STEP 1

Remove laptop battery.
Remove memory/modem cover.
Remove hard drive cover.

STEP 2

Remove one screw securing the DVD drive (lower left corner from the memory modules).
Slide the hard drive to the left and disconnect it from the motherboard. Remove the hard drive.

STEP 3

Push the DVD drive from the laptop using a screwdriver.
Remove the DVD drive.

STEP 4

Remove three screw seals.

STEP 5

Remove eight screws from the bottom of the laptop.
Two screws from the battery bay.
Three screws from the hard drive bay.
Three more screws from the bottom.

STEP 6

Start removing the keyboard bezel from the left site.

STEP 7

Remove the keyboard bezel.

STEP 8

Remove one screw securing the keyboard.

STEP 9

Carefully lift up the keyboard, it's still attached to the motherboard.

STEP 10

Before you pull the cable and remove the keyboard you'll have to unlock the connector.

STEP 11

On this picture the connector is locked.
Carefully pull the brown lock upwards.

STEP 12

After the connector is unlocked you can pull the keyboard cable.

STEP 13

Remove and replace the keyboard.

In the next guide I show how to disassemble this laptop further.