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Remove the battery, then unscrew the 7 3 mm Phillips screws behind the battery. Make sure they go in separate, organized piles.
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Unscrew the 2 4 mm Phillips head screws by the battery.
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Remove the panel above the keyboard with a plastic spudger.
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Once the panel is removed, use the spudger to pry out the keyboard.
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Detach the ribbon cable from the keyboard by pulling the end of the ribbon cable that is attached inside of the laptop.
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Now you can fully remove the keyboard from the laptop.
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Place your fingers or a spudger between the front panel and the rest of the laptop.
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Pull upwards gently to detach the side you are grabbing.
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Repeat on the other side until the panel easily peels off the laptop.
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The touchpad should be loosely attached to the rest of the laptop by a ribbon cable.
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Gently pull the ribbon cable out of its socket attached to the touchpad.
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You are now able to remove the touchpad.
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Unscrew the 3 13 mm Phillips screws on the surface of the panel.
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Unscrew the 4 mm Phillips screw beneath the panel.
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Unscrew the six 17 mm Phillips head screws on the stands on the back and the 2 "A" screws of the same size adjacent to the stands.
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Unscrew the two C Phillips head screws on the hard drive panel. There is also one more C screw in the upper right corner of the laptop as shown.
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Unscrew the eight 8mm lock phillips screws and the screws along the outside of the laptop.
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Unscrew the three 3mm E Phillips screw and the one 3mm D Phillips screw.
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Unscrew the 5mm Phillips head screw that lies just above the D screw.
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Unscrew the two 8 mm Phillips screws beneath the hard drive panel.
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Everything should now be loose enough for you to start removing the panel.
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Carefully remove the ribbons from the base.
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Then you can lift the panel to access the components beneath.
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Remove the 3 4 mm Phillips head screws holding down the fan on inside of the laptop.
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Remove the 4 mm Phillips head screw holding the left panel on the back of the laptop.
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Slide off the left panel by pulling to the left.
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Remove the 4 4 mm Phillips screws on the orange cooling system.
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Gently lift the orange cooling system upward to remove it from the laptop.
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Disconnect the cable from its socket by pulling up on it gently. It will be revealed beneath the previously removed cooling system.
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From the front of the laptop, remove the tape holding down the fan's cable.
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Gently push down on the protective area around the fan as shown to pull the cable through the gap created.
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Lift the fan out of the laptop.
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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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