Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

8

Time Required

                          20 minutes - 1 hour

Sections

3

  • Battery
  • 2 steps
  • Back Cover
  • 3 steps
  • Hard Drive
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

make sure you are using ESD tools, and a ESD-band you do not want to be damaging any of your components static electricity.

make sure to back-up all the data on your drive as you are replacing it, if you do not, you will lose anything not backup to a cloud or other form of storage

make sure to turn off the computer completely and disconnect the charging cable or any other external power source.

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Push the slider with a lock symbol to the right to unlock the battery.

Push the slider with a lock symbol to the right to unlock the battery.

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Step 2

  • Push the slider with a battery symbol to the left to push the battery out slightly.
  • Pull the battery out fully now that it is released.

Push the slider with a battery symbol to the left to push the battery out slightly.

Pull the battery out fully now that it is released.

Step 3

              Back Cover
  • Remove the twelve screws from the bottom of the laptop using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Remove the twelve screws from the bottom of the laptop using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Step 4

  • Turn the laptop over and open the lid.
  • Use an opening tool to pry the bottom cover from the body of the laptop.

Turn the laptop over and open the lid.

Use an opening tool to pry the bottom cover from the body of the laptop.

Step 5

  • Close and turn over the laptop again.
  • Pull the back cover up to remove it from the laptop.

Close and turn over the laptop again.

Pull the back cover up to remove it from the laptop.

Step 6

              Hard Drive
  • Unclip the cable connected to the drive using an opening tool.

Unclip the cable connected to the drive using an opening tool.

Step 7

  • Remove the screws from the brackets around the hard drive using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Remove the screws from the brackets around the hard drive using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Step 8

  • Remove the brackets from around the hard drive.
  • Remove the hard drive from the laptop.

Remove the brackets from around the hard drive.

Remove the hard drive from the laptop.

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

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