Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

12

Time Required

                          10 minutes

Sections

5

  • Battery
  • 2 steps
  • L-Shaped Back Panel
  • 2 steps
  • Hard Drive
  • 1 step
  • Larger Back Panel
  • 5 steps
  • Motherboard
  • 2 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Slide pill shaped tab to the other side of the channel.

Slide pill shaped tab to the other side of the channel.

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Step 2

  • Remove battery while keeping the tab to the side.

Remove battery while keeping the tab to the side.

Step 3

              L-Shaped Back Panel
  • Unscrew the two screws JIS #0 located on opposites sides of the panel.
  • Screws are attached to the panel and will not fully come out.

Unscrew the two screws JIS #0 located on opposites sides of the panel.

Screws are attached to the panel and will not fully come out.

Step 4

  • Carefully pry off the L-shaped panel.

Carefully pry off the L-shaped panel.

Step 5

              Hard Drive
  • Pull out and unplug the tab on the right hand side.

Pull out and unplug the tab on the right hand side.

Step 6

              Larger Back Panel
  • Unscrew all nine 6.0mm JIS #0 screws located on the border of the back panel.

Unscrew all nine 6.0mm JIS #0 screws located on the border of the back panel.

Step 7

  • Remove 3 screws located where the battery previously was.

Remove 3 screws located where the battery previously was.

Step 8

  • Remove 6 screws located under the spot where the smaller L-shaped panel was located.

Remove 6 screws located under the spot where the smaller L-shaped panel was located.

Step 9

  • Slowly pry off the keyboard from the back panel.
  • Between the back panel and the keyboard there are two ribbon wires.
  • Remove slowly to not break the back panel. If it does not come off easily, check to see if all screws are removed.

Slowly pry off the keyboard from the back panel.

Between the back panel and the keyboard there are two ribbon wires.

Remove slowly to not break the back panel. If it does not come off easily, check to see if all screws are removed.

Step 10

  • Unplug wires connecting back panel to keyboard.

Unplug wires connecting back panel to keyboard.

Step 11

              Motherboard
  • In lower left hand corner, pull on black tab to unplug the disc drive.

In lower left hand corner, pull on black tab to unplug the disc drive.

Step 12

  • In upper left hand corner, unplug the large black electrical tape covered laptop plug.

In upper left hand corner, unplug the large black electrical tape covered laptop plug.

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

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