Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

8

Time Required

                          10 minutes

Sections

3

  • Battery
  • 3 steps
  • Keyboard
  • 3 steps
  • Hard Drive
  • 2 steps

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Introduction

*The hard drive for this device is missing. We have substituted the drive with paper for demonstration. It should not be a problem for the reader to understand the steps, however, the specific measurements of hard drive screws have not been provided in this guide.

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Flip the laptop over so that the bottom is facing you.
  • Slide the latch towards the center of the laptop so the unlock emblem appears.

Flip the laptop over so that the bottom is facing you.

Slide the latch towards the center of the laptop so the unlock emblem appears.

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Step 2

  • Place your finger on the left latch and slide it towards the center of the laptop to remove the battery.

Place your finger on the left latch and slide it towards the center of the laptop to remove the battery.

Step 3

  • Remove the battery from the laptop.

Remove the battery from the laptop.

Step 4

              Keyboard
  • Use the plastic opening tool to lift the panel with the keyboard.

Use the plastic opening tool to lift the panel with the keyboard.

Step 5

  • Take the keyboard and the section of the panel surrounding the keyboard apart.

Take the keyboard and the section of the panel surrounding the keyboard apart.

Step 6

  • Lift the flip covering the connection port and remove the connecting strip to detach the keyboard from the motherboard.

Lift the flip covering the connection port and remove the connecting strip to detach the keyboard from the motherboard.

Step 7

              Hard Drive
  • Remove the two screws securing the hard drive to the device using the Phillips #0 screwdriver.
  • Warning: the hard drive and two screws are missing in the picture. The positions of screws are marked out.

Remove the two screws securing the hard drive to the device using the Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Warning: the hard drive and two screws are missing in the picture. The positions of screws are marked out.

Step 8

  • Remove the hard drive from the device.

Remove the hard drive from the device.

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

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Warren Buckley - Feb 7, 2021

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Be really careful when removing the top case, around the keyboard because there are a couple of really cheap ribbon cables. One connects the power button, another the trackpad. I have to buy a replacement cable and power button board now because I pulled the top case off too quickly and broke the connection at the power button board.

The plastic top case around the keyboard snaps onto the lower part of the case, with many, many tabs and doesn’t even need screws to stay together. You’ll have to wrestle with it, but don’t pull it too far from the lower case.