STEP 1

Turn the unit upside down.
Remove the battery.
Remove screws securing the modem cover, the memory cover, the wireless card cover.
Remove all covers.

STEP 2

Remove the modem card, the memory module, the wireless card (if you have any).
Remove one screw securing the hard drive cover.
Remove the cover.

STEP 3

Remove one screw securing the hard drive to the base.
Slide the hard drive assembly out of the bay.

STEP 4

Removed all marked screws on the bottom of the computer.

STEP 5

Turn the laptop right side up.
Insert a thin object under the securing strip and lift it up.
Be careful, it may be very tight.

STEP 6

Remove the securing strip.

STEP 7

Remove two screws securing the keyboard.

STEP 8

Disconnect the keyboard cable from the system board and remove the keyboard.
Remove two screws securing the DVD drive to the base.

STEP 9

Slide the DVD drive out of the bay.

STEP 10

Remove four screws securing the fan shield.
Lift the shield off the CPU.

STEP 11

Remove four screws securing the fan.
Disconnect the fan cable on the system board.

STEP 12

Lift the cooling can off the CPU and remove it.

STEP 13

Remove two screws from the back of the computer.

STEP 14

Remove the bezel around the touchpad.

STEP 15

Remove two screws securing the touchpad.
Disconnect the touchpad cables on the systme board.

STEP 16

Lift off the touchpad.

STEP 17

Remove three screws securing the top cover assembly to the base assembly.
Disconnect the LCD cable and the front panel control cable on the system board.

STEP 18

Using a guitar pick, release the latches securing the upper assembly.

STEP 19

Lift the upper assembly off the base assembly.

STEP 20

Remove the upper assembly.

STEP 23

Disconnect the right speaker cable on the battery board.
Disconnect the battery board cable on the system board.
Lift the battery board off the system board.

STEP 24

Remove two screws securing the right speaker and lift it off.

STEP 25

Remove one screw securing the connector brace.
Remove one screw securing the floppy drive assembly.

STEP 26

Lift off the connector brace.

STEP 27

Disconnect the floppy drive cable on the system board.

STEP 28

Lift off the FDD assembly.

STEP 29

Disconnect two screws securing the volume board.
Disconnect the flat cable on the system board.

STEP 30

Lift off the volume board.
Disconnect the left speaker cable.

STEP 31

Remove two screws securing the left speaker.
Lift off the left speaker.

STEP 32

Disconnect the RTC battery connector on the system board.
Remove the RTC battery.

STEP 35

Removing CPU is a little bit tricky.

STEP 36

Slide the CPU lock to the unlocked position.

STEP 37

Insert a slotted screwdriver in the notch.
Rotate the handle left to right.

STEP 38

Lift off the CPU.

STEP 39

DONE !

STEP 40

These bunch of parts used to be a working laptop. :)