Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

8

Time Required

                          15 - 20 minutes

Sections

2

  • Keyboard
  • 3 steps
  • Optical Drives
  • 5 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Keyboard
  • Open your laptop. Beneath the screen, here is a large plastic piece that contains slots for a speaker, the power button, and numerous indicator lights.
  • To remove this, pry it open with a spudger tool gently. It should pop out of place.

Open your laptop. Beneath the screen, here is a large plastic piece that contains slots for a speaker, the power button, and numerous indicator lights.

To remove this, pry it open with a spudger tool gently. It should pop out of place.

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Step 2

  • Remove the three 6mm screws using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.
  • Once the screws are removed, the keyboard is free from the base of the laptop.

Remove the three 6mm screws using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

Once the screws are removed, the keyboard is free from the base of the laptop.

Step 3

  • Disconnect the green ribbon cable using a plastic opening tool.

Disconnect the green ribbon cable using a plastic opening tool.

Step 4

              Optical Drives
  • Remove the 6 millimeter screws indicated with a Phillips #1 screwdriver.
  • Remove the top plastic covering from the base of the device.

Remove the 6 millimeter screws indicated with a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

Remove the top plastic covering from the base of the device.

Step 5

  • Use a plastic opening tool to disconnect both cable connectors gently.

Use a plastic opening tool to disconnect both cable connectors gently.

Step 6

  • Once these cables are disconnected, the optical drives can be found inside.
  • This particular laptop has a CD/DVD combo drive on the left, and a floppy disc drive on the right.

Once these cables are disconnected, the optical drives can be found inside.

This particular laptop has a CD/DVD combo drive on the left, and a floppy disc drive on the right.

Step 7

  • The 1 centimeter screws indicated need to be removed using a Phillips #1 screwdriver to free the CD/DVD combo drive.
  • Once freed, the CD/DVD combo drive should slide out and remove easily.

The 1 centimeter screws indicated need to be removed using a Phillips #1 screwdriver to free the CD/DVD combo drive.

Once freed, the CD/DVD combo drive should slide out and remove easily.

Step 8

  • The 1 centimeter screws indicated must be removed with a Phillips #1 screwdriver to free the floppy disc drive.
  • Remove the floppy disc drive from the device.

The 1 centimeter screws indicated must be removed with a Phillips #1 screwdriver to free the floppy disc drive.

Remove the floppy disc drive from the device.

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

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