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If your laptop screen is not functioning properly, use this guide to replace the display. This is a difficult repair that requires the laptop to be nearly completely disassembled. This level of disassembly requires handling multiple fragile components, so caution should be used.
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Flip the laptop bottom side up.
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Slide the battery lock to show the red background.
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Push the battery slider to the other side. This will automatically eject the battery.
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You can now remove the battery
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Remove the two 6.0mm Phillips #00 screws from the back cover.
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Remove the back cover by placing a plastic opening tool in the indention and prying upwards.
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Remove the four 3.0mm Phillips #0 screws from the battery compartment.
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Remove the two 6.0mm #00 Phillips screws from the area under the back cover.
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Remove the nine 6.0mm #00 Phillips screws from the back of the laptop.
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There are 6 small clips that holding the top row of the keyboard in place.
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To remove the keyboard, push each of these clips in with a metal spudger while simultaneously using a plastic opening tool to pry the keyboard up.
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Once the top row is loose you can use the plastic opening tool to gently pry the rest of the keyboard off the laptop.
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Once the keyboard is loose, slowly lift the keyboard away from the laptop.
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There will be a single ribbon cable connecting the keyboard to the laptop body. Use two plastic opening tools to loosen the fastener,
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After the fastener is loose, gently disconnect the cable.
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Remove the 3 ribbon cables using a plastic pry tool to gently push the fasteners loose and gently pulling the cables out.
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Use a plastic pry tool to disconnect the single pinned connector.
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Use a plastic opening tool to remove the disk drive cover on the right side of the laptop.
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Use the metal spudger to pry upwards on the disk drive until you can grab and remove it.
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Now simply lift the face-plate off the laptop body.
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Remove the ribbon wire that connects the display to the motherboard using two plastic opening tools.
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Remove the two 4.0mm #00 Phillips screws from both the top right and top left of the exposed laptop body.
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The display is now fully disconnected.
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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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