Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

8

Time Required

                          8 minutes

Sections

3

  • Battery
  • 2 steps
  • Surface Panel
  • 3 steps
  • Optical Drive
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Slide the battery removal switch towards the center of the laptop until the battery pops out.

Slide the battery removal switch towards the center of the laptop until the battery pops out.

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Step 2

  • Remove the battery from the computer.

Remove the battery from the computer.

Step 3

              Surface Panel
  • Unscrew the two 4mm Phillips #0 screws found in the surface panel.

Unscrew the two 4mm Phillips #0 screws found in the surface panel.

Step 4

  • Using the spudger, pry the surface panel off starting from the side where the battery was located.
  • Pry the remainder of the panel off by sliding the spudger underneath the panel and gently lifting.
  • Aim for the corners of the panel while using the spudger to methodically remove it without damaging it.

Using the spudger, pry the surface panel off starting from the side where the battery was located.

Pry the remainder of the panel off by sliding the spudger underneath the panel and gently lifting.

Aim for the corners of the panel while using the spudger to methodically remove it without damaging it.

Step 5

  • Lift the pried surface panel off of the computer.

Lift the pried surface panel off of the computer.

Step 6

              Optical Drive
  • Use the screwdriver to remove the 4mm Phillips #0 screw holding the optical drive in.

Use the screwdriver to remove the 4mm Phillips #0 screw holding the optical drive in.

Step 7

  • Use your fingers to grab the optical drive.

Use your fingers to grab the optical drive.

Step 8

  • Pull out drive completely.

Pull out drive completely.

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

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paulwrites - Feb 12, 2020

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What do you do when the DVD drive will NOT slide out? That’s my problem. There’s no disk inside; the unit is simply stuck shut. Now what do you do?

Dylan Dopp - Jan 18, 2021

For me, the DVD drive connection had, what I think was soda, inside of the port and it acted like a sort of glue so brute force may be the option.

After a deep cleaning of the connections, it worked like new.