Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

23

Time Required

                          15 - 20 minutes

Sections

6

  • Battery
  • 2 steps
  • Hard Drive
  • 2 steps
  • Optical Drive
  • 3 steps
  • Back Cover
  • 6 steps
  • Wireless Card
  • 4 steps
  • Motherboard
  • 6 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Locate the bay door for the battery on the left side of the laptop.

Locate the bay door for the battery on the left side of the laptop.

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Step 2

  • Slide the latch to the right and then down to unlock it.
  • Pull out the battery.

Slide the latch to the right and then down to unlock it.

Pull out the battery.

Step 3

              Hard Drive
  • Locate the door for the hard drive on the right side of the laptop

Locate the door for the hard drive on the right side of the laptop

Step 4

  • Push and slide the latch up to open the hard drive door.
  • Pull out the hard drive.

Push and slide the latch up to open the hard drive door.

Pull out the hard drive.

Step 5

              Optical Drive
  • Flip the device upside down with the handle facing away from you.
  • Open the optical drive bay by sliding its latch to the right.
  • Locate optical drive release mechanism on the bottom of the laptop.

Flip the device upside down with the handle facing away from you.

Open the optical drive bay by sliding its latch to the right.

Locate optical drive release mechanism on the bottom of the laptop.

Step 6

  • Slide the latch cover to the right.

Slide the latch cover to the right.

Step 7

  • Push the exposed switch to the left to eject the optical drive.

Push the exposed switch to the left to eject the optical drive.

Step 8

              Back Cover
  • Begin by turning the laptop upside down with the handle towards you.
  • Use a Phillips size 0 screwdriver to remove the 4 screws holding down the ram cover.

Begin by turning the laptop upside down with the handle towards you.

Use a Phillips size 0 screwdriver to remove the 4 screws holding down the ram cover.

Step 9

  • Remove the panel and set it aside.
  • Use a Phillips size 0 screwdriver to remove these 8 small screws.

Remove the panel and set it aside.

Use a Phillips size 0 screwdriver to remove these 8 small screws.

Step 10

  • Use a Phillips size 1 screwdriver to remove the remaining 8 screws.

Use a Phillips size 1 screwdriver to remove the remaining 8 screws.

Step 11

  • Use a plastic opening tool to release, but NOT remove, the back cover because it is sealed with adhesive.

Use a plastic opening tool to release, but NOT remove, the back cover because it is sealed with adhesive.

Step 12

  • Be careful when lifting the cover as you may damage some connections.
  • Slowly lift the cover so that you can disconnect the red and white wires connecting the speaker to the sound card.

Be careful when lifting the cover as you may damage some connections.

Slowly lift the cover so that you can disconnect the red and white wires connecting the speaker to the sound card.

Step 13

  • Now the back cover should be off and you can access the inside of the casing.

Now the back cover should be off and you can access the inside of the casing.

Step 14

              Wireless Card
  • Remove the black and white wires attached to the wireless card by simply pulling up.

Remove the black and white wires attached to the wireless card by simply pulling up.

Step 15

  • Peel back the black cover to expose the clips holding in the wireless card.

Peel back the black cover to expose the clips holding in the wireless card.

Step 16

  • Using a pair of plastic opening tools, push the two metal tabs away from the card.

Using a pair of plastic opening tools, push the two metal tabs away from the card.

Step 17

  • The wireless card should now easily disengage from the motherboard.
  • Pull the card horizontally away from you to remove it from its housing.

The wireless card should now easily disengage from the motherboard.

Pull the card horizontally away from you to remove it from its housing.

Step 18

              Motherboard
  • Unplug 3 cables
  • Lift up on brown tab to release cable
  • Pull cable up and out

Unplug 3 cables

Lift up on brown tab to release cable

Pull cable up and out

Step 19

  • Remove 2 long screws indicated with red circles
  • Remove the remaining screws indicated in blue

Remove 2 long screws indicated with red circles

Remove the remaining screws indicated in blue

Step 20

  • On the back of the unit, unscrew the three screws surrounding the serial port.

On the back of the unit, unscrew the three screws surrounding the serial port.

Step 21

  • Lift the motherboard as shown, pull towards you and then up.
  • Do not yet try to fully remove the motherboard or you may destroy the connections

Lift the motherboard as shown, pull towards you and then up.

Do not yet try to fully remove the motherboard or you may destroy the connections

Step 22

  • Detach the white ribbon cable, the white cluster connector, and the ribbon cable right next to the cluster

Detach the white ribbon cable, the white cluster connector, and the ribbon cable right next to the cluster

Step 23

  • Remove the board.

Remove the board.

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

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Concetto Salierno - Apr 12, 2018

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what about spare parts? is it possible cange MOBO and CPU?  in order to upgrade the thoughbook?

Gemini - Jun 4, 2019

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I think y’all missed a step.

Pascal Cohu - Dec 10, 2022

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Où acheter la carte mère?

MERCI

Brendan - Dec 11, 2022

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