Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
10
Time Required
20 - 25 minutes
Sections
4
- Battery
- 2 steps
- Optical Drive
- 3 steps
- Hard Drive
- 3 steps
- Charging Port Jack
- 2 steps
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Introduction
To do so, one must remove the back cover. The back cover is attached by not only screws, but also plastic clips.
What you need
Step 1
Battery
- Press down with your fingers while also applying a sliding motion on the latch buttons near the battery on the underside of your laptop.
Press down with your fingers while also applying a sliding motion on the latch buttons near the battery on the underside of your laptop.
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Step 2
- Lift the battery upward with your fingers out of the battery compartment.
Lift the battery upward with your fingers out of the battery compartment.
Step 3
Optical Drive
- Place laptop with the bottom of it facing up.
- Remove the single 6mm Phillips #1 screw keeping the laptop panels in place.
Place laptop with the bottom of it facing up.
Remove the single 6mm Phillips #1 screw keeping the laptop panels in place.
Step 4
- Remove the 4mm Phillips #1 screw on the side of the now exposed area.
Remove the 4mm Phillips #1 screw on the side of the now exposed area.
Step 5
- Remove the disc drive from the device.
Remove the disc drive from the device.
Step 6
Hard Drive
- Place the laptop with the bottom facing up.
- Remove the single 6mm Phillips #1 screw keeping the laptop panels in place.
Place the laptop with the bottom facing up.
Step 7
- Using the Phillips #1 screwdriver, remove the 8mm screw that is holding the hard drive in place.
Using the Phillips #1 screwdriver, remove the 8mm screw that is holding the hard drive in place.
Step 8
- Use your finger to lift the hard drive up.
- Pull out the hard drive to the right.
Use your finger to lift the hard drive up.
Pull out the hard drive to the right.
Step 9
Charging Port Jack
- Unscrew all 15 screws that attach the back cover to the laptop.
- Carefully pry the back cover off the laptop using the prying tools, starting from the hard drive side.
Unscrew all 15 screws that attach the back cover to the laptop.
Carefully pry the back cover off the laptop using the prying tools, starting from the hard drive side.
Step 10
- Locate the charging jack. Then carefully pull straight up.
- Unplug the connector by pulling it towards the charging port side of the case, then carefully guide the wires away from the case.
Locate the charging jack. Then carefully pull straight up.
Unplug the connector by pulling it towards the charging port side of the case, then carefully guide the wires away from the case.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Isidro B. - Feb 9, 2020
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Hi. Correction on Step 9. Aside from the 15 black screws, I had to unscrew one silver screw. It sits right under the HDD.
Everything else was perfectly described.
