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Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to unscrew the five screws that secure the back cover to the laptop.
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Use a Jimmy to lift the cover directly up off of the locating pins.
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Remove the back cover.
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Use the Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the four 5 mm screws that secure the battery to the laptop frame.
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Take out the battery by lifting it from the top edge of the laptop, and then pulling away from the motherboard.
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Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the single screw that secures the SSD to the motherboard.
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Carefully remove the SSD by lifting it and pulling it out of the pins towards the battery of the laptop.
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Carefully peel the thermal pad off of the back of the SSD.
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Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to loosen the four screws that secure the fan to the motherboard.
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Use nylon tipped tweezers, or your fingers, to gently pull the fan's power cable towards the SSD, disconnecting it from the pins.
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Use a plastic opening pick to lift the fan mount.
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Use your fingers to gently pull the fan diagonally away from where it is connected.
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Turn the fan over to expose the interior.
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If necessary, clean out the fan or wipe away and replace the thermal paste.
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Remove each of the 7 main ribbon cables that connect the motherboard to the rest of the laptop.
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Detach the last ribbon cable in the same way as before.
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For the red and orange cables, use a spudger to lift the black plastic bar.
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Place a spudger under the cables to disconnect them from the WLAN card.
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the two 3mm screws that secure the IO bracket.
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Remove the two 3mm antenna bracket screws using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
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Lift from the location of the screw towards you. Then pull towards the screw side to remove the bracket.
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Lift the white and black wires from their press on connections. Make sure to grab the connector head, not the wire itself
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Remove and unscrew the two 5mm screws with a Phillips #0 screwdriver.
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Using an iFixit SIM card screw head tip, apply pressure to the hole to disconnect the SD card slot from the device.
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove each of the four remaining 3mm screws securing the motherboard to the device.
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Lift from the top of the motherboard towards you.
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Pull away from the IO port side to remove the motherboard.
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Carefully remove cord from daughterboard.
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Use a PH0 screwdriver to remove the three 2mm screws holding the daughterboard in place.
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Use a PH0 screwdriver to remove the two 2mm screws holding the USB port in place.
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Remove the tape covering screws holding the keyboard in place.
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Remove the seventy-two 0.5mm screws holding keyboard in place.
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Carefully push the keyboard from the front, starting at the edge (Left edge is depicted).
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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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Excelente Pagina muy buen aporte