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Step 1

              Removing hard drive
  • Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the palm-rest assembly
  • Open the latch and disconnect the hard-drive cable from the system board
  • Lift the hard-drive assembly off the palm-rest assembly
  • Disconnect the interposer from the hard-drive assembly.
  • Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive and lift it off the hard drive.

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

Open the latch and disconnect the hard-drive cable from the system board

Lift the hard-drive assembly off the palm-rest assembly

Disconnect the interposer from the hard-drive assembly.

Remove the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive and lift it off the hard drive.

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Step 2

              Replacing hard drive FINLE
  • Align the screw holes on the hard-drive bracket with the screw holes on the hard drive.
  • Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive bracket to the hard drive
  • Connect the interposer to the hard-drive assembly
  • Align the screw holes on the hard-drive assembly with the screw holes on the palm-rest assembly
  • Replace the screws that secure the hard-drive assembly to the palm-rest assembly.
  • Slide the hard-drive cable into the system-board connector and close the latch to secure the cable.

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

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

Connect the interposer to the hard-drive assembly

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

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

Slide the hard-drive cable into the system-board connector and close the latch to secure the cable.

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

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