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Place the laptop on a flat surface with the back cover facing up and the hinges facing you.
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Slide the tab positioned on the right side to the right.
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Move the left tab to the left to release the battery.
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You will hear an audible 'click' and see the battery separate from the rest of the laptop.
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Hold the battery at the top seam between it and the laptop.
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Roll the battery towards yourself.
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Lift the battery out of the laptop.
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Remove the three screws securing the outer cover of the laptop using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.
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Slide the cover away from the hinges and lift the panel off.
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Locate the 3 screws on the bottom securing the keyboard in place.
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One Screw will be located under a Lenovo security sticker. Break sticker to gain access to screw.
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Starting on the side, gently pry up using spudge.
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Continue prying around the top of the keyboard
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Once the top of keyboard is loose, gently lift up
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lift up bottom of keyboard slightly, to access keyboard ribbon
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crwdns2935267:0crwdne2935267:0Tweezers$4.99
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Using tweezers, lift up clip to remove keyboard ribbon cable.
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Keyboard ribbon cable removed
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Once ribbon is removed, keyboard can be lifted out
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Remove wifi wires by lifting up
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locate power and monitor cable on bottom side next to fan
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crwdns2935267:0crwdne2935267:0Tweezers$4.99
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remove power cable with tweezers by gently pullying
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remove monitor cable by gently pulling on tab straight up
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Monitor and power cable disconnected
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Disconnect the fan wires from the motherboard by lifting upwards
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Locate the 3 screws holding fan in place
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Remove 3 screws
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fan should lift out of place
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lift clip to remove ribbon cable for think pad.
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lift clip to remove power button ribbon cable.
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Begin by locating screws on bottom panel
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Remove screws using a 001 phillips screw driver.
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Once screws are removed, begin by gently prying up in one corner using a spudge
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Continue to center and then around to opposite side.
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once all sides have been pried open, lift top half off
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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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