4

  • Gently lift keyboard.
  • Disconnect keyboard from the laptop.

Gently lift keyboard.

Disconnect keyboard from the laptop.

Step 5

              Remove Upper Cover
  • Disconnect the two ribbon cables at the near left.
  • Remove six screws: ⁃ one by the left most ribbon cable connector ⁃ one mid-right center ⁃ one on the near edge left of center ⁃ three across the back
  • Use a prying tool to remove the upper cover.

Disconnect the two ribbon cables at the near left.

Remove six screws: ⁃ one by the left most ribbon cable connector ⁃ one mid-right center ⁃ one on the near edge left of center ⁃ three across the back

Use a prying tool to remove the upper cover.

Step 6

  • Locate the hard drive.
  • Lift the hard drive.
  • Disconnect hard drive.

Locate the hard drive.

Lift the hard drive.

Disconnect hard drive.

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

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