Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

6

Time Required

                          5 minutes

Sections

3

  • Battery
  • 1 step
  • Bottom Casing
  • 3 steps
  • Network Card
  • 2 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Slide the switch on the bottom of the laptop until the battery pops out.
  • Once the battery pops out, you can remove it.

Slide the switch on the bottom of the laptop until the battery pops out.

Once the battery pops out, you can remove it.

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Step 2

              Remove Rear Rubber Feet
  • Using a pair of tweezers, remove the two rear rubber feet to expose two hidden screws.

Using a pair of tweezers, remove the two rear rubber feet to expose two hidden screws.

Step 3

              Remove Screws
  • Remove ten 3 mm screws in the battery compartment using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
  • Remove two 4.5 mm screws under the rubber feet using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Remove ten 3 mm screws in the battery compartment using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Remove two 4.5 mm screws under the rubber feet using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Step 4

  • Starting where the body of the laptop and the laptop screen meet, pry apart the lower case from the rest of the laptop.
  • The case is easier to remove when separating in a clockwise motion, as seen in the pictures.

Starting where the body of the laptop and the laptop screen meet, pry apart the lower case from the rest of the laptop.

The case is easier to remove when separating in a clockwise motion, as seen in the pictures.

Step 5

              Identify the Network Card and Remove the Connectors
  • Once you’ve removed the lower case, you should see the network card on the corner of the device containing the USB port.
  • Disconnect the Wire connections on the network card using forceps or tweezers.

Once you’ve removed the lower case, you should see the network card on the corner of the device containing the USB port.

Disconnect the Wire connections on the network card using forceps or tweezers.

Step 6

              Unscrew and Remove Network Card
  • Remove Screw securing network card.
  • Size ph#00, approximately 3 mm long.
  • Once the screw is removed, the network card will pop up.
  • Pull the network card to remove it from the device.

Remove Screw securing network card.

Size ph#00, approximately 3 mm long.

Once the screw is removed, the network card will pop up.

Pull the network card to remove it from the device.

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

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Jorge Gomes - Mar 1, 2019

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The card identified in the pictures is not a combined Wi-Fi / Cellular card. It is just a 3G cellular card; the WiFi card is the other card tucked under the flat ribbon next to the card pictured in this guide