STEP 1

Turn the laptop upside down.
Remove the battery.
Remove four screws securing the memory cover, the bluetooth cover, the modem cover.
Remove all covers.

STEP 2

Remove the memory modules.

STEP 3

Remove one screw securing the hard drive cover.
Remove the hard drive and the DVD drive.

STEP 4

Remove all marked screws on the bottom of the notebook.

STEP 5

Turn the notebook right side up.
Insert a thin object under the securing strip and lift it up.
Work with your fingers to release latches securing the keyboard strip.

STEP 6

Remove the keyboard securing strip.

STEP 8

Disconnect the keyboard cable on the video card and remove the keyboard.

STEP 9

Remove two screws on the back of the notebook.

STEP 10

Remove one screw securing the wireless card cover.
Lift off the wireless card cover.

STEP 11

Disconnect the speaker cables on the system board.
Disconnect wireless card antennas and remove the card.
Disconnect the membrane switch cable on the video card.
Disconnect the video cables on the video card.

STEP 12

Carefully lift the top cover/display assembly off the base.

STEP 13

Remove the top cover/LCD display assembly.

STEP 14

Remove three screws securing the video card to the system board.
Lift off the video card to disconnect it from the system board.

STEP 16

Remove two screws securing the battry board / power board to the systme board.
Disconnect two battery board cables on the system board.
Lift off the battery board with the RTC battery to disconnect it from the system board.

STEP 17

Remove one screw securing the sound board to the base assembly.
Disconnect two flat sound board cables on the system board.
Lift off the sound board with cables.

STEP 18

Remove three screws securing the SelectBay cover.
Remove the SelectBay cover.

STEP 19

Remove four screws securing the system board to the laptop base assembly.
Disconnect DC-IN cable on the system board.

STEP 20

Lift off the system board and remove it from the notebook base assembly.

STEP 23

DONE!