Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
10
Time Required
15 - 30 minutes
Sections
3
- Battery
- 2 steps
- Back Casing
- 3 steps
- Trackpad
- 5 steps
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Battery
- Turn the laptop upside down so the battery faces upwards.
- Remove the two 7 mm Phillips screws that secure the battery.
Turn the laptop upside down so the battery faces upwards.
Remove the two 7 mm Phillips screws that secure the battery.
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Step 2
- Place both thumbs on the outside edges of the battery that meet the device.
- Push the battery out and away from the laptop.
- The battery should slide out with little resistance.
Place both thumbs on the outside edges of the battery that meet the device.
Push the battery out and away from the laptop.
The battery should slide out with little resistance.
Step 3
Back Casing
- Remove the thirteen 7 mm Phillips #1 screws from the bottom of the chassis.
Remove the thirteen 7 mm Phillips #1 screws from the bottom of the chassis.
Step 4
- Starting at the center, insert a spudger into the crevice between the bottom casing and the keyboard and pry upwards.
- Gently slide the spudger along the entire perimeter of the device and pry the casing loose to unhook six clips.
- These images show a metal spudger, which has the potential to damage the device. Use a plastic opening tool or standard spudger instead.
- Do not be alarmed if you feel a gentle tug or hear a click as you slide your spudger. These sounds are the clips detaching from the casing.
Starting at the center, insert a spudger into the crevice between the bottom casing and the keyboard and pry upwards.
Gently slide the spudger along the entire perimeter of the device and pry the casing loose to unhook six clips.
These images show a metal spudger, which has the potential to damage the device. Use a plastic opening tool or standard spudger instead.
Do not be alarmed if you feel a gentle tug or hear a click as you slide your spudger. These sounds are the clips detaching from the casing.
Step 5
- Use your fingers to finish removing the casing from the device.
Use your fingers to finish removing the casing from the device.
Step 6
Trackpad
- Use a non-metallic object to remove the yellow polyimide tape that covers the trackpad connector.
Use a non-metallic object to remove the yellow polyimide tape that covers the trackpad connector.
Step 7
- Use a non-metallic object to lift up the gray ZIF tab on trackpad connector.
- Gently pull the blue ribbon cable free.
Use a non-metallic object to lift up the gray ZIF tab on trackpad connector.
Gently pull the blue ribbon cable free.
Step 8
- Use a small Philips screwdriver to remove the screw shown.
Use a small Philips screwdriver to remove the screw shown.
Step 9
- Push the two gray tabs out on the large wire plug shown.
- The tabs only need to be pressed out a few millimeters, not all the way.
- The plug can now be carefully pulled out.
Push the two gray tabs out on the large wire plug shown.
The tabs only need to be pressed out a few millimeters, not all the way.
The plug can now be carefully pulled out.
Step 10
- Gently lift the trackpad to remove it.
Gently lift the trackpad to remove it.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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