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The motherboard connects all the hardware components of the laptop so that they can communicate with each other.
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Turn the laptop upside down so that the underside is facing up and locate the two switches that are on each side of the battery.
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Slide the switch on the top right corner to the right.
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Slide and hold the switch on the top left corner to the left and carefully remove the battery.
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Use a Phillips #000 screwdriver to remove the two 9mm screws from the HDD/RAM cover panel.
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Slide the back panel off by placing a hand on each corner and pulling the panel towards you.
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Remove the four 9mm screws holding the hard drive in place.
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Slide the hard drive to the left to disconnect it.
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Then pull on the black tab to lift the hard drive out of the laptop.
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Disconnect both the black and white coaxial connectors from the WiFi card by pulling up on the gold colored piece.
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Remove the 3mm screw from the top right corner of the WiFi card using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.
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The WiFi card will pop up. Grasp it and pull it out of its slot.
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Turn the laptop to its normal position and open the display to show the keyboard.
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Gently push back the five tabs holding the keyboard down using the plastic opening tool.
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Once the keyboard is free, disconnect the ribbon cable from the zero insertion force (ZIF) connector by flipping up the locking flap and pulling the cable out.
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Remove the 3mm screw with a Phillips #000 screwdriver.
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Slide out the optical disc drive by pulling it away from the laptop.
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Turn the laptop over so that the back side is facing up.
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Remove eight 9mm screws from the back of the laptop.
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Remove two 6mm screws near the battery.
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Remove two 3mm screws from the optical drive slot.
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Disconnect the two ribbons cables from the zero insertion force connectors by flipping up the small locking flap and pulling them gently out of the connectors.
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Use the plastic opening tool to pop off the plastic layer by sticking it in between the two parts and sliding it around the whole laptop.
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Lift off the top plastic layer.
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Disconnect the two ribbon cables from the no-fuss ribbon cable connectors attached to the motherboard by pulling the cable straight out of the connector.
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Disconnect the ribbon cable from the zero insertion force connector by flipping up the locking flap and pulling the cable out.
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Remove the two 5mm screws holding the motherboard and fan in place.
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Lift out the motherboard and 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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