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                          1 hour

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Make sure laptop is shutdown and unplugged from power adapter.
  • Slide the battery release latch to the left and remove the battery.

Make sure laptop is shutdown and unplugged from power adapter.

Slide the battery release latch to the left and remove the battery.

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Step 2

              Bottom Cover
  • Unscrew the five screws holding the bottom cover for accessing the RAM, hard drive and wifi card.
  • Five Phillips #1
  • When removing the cover, start from the top edge and lift up.
  • Remove cover.

Unscrew the five screws holding the bottom cover for accessing the RAM, hard drive and wifi card.

Five Phillips #1

When removing the cover, start from the top edge and lift up.

Remove cover.

Step 3

              Hard Drive
  • Remove the four screws holding the hard drive.
  • Four Phillips #1

Remove the four screws holding the hard drive.

Four Phillips #1

Step 4

              Hard Drive
  • Unplug the SATA connection using the black pull tab.
  • Remove hard drive

Unplug the SATA connection using the black pull tab.

Remove hard drive

Step 5

              RAM
  • Remove RAM by pushing the locking clips outwards.

Remove RAM by pushing the locking clips outwards.

Step 6

              Wireless Card
  • Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to pry the wifi antenna cable up from its socket on the wireless card.
  • Remove two screws from wireless card.
  • Two Phillips #1

Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to pry the wifi antenna cable up from its socket on the wireless card.

Remove two screws from wireless card.

Two Phillips #1

Step 7

              Optical Drive
  • Remove the one screw holding the optical drive.
  • One Phillips #1
  • Use a spudger to push on the metal tab below where the screw was. This should disconnect the optical drive from the SATA connector.
  • Remove optical drive.

Remove the one screw holding the optical drive.

One Phillips #1

Use a spudger to push on the metal tab below where the screw was. This should disconnect the optical drive from the SATA connector.

Remove optical drive.

Step 8

  • Remove the 26 screws on the bottom.
  • 20 Phillips #1
  • Three Phillips #0
  • Three Phillips #00

Remove the 26 screws on the bottom.

20 Phillips #1

Three Phillips #0

Three Phillips #00

Step 9

              Keyboard
  • To the left of the battery connector is a keyboard release latch. Use a spudger to release the keyboard.
  • You may have to open the laptop some to keep the keyboard from re-latching.
  • Once freed, lift the keyboard up from the top.
  • Be careful not to damage or tear the ribbon cable.
  • Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to carefully flip up the retaining flap on the keyboard ZIF socket.
  • Remove keyboard.

To the left of the battery connector is a keyboard release latch. Use a spudger to release the keyboard.

You may have to open the laptop some to keep the keyboard from re-latching.

Once freed, lift the keyboard up from the top.

Be careful not to damage or tear the ribbon cable.

Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to carefully flip up the retaining flap on the keyboard ZIF socket.

Remove keyboard.

Step 10

  • Remove the two screws.
  • Two Phillips #1
  • Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to carefully flip up the retaining flaps on the three ZIF sockets.

Remove the two screws.

Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to carefully flip up the retaining flaps on the three ZIF sockets.

Step 11

  • Starting on the left side, use a spudger to pry the cover up. Work your way around to the right side.
  • Remove cover.

Starting on the left side, use a spudger to pry the cover up. Work your way around to the right side.

Step 12

  • Remove the screw on the left side holding the lid hinge.
  • One Phillips #1
  • Use the black pull tab to remove the LCD connector.

Remove the screw on the left side holding the lid hinge.

Use the black pull tab to remove the LCD connector.

Step 13

  • Remove the screw on the right side holding the lid hinge.
  • One Phillips #1
  • Use a spudger to disconnect the speaker wire.
  • Carefully pull the wifi antenna wires out from the bottom case.
  • Remove lid.

Remove the screw on the right side holding the lid hinge.

Use a spudger to disconnect the speaker wire.

Carefully pull the wifi antenna wires out from the bottom case.

Remove lid.

Step 14

  • Using a metal spudger remove the two hinge covers.
  • Use a metal spudger to remove the two screw covers.

Using a metal spudger remove the two hinge covers.

Use a metal spudger to remove the two screw covers.

Step 15

  • Remove the two Phillips #1 screws that were under the covers.
  • Starting on the left side, use a spudger to pry the bezel up.
  • Work your way around and remove the bezel.

Remove the two Phillips #1 screws that were under the covers.

Starting on the left side, use a spudger to pry the bezel up.

Work your way around and remove the bezel.

Step 16

  • Remove the eight screws holding the LCD panel.
  • Eight Phillips #1
  • Use a spudger to disconnect the webcam connector.
  • Lift up the LCD panel.
  • The webcam wire is attached to the back of the panel. Carefully peel it off the panel.

Remove the eight screws holding the LCD panel.

Eight Phillips #1

Use a spudger to disconnect the webcam connector.

Lift up the LCD panel.

The webcam wire is attached to the back of the panel. Carefully peel it off the panel.

Step 17

  • Use a sudger to disconnect the wire from the LCD panel.
  • Remove LCD panel.

Use a sudger to disconnect the wire from the LCD panel.

Remove LCD panel.

Step 18

  • Remove the four screws (two on each side) holding the hinges on the sides.
  • Four Phillips #1 (two on each side)
  • Remove the hinges.

Remove the four screws (two on each side) holding the hinges on the sides.

Four Phillips #1 (two on each side)

Remove the hinges.

Step 19

  • LCD remains.
  • To reassemble, follow these instructions in reverse order.

LCD remains.

To reassemble, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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

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Ernesto Sanabria Gonzalez - Apr 10, 2018

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good thank :)