Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

8

Time Required

                          10 minutes

Sections

2

  • Keyboard Panel
  • 5 steps
  • Hard Drive
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Keyboard Panel
  • Turn off the laptop and flip it face down.
  • Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove the seven 9mm screws circled in red.
  • With the same screwdriver, remove the four 5mm screws circled in orange.

Turn off the laptop and flip it face down.

Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove the seven 9mm screws circled in red.

With the same screwdriver, remove the four 5mm screws circled in orange.

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Step 2

  • Flip the laptop face up and open the lid.
  • Use the plastic opening tool to pry around the entire edge of the keyboard panel to loosen the panel from the base.
  • Be careful not to lift the panel just yet, as it is still connected to the motherboard.

Flip the laptop face up and open the lid.

Use the plastic opening tool to pry around the entire edge of the keyboard panel to loosen the panel from the base.

Be careful not to lift the panel just yet, as it is still connected to the motherboard.

Step 3

  • Partially lift the panel up, revealing the two cables connected to the motherboard.

Partially lift the panel up, revealing the two cables connected to the motherboard.

Step 4

  • Disconnect the first ZIF cable by lifting the tab using the spuger tool or your fingernail and gently pull the cable out.
  • Disconnect the second ZIF cable by lifting the tab using your fingernail and gently pull the cable out. This one is more difficult to reach with the spudger.

Disconnect the first ZIF cable by lifting the tab using the spuger tool or your fingernail and gently pull the cable out.

Disconnect the second ZIF cable by lifting the tab using your fingernail and gently pull the cable out. This one is more difficult to reach with the spudger.

Step 5

  • Remove the keyboard panel completely and set it aside. The internal components of the laptop are now exposed.

Remove the keyboard panel completely and set it aside. The internal components of the laptop are now exposed.

Step 6

              Hard Drive
  • Locate the hard drive in the area highlighted in red.
  • This demonstration model does not have a mounting bracket around the hard drive.

Locate the hard drive in the area highlighted in red.

This demonstration model does not have a mounting bracket around the hard drive.

Step 7

  • Remove the four 5mm screws from the hard drive mounting bracket using the Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Remove the four 5mm screws from the hard drive mounting bracket using the Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Step 8

  • Slide the hard drive in the direction away from the connector and lift it up to remove it.

Slide the hard drive in the direction away from the connector and lift it up to remove it.

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

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