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Moderate

Steps

7

Time Required

                          10 minutes            

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Hard Drive               
  • Flip the laptop upside down so that the back of the laptop faces you.

Flip the laptop upside down so that the back of the laptop faces you.

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Step 2

  • Remove the following ten Phillips #0 screws from the bottom of the laptop:
  • Six 13mm screws.
  • Four 11mm screws.

Remove the following ten Phillips #0 screws from the bottom of the laptop:

Six 13mm screws.

Four 11mm screws.

Step 3

  • Using a plastic opening tool, pry up the palm rest from the bottom case of the laptop.
  • Don’t completely remove as there are ribbon cables connecting the two halves.

Using a plastic opening tool, pry up the palm rest from the bottom case of the laptop.

Don’t completely remove as there are ribbon cables connecting the two halves.

Step 4

  • Use a spudger to flip up the retaining flaps on both keyboard ribbon cable ZIF sockets.
  • Pull the ribbon cables out of their sockets.

Use a spudger to flip up the retaining flaps on both keyboard ribbon cable ZIF sockets.

Pull the ribbon cables out of their sockets.

Step 5

  • Remove the three 6mm Phillips #0 screws from the motherboard.

Remove the three 6mm Phillips #0 screws from the motherboard.

Step 6

  • Pull the Wi-Fi card out of the motherboard.

Pull the Wi-Fi card out of the motherboard.

Step 7

  • Remove the hard drive by pulling it towards the right, and removing it from the laptop case

Remove the hard drive by pulling it towards the right, and removing it from the laptop case

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

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Eli Rottenberg - Sep 6, 2018

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Thanx a million

kevin ross s. rosento - Dec 14, 2018

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is it possible to upgrade the hard drive of any laptop? from 500GB to 1T?