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- Battery
- 5 steps
- RAM and Wireless
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Battery
- First, make sure your computer is turned off.
- Remove the battery by flipping the two switches under the battery and pulling it out
First, make sure your computer is turned off.
Remove the battery by flipping the two switches under the battery and pulling it out
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Step 2
- Before we remove the keyboard, we have to remove the plastic cover
- Stick the plastic prying tool right here and gently lift it up.
Before we remove the keyboard, we have to remove the plastic cover
Stick the plastic prying tool right here and gently lift it up.
Step 3
- Remove the two screws to loosen the keyboard
- Do not lift the keyboard out yet, it is still connected via the ribbon cable.
- Carefully disconnect the ribbon cable
Remove the two screws to loosen the keyboard
Do not lift the keyboard out yet, it is still connected via the ribbon cable.
Carefully disconnect the ribbon cable
Step 4
- Push the tab from the battery, downwards to unlock the battery.
- The tab should be in the position next to the unlocked indicator.
Push the tab from the battery, downwards to unlock the battery.
The tab should be in the position next to the unlocked indicator.
Step 5
- Now, push the other tab (the one right under the battery) from right to left.
- Now the battery will be loose; lift the battery up and out of the computer.
Now, push the other tab (the one right under the battery) from right to left.
Now the battery will be loose; lift the battery up and out of the computer.
Step 6
RAM and Wireless
- Remove the three 6mm screws.
- Lift the plastic cover off to reveal the RAM and the Wireless.
Remove the three 6mm screws.
Lift the plastic cover off to reveal the RAM and the Wireless.
Step 7
- To remove the RAM, push outward against the metal brackets.
- The first RAM will pop up so you can just pull it right out.
- Repeat the first step again to remove the second RAM chip.
- Installation is the reverse of removal.
To remove the RAM, push outward against the metal brackets.
The first RAM will pop up so you can just pull it right out.
Repeat the first step again to remove the second RAM chip.
Installation is the reverse of removal.
Step 8
- To remove the wireless chip, push outward on its two metal brackets.
- Do not remove the chip just yet, the wire that connects this chip must first be removed.
To remove the wireless chip, push outward on its two metal brackets.
Do not remove the chip just yet, the wire that connects this chip must first be removed.
Step 9
- To remove the wire, hold the wireless chip firmly and pull the connection straight up off of the chip.
To remove the wire, hold the wireless chip firmly and pull the connection straight up off of the chip.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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