Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

12

Time Required

                          45 minutes - 1 hour

Sections

3

  • Battery
  • 3 steps
  • Motherboard
  • 5 steps
  • Keyboard
  • 4 steps

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Introduction

Before starting this guide, power off your laptop and unplug it from the power adapter.

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Use a Torx screwdriver to remove the eight 3 mm screws on the back case.
  • Remove the rear cover by prying up lightly starting in one of the corners.

Use a Torx screwdriver to remove the eight 3 mm screws on the back case.

Remove the rear cover by prying up lightly starting in one of the corners.

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Step 2

  • Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the six screws securing the battery.

Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the six screws securing the battery.

Step 3

  • Unplug the battery connector from the motherboard.
  • Remove the battery from the device.

Unplug the battery connector from the motherboard.

Remove the battery from the device.

Step 4

              Motherboard
  • Remove the red and black cables that are attached to the motherboard.

Remove the red and black cables that are attached to the motherboard.

Step 5

  • Remove the four 3.4 mm screws around the black square using a T4 Torx screwdriver.
  • Remove the heatsink.

Remove the four 3.4 mm screws around the black square using a T4 Torx screwdriver.

Remove the heatsink.

Step 6

  • Remove the 3.4 mm screws to the cooling fans using a T4 Torx screwdriver.
  • Remove the cooling fans.

Remove the 3.4 mm screws to the cooling fans using a T4 Torx screwdriver.

Remove the cooling fans.

Step 7

  • Remove the 3.4 mm screws on the perimeter of the motherboard using a T4 Torx screwdriver.

Remove the 3.4 mm screws on the perimeter of the motherboard using a T4 Torx screwdriver.

Step 8

  • Remove the motherboard.

Remove the motherboard.

Step 9

              Keyboard
  • Flip all white tabs up to unlock three ZIF connectors using the opening tool.
  • Flip all black tabs up to unlock the three ZIF connectors using the opening tool.
  • This is how the tabs look in the flipped up position.

Flip all white tabs up to unlock three ZIF connectors using the opening tool.

Flip all black tabs up to unlock the three ZIF connectors using the opening tool.

This is how the tabs look in the flipped up position.

Step 10

  • Pull the cables out gently.

Pull the cables out gently.

Step 11

  • Remove fifty-five 3.4 mm keyboard screws with the T5 Torx screwdriver.
  • 5 screw locations are highlighted but locate all 55 screws and remove them.

Remove fifty-five 3.4 mm keyboard screws with the T5 Torx screwdriver.

5 screw locations are highlighted but locate all 55 screws and remove them.

Step 12

  • Remove the keyboard from the laptop.

Remove the keyboard from the laptop.

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

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