Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
8
Time Required
40 minutes
Sections
3
- Battery
- 3 steps
- Hard Drive
- 2 steps
- Cooling Fan
- 3 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
- Slide the two lock tabs on the battery to the open position.
Slide the two lock tabs on the battery to the open position.
Step 3
- While still holding the lock tabs outward, use your hand to grab the top of battery and pull up.
- Remove the battery.
While still holding the lock tabs outward, use your hand to grab the top of battery and pull up.
Remove the battery.
Step 4
Hard Drive
- Use the Phillips #00 screwdriver to unscrew the captive screw on the L-Shaped panel.
- Remove the L-Shaped panel.
Use the Phillips #00 screwdriver to unscrew the captive screw on the L-Shaped panel.
Remove the L-Shaped panel.
Step 5
- Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the screw(s) securing the hard drive to the laptop case.
- Carefully pull the tab on the hard drive to detach the connecting wire to the right of the hard drive.
- Remove the hard drive.
Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the screw(s) securing the hard drive to the laptop case.
Carefully pull the tab on the hard drive to detach the connecting wire to the right of the hard drive.
Remove the hard drive.
Step 6
Cooling Fan
- Remove the twelve 6 mm screws from the back of the laptop with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
- There are 12 screws holding the back panel on the laptop. Two of the screws are located underneath the service panel.
Remove the twelve 6 mm screws from the back of the laptop with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
There are 12 screws holding the back panel on the laptop. Two of the screws are located underneath the service panel.
Step 7
- Remove the DVD RW Drive by sliding it out.
- Use a jimmy to pry open the back panel.
- Pull the back panel of the laptop off, exposing the motherboard and other inside components.
Remove the DVD RW Drive by sliding it out.
Use a jimmy to pry open the back panel.
Pull the back panel of the laptop off, exposing the motherboard and other inside components.
Step 8
- The cooling fan is in the bottom right corner of the laptop.
- Unplug the small red and blue wire connecting the cooling fan to the motherboard.
- Remove the two 3 mm screws securing the fan to the motherboard with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
- Remove the fan from the laptop.
The cooling fan is in the bottom right corner of the laptop.
Unplug the small red and blue wire connecting the cooling fan to the motherboard.
Remove the two 3 mm screws securing the fan to the motherboard with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
Remove the fan from the laptop.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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