Difficulty

Easy

Steps

12

Time Required

                          3 - 10 minutes

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  • Hard Drive
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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Lifting the Latch
  • WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer.
  • CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard drive.
  • Lift the latch and using the pull tab, disconnect the hard-drive cable from the system board.

WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in Before Working Inside Your Computer. After working inside your computer, follow the instructions in After Working Inside Your Computer.

CAUTION: Hard drives are fragile. Exercise care when handling the hard drive.

Lift the latch and using the pull tab, disconnect the hard-drive cable from the system board.

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Step 2

              Remove the Screws
  • Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the palm rest and keyboard assembly.

Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the palm rest and keyboard assembly.

Step 3

              Lifting the Hard Drive Assembly
  • Lift the hard-drive assembly along with its cable off the palm rest and keyboard assembly.

Lift the hard-drive assembly along with its cable off the palm rest and keyboard assembly.

Step 4

              Disconnecting the Interposer
  • Disconnect the interposer from the hard-drive assembly.

Disconnect the interposer from the hard-drive assembly.

Step 5

              Remove the Screws
  • Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive.

Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive.

Step 6

              Lifting the Hard Drive
  • Lift the hard drive off the hard-drive bracket.

Lift the hard drive off the hard-drive bracket.

Step 7

              Align the Screw Holes
  • Align the screw holes on the hard-drive bracket with the screw holes on the NEW hard drive.

Align the screw holes on the hard-drive bracket with the screw holes on the NEW hard drive.

Step 8

              Replace the Screws
  • Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive.

Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive.

Step 9

              Connecting the Interposer
  • Connect the interposer to the hard-drive assembly.

Connect the interposer to the hard-drive assembly.

Step 10

              Align the Screw Holes
  • Align the screw holes on the hard-drive assembly with the screw holes on the palm rest and keyboard assembly.

Align the screw holes on the hard-drive assembly with the screw holes on the palm rest and keyboard assembly.

Step 11

              Replace the Screws
  • Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the palm rest and keyboard assembly.

Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the palm rest and keyboard assembly.

Step 12

              Connect the Hard Drive Cable
  • Connect the hard-drive cable to the system board and close the latch to secure the cable.

Connect the hard-drive cable to the system board and close the latch to secure the cable.

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