Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
9
Time Required
45 minutes
Sections
2
- Battery
- 1 step
- Keyboard
- 8 steps
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Battery
- Slide the unlock button to the left to release the battery.
- Slide the battery away from the laptop to remove.
- The unlock button is located on the bottom of the laptop.
Slide the unlock button to the left to release the battery.
Slide the battery away from the laptop to remove.
The unlock button is located on the bottom of the laptop.
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Step 2
Keyboard
- Loosen the two 3.5mm Phillips #1 screws in the battery bay.
Loosen the two 3.5mm Phillips #1 screws in the battery bay.
Step 3
- Flip the laptop over.
- Lift the control cover by prying the right side of the cover with an iFixit opening tool.
Flip the laptop over.
Lift the control cover by prying the right side of the cover with an iFixit opening tool.
Step 4
- Carefully lift the control cover up and forward to reveal a single ribbon cable.
Carefully lift the control cover up and forward to reveal a single ribbon cable.
Step 5
- Use tweezers to squeeze the tabs on the connector and remove the ribbon cable.
Use tweezers to squeeze the tabs on the connector and remove the ribbon cable.
Step 6
- Remove the control cover.
Remove the control cover.
Step 7
- Remove the two 3mm Phillips #1 screws at the top of the keyboard where the control cover was.
Remove the two 3mm Phillips #1 screws at the top of the keyboard where the control cover was.
Step 8
- Lift the keyboard gently from the top, but do not remove completely.
- Looking under the keyboard, towards the touch-pad in the center, lift up the black tab on the connector with tweezers for the keyboard ribbon cable.
Lift the keyboard gently from the top, but do not remove completely.
Looking under the keyboard, towards the touch-pad in the center, lift up the black tab on the connector with tweezers for the keyboard ribbon cable.
Step 9
- Remove the keyboard.
Remove the keyboard.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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