Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

12

Time Required

                          15 - 30 minutes

Sections

5

  • Battery
  • 2 steps
  • RAM
  • 1 step
  • Hard Drive
  • 2 steps
  • Disk Drive
  • 2 steps
  • Back Panel Assembly
  • 5 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Flip the laptop over so the bottom is facing up.

Flip the laptop over so the bottom is facing up.

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Step 2

  • Unlock the left tab on the battery.
  • Glide the right battery tab to release the battery pack from the laptop.
  • Keeping the battery tab in the released position, lift the battery up.

Unlock the left tab on the battery.

Glide the right battery tab to release the battery pack from the laptop.

Keeping the battery tab in the released position, lift the battery up.

Step 3

              RAM
  • Remove the 9mm Phillips #1 screw located on the back cover.
  • Remove cover.
  • Push out metal tabs.
  • Remove card.

Remove the 9mm Phillips #1 screw located on the back cover.

Remove cover.

Push out metal tabs.

Remove card.

Step 4

              Hard Drive
  • Remove two 9mm Phillips #1 screws.

Remove two 9mm Phillips #1 screws.

Step 5

  • Remove the panel.
  • Gently remove the hard drive.
  • Remove screws securing caddy to hard drive.

Remove the panel.

Gently remove the hard drive.

Remove screws securing caddy to hard drive.

Step 6

              Disk Drive
  • Remove the 9mm Phillips #1 screw holding the disk drive in place.
  • Remove the 9mm screw near the memory stick.

Remove the 9mm Phillips #1 screw holding the disk drive in place.

Remove the 9mm screw near the memory stick.

Step 7

  • Using an iFixit opening tool, carefully pry the disk drive away from the device.

Using an iFixit opening tool, carefully pry the disk drive away from the device.

Step 8

              Back Panel Assembly
  • Remove three 3mm Phillips #1 screws on the side panel.

Remove three 3mm Phillips #1 screws on the side panel.

Step 9

  • On the top of the panel, remove four 3mm Phillips #1 screws.

On the top of the panel, remove four 3mm Phillips #1 screws.

Step 10

  • Remove the rest of the twelve 9mm Phillips #1 screws on the back panel.
  • Remove the final screw.

Remove the rest of the twelve 9mm Phillips #1 screws on the back panel.

Remove the final screw.

Step 11

  • Using an iFixit opening tool, pry the back panel off.
  • At this point, the back panel should very easily pop off.
  • Be careful around mechanical components on the edges of the laptop (audio output, USB ports).

Using an iFixit opening tool, pry the back panel off.

At this point, the back panel should very easily pop off.

Be careful around mechanical components on the edges of the laptop (audio output, USB ports).

Step 12

  • Continue popping the back panel off.
  • The back panel should now be off.

Continue popping the back panel off.

The back panel should now be off.

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

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Wil Higdon - Aug 29, 2021

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The fan ran at high speed and the laptop would randomly shut down. I suspected a cooling problem. Turned out there was a layer of dust caked on the “fan side” of the cooling fins. I removed the fan/heat sink assembly and used a vacuum and an artist’s brush to clean the fins and fan blades. Put a fresh layer of thermal compound on the CPU and GPU heat sinks and reassembled everything. This back panel removal/replacement instruction page was a great help. Everything went back together successfully and, to my amazement, there were no screws left over!

joaocastelor - Sep 6, 2022

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Ganhei um Sony Vaio PCG-81114L usado porem nao tem os parafusos (todos) e nao estou encontrado aqui no Brasil. Tem como ajudar? O procedimento esta 10 e é bem simples. My email: joaocastelor@hotmail.com