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Flip the laptop upside-down, battery side facing you.
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Move the left latch to the left. You can let go after moving it.
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Move the right latch to the right, and don't let go.
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Pull the battery out with your other hand.
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Remove the two Philips screws securing the RAM cover.
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Remove the eight longer Philips screws securing the palmrest to the base.
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Remove thet four longer and thicker Philips screws securing the palmrest to the base.
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Remove the single remaining small Philips screw securing the palmrest to the base.
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Remove the cover hiding the last remaining, medium-length Philips screw.
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Use a spudger to separate the palmrest from the base.
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Slowly move the palmrest to the right, until you begin to see a ZIF cable. Stop moving the palmrest once you see the cable. Remove the cable.
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Now, lift the palmrest up slowly, until you see more ZIF cables. Remove both of them.
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There are no more cables, so you may now take the palmrest away from the laptop.
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Remove the nine pan-head Philips screws.
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Remove the five rather annoying small Philips screws.
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Peel back the metal tape holding the keyboard plate, and also peel back the cable attached to it.
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Now yank the keyboard plate out. Be sure you didn't miss any screws.
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You're done disassembling!
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
