Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

36

Time Required

                          40 minutes

Sections

6

  • Battery
  • 4 steps
  • Keyboard
  • 7 steps
  • Hard Drive
  • 7 steps
  • Front Panel
  • 8 steps
  • MotherBoard
  • 8 steps
  • Fan
  • 2 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Flip the device over.

Flip the device over.

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Step 2

  • Slide the right lock button to the unlock position.
  • After it is unlocked, a red line will be visible.

Slide the right lock button to the unlock position.

After it is unlocked, a red line will be visible.

Step 3

  • Slide the left lock button into the unlock position and hold.

Slide the left lock button into the unlock position and hold.

Step 4

  • While holding the left lock button in the unlock position, push the battery from the center away from you.

While holding the left lock button in the unlock position, push the battery from the center away from you.

Step 5

              Keyboard
  • Open the laptop to show the keyboard.

Open the laptop to show the keyboard.

Step 6

  • Look at the top row of the keyboard, you will see a space that has four latches holding the keyboard down.
  • The latches are located above the Esc key, the F5 key, between the F10 and F11 key and the Delete key.

Look at the top row of the keyboard, you will see a space that has four latches holding the keyboard down.

The latches are located above the Esc key, the F5 key, between the F10 and F11 key and the Delete key.

Step 7

  • Don’t pull too hard on the keys otherwise they may fall off.
  • Push the latch away from the keyboard using the spudger point.
  • While pushing the latches use a plastic opening tool and pull up on a key near it.
  • Continue along the rest of the keyboard until it is released at all four latches.

Don’t pull too hard on the keys otherwise they may fall off.

Push the latch away from the keyboard using the spudger point.

While pushing the latches use a plastic opening tool and pull up on a key near it.

Continue along the rest of the keyboard until it is released at all four latches.

Step 8

  • Push the keyboard away from the mouse track pad to unlock the bottom from the base.
  • Do not pull too hard because there is a ribbon connecting to keyboard to the motherboard.

Push the keyboard away from the mouse track pad to unlock the bottom from the base.

Do not pull too hard because there is a ribbon connecting to keyboard to the motherboard.

Step 9

  • Flip the keyboard over to reveal the back of it and what is underneath.

Flip the keyboard over to reveal the back of it and what is underneath.

Step 10

  • Pull each end of the black ribbon cable piece towards the mouse track pad to unlock the ribbon connector piece.
  • Gently pull out the ribbon cable from the connector piece.

Pull each end of the black ribbon cable piece towards the mouse track pad to unlock the ribbon connector piece.

Gently pull out the ribbon cable from the connector piece.

Step 11

  • Remove the keyboard completely.

Remove the keyboard completely.

Step 12

              Hard Drive
  • Remove the two 9 mm Phillips head screws with the PH0 bit indicated by the red circles in the picture.

Remove the two 9 mm Phillips head screws with the PH0 bit indicated by the red circles in the picture.

Step 13

  • Once the screws are removed, slide the back panel away from the computer.

Once the screws are removed, slide the back panel away from the computer.

Step 14

  • Remove the 9mm Phillips head screw in the left bottom corner of the hard drive with the PH0 bit.

Remove the 9mm Phillips head screw in the left bottom corner of the hard drive with the PH0 bit.

Step 15

  • Slide the hard drive to the left, unlocking it from its default position.

Slide the hard drive to the left, unlocking it from its default position.

Step 16

  • Pull the hard drive upwards and take it out of its position.

Pull the hard drive upwards and take it out of its position.

Step 17

  • Remove two 3mm Phillips head screws, one located on each side of the metal casing holding the hard drive using the PH0 bit.

Remove two 3mm Phillips head screws, one located on each side of the metal casing holding the hard drive using the PH0 bit.

Step 18

  • Pull upwards on the metal casing and it will come off.

Pull upwards on the metal casing and it will come off.

Step 19

              Front Panel
  • Lift up the black lock holding the ribbon.
  • Using the blue tab, pull out the ribbon.
  • Pull gently on the ribbon to remove the risk of damaging the ribbon.

Lift up the black lock holding the ribbon.

Using the blue tab, pull out the ribbon.

Pull gently on the ribbon to remove the risk of damaging the ribbon.

Step 20

Step 21

  • Remove the five 9 mm Phillips head screws with the PH0 bit.

Remove the five 9 mm Phillips head screws with the PH0 bit.

Step 22

  • Flip the laptop on its side so that the red line indicated in the pictures is facing upwards.

Flip the laptop on its side so that the red line indicated in the pictures is facing upwards.

Step 23

  • Pull up on the disk drive and remove.

Pull up on the disk drive and remove.

Step 24

  • Close the laptop and flip it over.
  • Remove the six 12.5 mm screws Phillips head and the five 9 mm screws remaining with the PH0 bit.

Close the laptop and flip it over.

Remove the six 12.5 mm screws Phillips head and the five 9 mm screws remaining with the PH0 bit.

Step 25

  • Flip the device back over and open the laptop.
  • Using the nylon or metal spudger, gently pry off the panel by moving the spudger along the seam.
  • You should hear clicking sounds as the front panel is being removed from the base.

Flip the device back over and open the laptop.

Using the nylon or metal spudger, gently pry off the panel by moving the spudger along the seam.

You should hear clicking sounds as the front panel is being removed from the base.

Step 26

  • Remove the panel.
  • The laptop will now become heavier to the front so it will tend to fall on the back side of the screen.

Remove the panel.

The laptop will now become heavier to the front so it will tend to fall on the back side of the screen.

Step 27

              MotherBoard
  • Remove the 5mm Phillips head screw using the PH0 bit.

Remove the 5mm Phillips head screw using the PH0 bit.

Step 28

  • Pull up on the tape holding the tan cable in place.
  • While holding the tape push up on each side of the cable connector to disconnect it.

Pull up on the tape holding the tan cable in place.

While holding the tape push up on each side of the cable connector to disconnect it.

Step 29

  • Gently pull out the cable connector.

Gently pull out the cable connector.

Step 30

  • Gently pull out the USB connector attached to the motherboard.

Gently pull out the USB connector attached to the motherboard.

Step 31

  • Remove the red and white wire connector next to the fan.

Remove the red and white wire connector next to the fan.

Step 32

  • Take out the motherboard
  • There are still two wires connected to the bottom of the motherboard so remove carefully.

Take out the motherboard

There are still two wires connected to the bottom of the motherboard so remove carefully.

Step 33

  • Flip the motherboard over next to the laptop base.

Flip the motherboard over next to the laptop base.

Step 34

  • Remove the white and black wire.
  • The motherboard is not completely separated from the base of the computer.

Remove the white and black wire.

The motherboard is not completely separated from the base of the computer.

Step 35

              Fan
  • Remove the black piece of tape located on each side of the fan and vent, connecting the two components.

Remove the black piece of tape located on each side of the fan and vent, connecting the two components.

Step 36

  • Pull up on the four wires (red, yellow, blue and black) connecting the fan to the motherboard.
  • Remove fan by pulling it upwards.

Pull up on the four wires (red, yellow, blue and black) connecting the fan to the motherboard.

Remove fan by pulling it upwards.

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

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