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Slide the battery release latch towards you.
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Loosen the Phillips screw labeled ‘ram’ and lift the cover.
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Locate the green RAM card and find the metal tabs securing the card.
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Push outwards on the two tabs to release the card.
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Carefully slide the card out at an upward angle away from the slot.
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Unscrew the four 8mm Philips screws marked with an icon resembling a stacks of discs.
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Lift the cover from the right to remove it.
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Use tweezers to detach the grey and black cables connected to the green WiFi card.
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Remove the 8mm Philips screw located between the hard drive and the WiFi card.
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Turn the laptop 90 degrees clockwise so you are facing the CD drive.
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Unbend a paperclip and insert the end into the small hole by the eject button to cause the tray to pop out towards you.
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Gently pull the tray away from the laptop and the rest of the optical drive will follow.
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Remove the two 8mm Philips screws marked “K” on the bottom of the laptop.
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Flip the laptop over and open the screen.
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Push up on the four latches located at the top of the keyboard with the spudger to release them.
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Lift the top of the keyboard towards you. Then, while keeping the keyboard at an angle, lift it towards the display.
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Rotate the keyboard so that the bottom is visible.
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With the keyboard lifted, locate the blue-striped tab on the underside of the black ribbon cable.
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Pull the tab towards you to release the keyboard from the laptop.
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Place the laptop face-down and rotate it 180 degrees so the vents are facing you.
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Remove the five 8mm Philips screws. Three are on the black base and two are near the hinges.
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Flip the laptop over.
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Fully open the laptop.
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Rotate it so the display is on your right and the keyboard is on your left.
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Lift the switch cover carefully from one end while sliding the spudger between the switch cover and the laptop to separate them.
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The switch cover should easily separate from the laptop as you run the spudger through.
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Close the lid and rotate the laptop so that the vents are facing you.
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Unscrew the two 8mm Philips screws below the hinges.
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Carefully rotate the laptop 90 degrees counter-clockwise and open the screen.
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Pull on the black tab with the HP service sticker to unplug the display from the motherboard.
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Using tweezers, remove the black cable from the hole leading to the WiFi enclosure.
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Pull gently to remove the black and grey cables from the case.
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Using tweezers, pull the black cable towards the display and through the hole in the casing.
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Unscrew the two 8mm Philips screws that attach the hinge to the laptop's display.
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Lift the screen upwards to detach it from the laptop.
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With the laptop face-down, remove the eleven 8mm Philips screws.
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Rotate the laptop 180 degrees so the vents are facing you.
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Unscrew the four 3mm Philips screws below the vents.
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Rotate the laptop 90 degrees counter-clockwise.
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Unscrew the two 3mm Philips screws from the optical drive bay.
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Flip the laptop over so it is face-up with the trackpad closest to you.
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Locate the ribbon cable directly above the track pad.
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Find the black latch at the end of the ribbon cable and unlatch it with a spudger to release it.
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Find the ribbon cable on the LED board located at the top of the laptop.
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You will notice that the ribbon cable is connected to two levels - you will be dealing with the one on the lower level.
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Find the black latch at the end of the ribbon cable and unlatch it with a spudger to release it.
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Locate the white connector attached to a red and black cable to the right of the LED board.
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Using tweezers, pull the white connector away from you.
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Unscrew the four 8mm Philips screws from the top cover.
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Rotate the computer 90 degrees clockwise and insert the spudger at the seam above the card reader.
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While lifting the front end of the top cover, slide the spudger across the seam.
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When you have reached the firewire port, it should click open.
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Lift the top cover from the left side to remove it completely.
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Rotate the laptop 90 degrees counter-clockwise
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Locate the USB Module
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Grip the yellow cable cover and pull it to the right to release it.
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Unscrew the 6mm Philips screw connecting the USB module to the fan.
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Pull the module to the right and lift it out to release it.
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Unscrew and remove the five 4mm Philips screws marked with the white Phillips screw icon.
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Unscrew and remove the two 8mm Philips screws from the heat sink fan.
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Using tweezers, remove the digital drive board cable - the cable set on the right with black, red, green, and white wires.
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Using tweezers, remove the the rigth speaker cable - the cable set on the left with red and black wires - by pulling the white connector towards you.
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Using tweezers, remove the left speaker cable by pulling the white connector towards you.
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Remove the LED board cable by pulling the white tab towards you.
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Remove the audio cable - the one with the yellow covering located at the bottom-right corner of the motherboard - by pulling the yellow covering towards you.
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Rotate the laptop 180 degrees and locate the Bluetooth module at the bottom-left corner of the motherboard.
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Using tweezers, remove the Bluetooth module’s white connector by pulling it away from you.
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Using tweezers, pull up on the Bluetooth module to remove it.
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Remove the fan cable by pulling the white connector away from you.
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Using pliers, unscrew and remove the two bolts from both sides of the blue VGA connector.
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Carefully flip the laptop face-down with the battery compartment facing you.
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Using tweezers, remove the black and red cable from the RAM compartment by pulling on the white connector.
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Flip the laptop face-up and turn it so that the drive labelled "hp usb digital drive" faces you.
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Press the ridged space saver card above the "hp usb digital drive" label to eject and remove it.
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Locate the PC card below the SD card reader.
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Push the button to its left once to eject the button itself, then press it once again to remove the PC card.
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Once the PC card pops out, pull it out.
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Turn the computer 90 degrees counter-clockwise and clear all cables off of the motherboard.
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Keeping the button pressed down, lift the motherboard up until the button pops out the top of the case.
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Pull the right casing to the side to release the ports on the motherboard from it.
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Lift the motherboard up until it releases from the bottom casing and remove it from the laptop.
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Unscrew the two 4mm and one 2mm Phillips screws from the USB board.
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Move the USB board out of the way and raise the right speaker unit up two inches.
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Pull out the black cable running along the left side of the right speaker unit to remove it.
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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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