Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

7

Time Required

                          10 - 20 minutes

Sections

3

  • Battery
  • 2 steps
  • Access Panel
  • 2 steps
  • Hard Drive
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Unlocking the Battery
  • Slide the release latch outwards to unlock the battery.

Slide the release latch outwards to unlock the battery.

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Step 2

              Removing the Battery
  • Remove the battery from the computer.
  • If this is all you are doing Follow Step In Reverse if not Go to Next Step.

Remove the battery from the computer.

If this is all you are doing Follow Step In Reverse if not Go to Next Step.

Step 3

              Access Panel
  • Remove the screws that secure the access panel to the computer [1].
  • Lift the access panel partially at a 45–degree angle [2].

Remove the screws that secure the access panel to the computer [1].

Lift the access panel partially at a 45–degree angle [2].

Step 4

              Remove the Access Panel
  • Remove the access panel from the computer.
  • If this is all you are doing Follow Step In Reverse if not Go to Next Step.

Remove the access panel from the computer.

Step 5

              Disconnecting the Hard Drive Cable
  • Disconnect the hard drive cable from the system board and lift it up to remove it from the computer.
  • Remove the screws that secure the hard drive to the computer.

Disconnect the hard drive cable from the system board and lift it up to remove it from the computer.

Remove the screws that secure the hard drive to the computer.

Step 6

              Lifting the Hard Drive
  • Lift the hard drive to remove it from the computer.

Lift the hard drive to remove it from the computer.

Step 7

              Removing the Hard Drive
  • Remove the screws that secure the hard drive to the bracket.
  • Lift the hard drive from the bracket.
  • If this is all you are doing Follow Step In Reverse if not Go to Next Step.

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

Lift the hard drive from the bracket.

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Noblesse Mukendi - Aug 8, 2021

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Hello. Which hard drive is suitable for replacement of this particular one because mine is no longer working and I don’t know anything about hard drive replacements