Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

16

Time Required

                          30 - 45 minutes

Sections

6

  • Battery
  • 2 steps
  • Power Button Panel
  • 1 step
  • Keyboard
  • 2 steps
  • LCD
  • 4 steps
  • CD/DVD or Floppy drives
  • 1 step
  • Top Case
  • 6 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Flip the laptop over. Slide the battery release tap to the right with your index finger.

Flip the laptop over. Slide the battery release tap to the right with your index finger.

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Step 2

  • Pull the battery cover and the battery out with your index finger.

Pull the battery cover and the battery out with your index finger.

Step 3

              Power Button Panel
  • Insert the spudger between the “sysrq” and “ins” keys.
  • Lift the power button panel gently located above the F12 key. Beginning with the right to the left, using a spudger (optional).

Insert the spudger between the “sysrq” and “ins” keys.

Lift the power button panel gently located above the F12 key. Beginning with the right to the left, using a spudger (optional).

Step 4

              Keyboard
  • Remove the 5 screws holding the keyboard in place.

Remove the 5 screws holding the keyboard in place.

Step 5

  • Potential for device damage: When lifting the keyboard out, do not lift the keyboard up. Only fold back along the space bar edge.
  • Potential for device damage: Do not pull the black cable by the ribbon section. Only pull it from the connector itself.
  • Follow the black ribbon cable to the connector and gently pull straight up.

Potential for device damage: When lifting the keyboard out, do not lift the keyboard up. Only fold back along the space bar edge.

Potential for device damage: Do not pull the black cable by the ribbon section. Only pull it from the connector itself.

Follow the black ribbon cable to the connector and gently pull straight up.

Step 6

              LCD
  • Take out and remove 5 screws with a Phillips #0 screwdriver.
  • The LCD hinge covers are held in place by four screws. One screw is for grounding the LCD.
  • Lift the hinge covers along the outer edges with the spudger until they become released.

Take out and remove 5 screws with a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

The LCD hinge covers are held in place by four screws. One screw is for grounding the LCD.

Lift the hinge covers along the outer edges with the spudger until they become released.

Step 7

  • Unplug the LCD from the system board gently.

Unplug the LCD from the system board gently.

Step 8

  • Using the Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove 6 screws that hold the LCD to the hinge.

Using the Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove 6 screws that hold the LCD to the hinge.

Step 9

  • Double-check any cables connected before pulling out the LCD.
  • Remove the cable by gently pulling it out while holding down the LCD.

Double-check any cables connected before pulling out the LCD.

Remove the cable by gently pulling it out while holding down the LCD.

Step 10

              CD/DVD or Floppy drives
  • Slide release and push button to eject drive
  • Pull drive out.
  • When reinserting drives be sure to insert back into original slot in order to avoid interface conflicts.

Slide release and push button to eject drive

Pull drive out.

When reinserting drives be sure to insert back into original slot in order to avoid interface conflicts.

Step 11

              Top Case
  • Remove 13 screws from bottom of computer

Remove 13 screws from bottom of computer

Step 12

  • Remove screws

Remove screws

Step 13

  • remove 4 screws from back of case

remove 4 screws from back of case

Step 14

  • WARNING Failure to do this step will damage mouse pad ribbon.
  • Lift plug holding mouse ribbon about 1/16 inch or until it stops
  • remove ribbon

WARNING Failure to do this step will damage mouse pad ribbon.

Lift plug holding mouse ribbon about 1/16 inch or until it stops

remove ribbon

Step 15

  • Insert spudger between upper and lower case at drive bay closest to battery.
  • Carefully and slowly go arount entire case unseating all plastic clips holding upper to lower.

Insert spudger between upper and lower case at drive bay closest to battery.

Carefully and slowly go arount entire case unseating all plastic clips holding upper to lower.

Step 16

  • Lift upper case free about 1/4 inch
  • At rear of case is one last connecting wire. Unplug and remove upper case

Lift upper case free about 1/4 inch

At rear of case is one last connecting wire. Unplug and remove upper case

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

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