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This guide will show how to replace the motherboard if it becomes damaged or non-functional.
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Use the pointed end of the spudger to slide the battery lock until the battery pops loose.
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Slide the battery out of the battery slot.
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Unscrew the two RAM 6mm cover screws.
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Use a PH1 screw bit.
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Pop the RAM cover off.
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Use the plastic opening tool.
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Use either the spudger or your fingers to pinch the clips away from the RAM chip on either side of each chip.
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The chip should pop up.
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Slide the RAM memory chips out of the slots.
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Remove the two 6mm PH1 screws from the bottom of the laptop.
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Use the spudger, push the two tabs, located in the battery slot, through their slots to release the keyboard.
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Do this with the computer slightly open for ease.
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Open the laptop.
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Start top of the keyboard and use the opening tool to pop the remaining tabs around the keyboard loose.
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The keyboard can be flipped onto its face once removed.
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Use the spudger and slide the grey tabs on either side of the keyboard wires away from the white plastic.
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Disconnect the keyboard by pulling the blue tape on the wire strip.
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Remove the five 6mm PH1 screws beneath the keyboard.
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Use the spudger to pop the gray tab up and away from the far left wire strip.
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Disconnect the wire strip by pulling the blue tab loose.
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Use the spudger to pop the white tab up away from the wire strip located at the top left corner of the mouse pad.
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Disconnect the wire strip by pulling the blue tab.
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Close the laptop.
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Remove the remaining 18 6mm PH1 screws from the bottom cover of the laptop.
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Use the opening tool to separate the back of the laptop from the inside cover.
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Open the computer and remove the inside cover.
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Lift the HDD out of the base and use the opening tool to disconnect the HDD from the motherboard wire.
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Slide the optical disc drive out of the slot to disconnect it from the motherboard.
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Unscrew the main 3.5mm PH1 screw from the motherboard.
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Unscrew the 3.5mm PH1 screw from the Wireless Lan chip.
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Use the opening tool to pop both wires off of the Wireless Lan chip.
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Pull the Wirelss Lan Chip to remove it from the motherboard.
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Pull the tape covering the wires for the Wireless Lan chip up.
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Pull the black and white wires loose.
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Pull up the tape securing the optical wires to the motherboard.
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Disconnect the wire plug-in from the motherboard.
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Unscrew the 3.5mm PH1 screw securing the optical disk drive to motherboard connector.
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Pull the connector to disconnect it from the motherboard.
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Flip the motherboard up towards the screen to access the underside.
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Use the spudger to disconnect the remaining three wires from the motherboard.
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Once the wires are disconnected, the motherboard is completely disconnected from the laptop frame.
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Unscrew the three PH1 screws connecting the CPU fan to the motherboard.
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On the side opposite the CPU fan screws, pull loose the tape securing the fan assembly to the motherboard.
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The CPU fan can now be separated from the motherboard.
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The motherboard can be replaced once disconnected from the CPU cooling fan.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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