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This guide will attempt to show the user how to safely remove and replace the keyboard without damaging any of the surrounding components.
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Use an opening tool to pry up the small rubber cover on the upper right corner of the RAM access door.
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Remove the 5.3 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the RAM access door.
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Insert the point of an opening pick in the seam near the top right corner of the RAM access door and gently pry the door up slightly.
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The door is held in place by small clips around its edges. Pry until you feel the nearest clips release.
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Insert the wide edge of an opening pick into a new part of the seam between the door and the computer.
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Pry the door up to release the clips closest to the pick.
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Continue to slide the pick along the seam all the way around the door, prying as you go, until all the clips holding the door down have been released.
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Remove the 5.2 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the optical drive.
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Insert an opening tool into the gap between the optical drive and the laptop.
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Pry the optical drive straight out of the laptop.
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Remove the optical drive.
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Remove the ten 5.2 mm screws holding the main panel in place, highlighted in the photo, with a Phillips screwdriver.
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Remove the four 5.2 mm screws underneath the center panel, highlighted in the photo, with a Phillips screwdriver.
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Remove the two 6.8 mm screws underneath to back panel, highlighted in the photo, with a Phillips screwdriver.
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Use the plastic opening tool to pry the keyboard from the base of the laptop.
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Unlatch and disconnect each of the four ZIF connectors.
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The keyboard is now fully disconnected and you are now free to lift the keyboard away from the computer.
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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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Great work, but you are missing the last few steps of the replacement as all you are showing is how to remove the upper assembly
