STEP 1

Start laptop disassembly with removing the battery.

STEP 2

Remove one screw securing the memory module cover and remove the cover.
Remove one screw securing the hard drive and remove the cover.

STEP 3

Remove the memory module and the hard drive from the laptop.
To remove the hard drive: slide it away from the connector and lift up.

STEP 4

Remove two screws securing the DVD drive to the laptop base.
You can open the drive with a thin sharp object (for example a straightened paper clip) and carefully pull the drive from the laptop.

STEP 5

Remove all marked screws on the bottom of the laptop.

STEP 6

Turn the laptop the right side up and remove the keyboard securing strip with a sharp object.

STEP 9

Remove the speaker cover from the laptop.

STEP 10

Remove two screws securing the keyboard and lift up the keyboard.

STEP 11

Remove two screws securing a metal plate over the keyboard connector and remove the plate.

STEP 12

Disconnect the keyboard cable on the system board and remove the keyboard.

STEP 13

Remove two screws and remove two metal plates covering cables.

STEP 14

Remove one screw securing the membrane switch board.
Disconnect the membrane switch cable on the system board.
Slide the boar left and remove it.

STEP 15

Remove two screws securing the laptop top cover to the base.
Disconnect the Bluetooth cable, the video cable, the touchpad cable and the sound board cable.

STEP 18

Disconnect the antenna cables and remove the wireless card.

STEP 19

Remove the battery connector cover.

STEP 20

Remove three screws securing the system board and disconnect two cables.

STEP 21

Before you remove the system board, you have to remove one screw on the laptop side.

STEP 22

Carefully lift up the system board from the base.

STEP 25

Remove three screws securing the CPU heatsink.
Remove the heatsink.