Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

2

Time Required

                          5 - 10 minutes            

Sections

  • Battery
  • 1 step
  • mSATA Card
  • 1 step

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Step 1

              Removing the Battery               
  • Slide the battery cable connector out of its system board socket.
  • Pull parallel to the motherboard, not straight up, or you will damage the socket.
  • Remove the screws that secure the battery to the palm-rest assembly.
  • Lift and remove the battery along with its cable.
  • Slide and hold the power switch for about five seconds to ground the system board.

Slide the battery cable connector out of its system board socket.

Pull parallel to the motherboard, not straight up, or you will damage the socket.

Remove the screws that secure the battery to the palm-rest assembly.

Lift and remove the battery along with its cable.

Slide and hold the power switch for about five seconds to ground the system board.

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Step 2

              Removing the mSATA card               
  • Remove the screw that secures the mSATA card to the system board.
  • Slide and remove the mSATA card out of the mSATA-card connector.
  • If this is all you are doing Follow Step In Reverse if not Go to Next Step.

Remove the screw that secures the mSATA card to the system board.

Slide and remove the mSATA card out of the mSATA-card connector.

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

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

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