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This guide will take you step by step in disassembling your laptop to access your motherboard. The process is quite involved as you will need to remove all other components surrounding it.
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Locate the battery locking tabs on the upper right and left corner.
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Press the tabs in towards each other.
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Pull the battery outwards to remove it.
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Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the screws.
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Lift backplate and remove from the case.
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Once inside the panel, locate your RAM sticks.
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Push the metal brackets carefully to release and remove the RAM stick .
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Repeat the previous step for removing the other RAM stick.
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Using a Phillips #00, remove the four screws.
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Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the screws.
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Use a plastic opening tool around the entire edge.
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Separate the case from the keyboard.
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Gently lift the keyboard from the base of the laptop.
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Gently tug the ribbon cables free from their slots.
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Using both hands, pull the keyboard back and out, fully separating the keyboard from the laptop.
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Using a plastic opening tool, separate the optical drive from the laptop frame.
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Remove the optical drive by sliding it out from the case.
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Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the three screws.
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Lift up the ribbon cable connector on the bottom right corner.
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Gently pry the cable away from the connection.
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Remove the 4 pronged connection on the bottom right corner of the motherboard.
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Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove the two screws.
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Holding the board firmly with two fingers, pull outward, disconnecting it from the contacts.
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Repeat the previous step and remove the two wired connection next to the card.
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Remove the cable at the top left of the motherboard.
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Using both hands, lift the motherboard up and out from the case
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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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