Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

8

Time Required

                          25 minutes

Sections

3

  • Back Cover
  • 2 steps
  • USB Daughterboard
  • 2 steps
  • Motherboard
  • 4 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Back Cover
  • Be sure to power off and unplug your device before you begin your repair.
  • Orient the laptop so the top is laying flat on your work surface.
  • Remove ten 1.5mm Torx T5 screws from the back of the laptop.

Be sure to power off and unplug your device before you begin your repair.

Orient the laptop so the top is laying flat on your work surface.

Remove ten 1.5mm Torx T5 screws from the back of the laptop.

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Step 2

  • Insert the plastic opening tool or a Jimmy along the edge of the back cover and gently pry.
  • Run the tool all the way around the edge of the back cover and remove the back cover once it is no longer secure.
  • Remove the back cover.

Insert the plastic opening tool or a Jimmy along the edge of the back cover and gently pry.

Run the tool all the way around the edge of the back cover and remove the back cover once it is no longer secure.

Remove the back cover.

Step 3

              USB Daughterboard
  • Use a spudger to lift the black fastener and disconnect the ribbon cable from the USB daughterboard.

Use a spudger to lift the black fastener and disconnect the ribbon cable from the USB daughterboard.

Step 4

  • Using tweezers, disconnect the speaker on the left from the USB daugterboard.
  • Remove two 2.5 mm Phillips #0 screws from the daughterboard.
  • Remove the daughterboard from the laptop.

Using tweezers, disconnect the speaker on the left from the USB daugterboard.

Remove two 2.5 mm Phillips #0 screws from the daughterboard.

Remove the daughterboard from the laptop.

Step 5

              Motherboard
  • Using a spudger, disconnect the keyboard ribbon cable from the motherboard.
  • Pull on the plastic film to remove the display connection cable.

Using a spudger, disconnect the keyboard ribbon cable from the motherboard.

Pull on the plastic film to remove the display connection cable.

Step 6

  • Using tweezers, disconnect the connections for the right speaker.
  • Using tweezers, disconnect the connections for the battery.
  • Using tweezers, disconnect the connections for the CMOS battery.

Using tweezers, disconnect the connections for the right speaker.

Using tweezers, disconnect the connections for the battery.

Using tweezers, disconnect the connections for the CMOS battery.

Step 7

  • Remove the wireless card by disconnecting the two antenna cables and removing the 2.5 mm Phillips #0 screw.

Remove the wireless card by disconnecting the two antenna cables and removing the 2.5 mm Phillips #0 screw.

Step 8

  • Remove seven 2.5 mm Phillips #0 screws from the motherboard.
  • Slide the motherboard out of the laptop chassis.

Remove seven 2.5 mm Phillips #0 screws from the motherboard.

Slide the motherboard out of the laptop chassis.

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

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