Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

6

Time Required

                          2 minutes

Sections

2

  • Battery
  • 3 steps
  • Hard Drive
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Lay the device on a flat surface with the battery facing up.
  • Be sure to wear ESD or Rubber gloves to protect the computer components.

Lay the device on a flat surface with the battery facing up.

Be sure to wear ESD or Rubber gloves to protect the computer components.

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Step 2

  • Push the latch found below the battery to the unlock position.

Push the latch found below the battery to the unlock position.

Step 3

  • Pull the battery out.

Pull the battery out.

Step 4

              Hard Drive
  • With laptop upside-down, locate and unscrew the two screws on the panel with the vents.
  • Slide the panel out and lift up to remove.

With laptop upside-down, locate and unscrew the two screws on the panel with the vents.

Slide the panel out and lift up to remove.

Step 5

  • The hard drive is the metal rectangle with the two soft padding bars attached to it.
  • Locate and remove the 4 screws holding the hard drive down at each corner using a PH000 Philips head.

The hard drive is the metal rectangle with the two soft padding bars attached to it.

Locate and remove the 4 screws holding the hard drive down at each corner using a PH000 Philips head.

Step 6

  • Locate the black plastic tab attached to the bottom of the hard drive and pull it straight outwards.
  • Failure to correctly disconnect the hard drive before pulling it up and out can damage the connectors.
  • Once the hard drive detaches from the connector, lift the hard drive up and out.

Locate the black plastic tab attached to the bottom of the hard drive and pull it straight outwards.

Failure to correctly disconnect the hard drive before pulling it up and out can damage the connectors.

Once the hard drive detaches from the connector, lift the hard drive up and out.

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

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