Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

11

Time Required

                          15 minutes

Sections

2

  • Battery
  • 8 steps
  • Touchpad
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Make sure laptop is off and unplugged before beginning replacement.
  • Flip the laptop upside down so that the bottom is facing up.
  • Identify the RAM tray on the bottom of the laptop.

Make sure laptop is off and unplugged before beginning replacement.

Flip the laptop upside down so that the bottom is facing up.

Identify the RAM tray on the bottom of the laptop.

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Step 2

  • Use the Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the 9mm screw in the bottom left corner of the RAM tray covering.
  • Remove the RAM tray cover by prying up with a spudger.

Use the Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the 9mm screw in the bottom left corner of the RAM tray covering.

Remove the RAM tray cover by prying up with a spudger.

Step 3

  • Identify the Hard Drive tray to the left side of the laptop.
  • Remove screw with a #0 Philips screwdriver.
  • Lift up the Slot covering using a spunger.

Identify the Hard Drive tray to the left side of the laptop.

Remove screw with a #0 Philips screwdriver.

Lift up the Slot covering using a spunger.

Step 4

  • Use the Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the 9mm screws holding the back cover in place.
  • Remove the screws from the hard drive and remove it from the device.

Use the Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the 9mm screws holding the back cover in place.

Remove the screws from the hard drive and remove it from the device.

Step 5

  • Be sure you removed the hard drive. when you open the back shell and hard drive is built in this may cause damage to cable and other components.
  • Carefully remove the back shell from the device working your way around all the edges.
  • Do not forcefully try to separate the shell as you may cause harm to the shell.

Be sure you removed the hard drive. when you open the back shell and hard drive is built in this may cause damage to cable and other components.

Carefully remove the back shell from the device working your way around all the edges.

Do not forcefully try to separate the shell as you may cause harm to the shell.

Step 6

  • Removing the back shell of the computer and it will look like this.
  • The battery for the device is located at the bottom middle of the laptop at this orientation.

Removing the back shell of the computer and it will look like this.

The battery for the device is located at the bottom middle of the laptop at this orientation.

Step 7

  • Locate the connector of the battery to the motherboard.
  • Using your fingers, slide out the connector.

Locate the connector of the battery to the motherboard.

Using your fingers, slide out the connector.

Step 8

  • Remove battery from device.

Remove battery from device.

Step 9

              Touchpad
  • Locate the Touchpad in the lower middle of the device.
  • Locate and remove the 4mm screws that hold the Touchpad in place.

Locate the Touchpad in the lower middle of the device.

Locate and remove the 4mm screws that hold the Touchpad in place.

Step 10

  • Locate the Touchpad’s connector.
  • Use a plastic spudger to pry up the small plastic clip on the connector port.
  • Gently pull the cable out of the port.

Locate the Touchpad’s connector.

Use a plastic spudger to pry up the small plastic clip on the connector port.

Gently pull the cable out of the port.

Step 11

  • Lift up the Touchpad and remove it from the device.

Lift up the Touchpad and remove it from the device.

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

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xRiiad _YouTube - Oct 12, 2019

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And where can I find the track pad replacement? Thanks.

Rheo Bruer - Oct 12, 2019

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