Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

12

Time Required

                          10 - 15 minutes

Sections

4

  • Hard Drive
  • 2 steps
  • Keyboard
  • 4 steps
  • Motherboard
  • 3 steps
  • Cooling fan
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Hard Drive
  • Remove the hard drive cover.
  • Unscrew one 8mm Phillips #00 screw.
  • Using the black spudger, insert its flat end under the hard drive’s covering, working around to pry it off.

Remove the hard drive cover.

Unscrew one 8mm Phillips #00 screw.

Using the black spudger, insert its flat end under the hard drive’s covering, working around to pry it off.

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Step 2

  • Remove the hard drive.
  • Unscrew the four 3mm Phillips #00 screws.
  • Pull the hard drive’s black tab away from the laptop to free it.

Remove the hard drive.

Unscrew the four 3mm Phillips #00 screws.

Pull the hard drive’s black tab away from the laptop to free it.

Step 3

              Keyboard
  • Remove 9 screws from bottom of notebook using PH00 bit + 1 under hard drive bay.
  • Remove 3 screws from bottom of notebook using PH00 bit. 1 is same screw spec as the other 9, and 2 are shorter.

Remove 9 screws from bottom of notebook using PH00 bit + 1 under hard drive bay.

Remove 3 screws from bottom of notebook using PH00 bit. 1 is same screw spec as the other 9, and 2 are shorter.

Step 4

  • Using the black spudger, insert its flat end between the crevice where the color changes from grey to black.
  • The keyboard is very tightly secured.
  • Carefully ease the spudger’s end along the crevice, going around the entire frame.
  • The back connectors are short, so be careful when lifting.

Using the black spudger, insert its flat end between the crevice where the color changes from grey to black.

The keyboard is very tightly secured.

Carefully ease the spudger’s end along the crevice, going around the entire frame.

The back connectors are short, so be careful when lifting.

Step 5

  • Lift the keyboard from the front where it is closest to the screen.
  • Disconnect the large and small ZIF connectors attached to the motherboard by flipping the light-colored part of the switch.

Lift the keyboard from the front where it is closest to the screen.

Disconnect the large and small ZIF connectors attached to the motherboard by flipping the light-colored part of the switch.

Step 6

  • Remove the third and last ZIF connector on the motherboard by flipping up the dark-colored part of the switch.
  • Now, the component should come completely free.

Remove the third and last ZIF connector on the motherboard by flipping up the dark-colored part of the switch.

Now, the component should come completely free.

Step 7

              Motherboard
  • Unscrew the one 8mm screw using a Phillips #00.
  • Using the black spudger, slightly pry up on the tab and gently pull the optical drive away from the laptop in order to remove it.

Unscrew the one 8mm screw using a Phillips #00.

Using the black spudger, slightly pry up on the tab and gently pull the optical drive away from the laptop in order to remove it.

Step 8

  • Using the black spudger, slowly lift up on the cable connectors and pull them away from the connectors.
  • Repeat steps on both cables.
  • Unscrew the 12 8mm screws using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Using the black spudger, slowly lift up on the cable connectors and pull them away from the connectors.

Repeat steps on both cables.

Unscrew the 12 8mm screws using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Step 9

  • Lift up on the motherboard and disengage the two connectors.
  • Disconnect the cooling fan connector.
  • Unscrew the 7 8mm screws holding in the cooling fan using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Lift up on the motherboard and disengage the two connectors.

Disconnect the cooling fan connector.

Unscrew the 7 8mm screws holding in the cooling fan using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Step 10

              Cooling fan
  • Use a Phillips screwdriver to loosen the four screws holding the component in place.

Use a Phillips screwdriver to loosen the four screws holding the component in place.

Step 11

  • After loosening the screws, use the black spudger to help disconnect the fan wires from the connector.

After loosening the screws, use the black spudger to help disconnect the fan wires from the connector.

Step 12

  • The fan should then come free.

The fan should then come free.

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

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