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This guide aims to teach you how to replace a motherboard, a necessary step if your computer has overheated and shorted the board. It is a fairly complex process, but through clean pictures and concise steps it should help guide you through the process.
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Flip the computer so that the bottom side is facing up, and locate the battery above the screen hinges.
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Slide the switch under the battery compartment to release the battery.
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Unscrew the two silver screws holding the protective cover in place until they make a clicking noise.
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Unsnap the Cover by lifting the edge along the battery compartment.
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Remove all of the body screws.
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Remove the rubber cap and the screw underneath it.
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Using a metal tool, depress the center tab and pry up the keyboard by pivoting the tool towards the screen.
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Slide the tool that is now under the keyboard sideways along the edge and use another tool to depress the other tabs along the edge of the keyboard.
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Lift off the keyboard
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Flip up the black tab holding the keyboard in place via the ribbon cable and pull out the cable
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Remove the two remaining ribbon cables.
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Remove the screws holding in the protective cover underneath the keyboard.
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Pop the cover off using any flat metal tool, starting with where you took out the optical drive
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Unplug the ribbon cable on the right side of the motherboard.
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Underneath the computer, unscrew the hard drive connector screw, and pop out the hard drive plug-in.
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Unscrew all mother board screws and lift the motherboard out of the body.
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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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