Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
8
Time Required
15 - 20 minutes
Sections
3
- Battery
- 2 steps
- Center Control Cover
- 3 steps
- Keyboard
- 3 steps
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Battery
- Please power off the computer and deplete the battery before attempting the following step.
Please power off the computer and deplete the battery before attempting the following step.
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Step 2
- Press down on the battery latch and slide it to the left.
- Lift the battery out once it pops out.
Press down on the battery latch and slide it to the left.
Lift the battery out once it pops out.
Step 3
Center Control Cover
- Remove the two 2mm Phillips #0 screws from the recesses on the left and right side of the processor fan.
Remove the two 2mm Phillips #0 screws from the recesses on the left and right side of the processor fan.
Step 4
- Turn the laptop top side up and fully open the display.
- The center control panel is between the display and the keyboard. Fully opening the display ensures that there is enough room to pry and lift the center control panel.
- Pry the center control panel up from its left and right edges with the Spudger.
- The center control panel may require a decent amount of force to pry free. Do not immediately lift the panel from the laptop once it has been pried free. A cable is connected from the laptop to the center control panel.
Turn the laptop top side up and fully open the display.
The center control panel is between the display and the keyboard. Fully opening the display ensures that there is enough room to pry and lift the center control panel.
Pry the center control panel up from its left and right edges with the Spudger.
The center control panel may require a decent amount of force to pry free. Do not immediately lift the panel from the laptop once it has been pried free. A cable is connected from the laptop to the center control panel.
Step 5
- Lift the center control panel from the laptop.
- Tilt the center control panel away from the display carefully.
- Lift the latch open to remove the cable connecting from the laptop to the center control panel.
Lift the center control panel from the laptop.
Tilt the center control panel away from the display carefully.
Lift the latch open to remove the cable connecting from the laptop to the center control panel.
Step 6
Keyboard
- Remove the five 3mm Phillips #0 screws.
Remove the five 3mm Phillips #0 screws.
Step 7
- There two cables connected from the underside of the keyboard to the laptop.
- Slide and lift the keyboard towards the display to unhook it from the laptop.
- Tilt the keyboard away from the display carefully.
There two cables connected from the underside of the keyboard to the laptop.
Slide and lift the keyboard towards the display to unhook it from the laptop.
Tilt the keyboard away from the display carefully.
Step 8
- Flip open the two latches that connect the wide keyboard cable and thin light cable to the laptop.
- Lift the keyboard off the laptop and set aside.
- Don’t be alarmed if the cables are already disconnected. Simply lifting the keyboard from the laptop may cause the cables to disconnect because the latches require very little force to open.
Flip open the two latches that connect the wide keyboard cable and thin light cable to the laptop.
Lift the keyboard off the laptop and set aside.
Don’t be alarmed if the cables are already disconnected. Simply lifting the keyboard from the laptop may cause the cables to disconnect because the latches require very little force to open.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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