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To remove motherboard from this laptop follow the following steps carefully.
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Flip the computer upside down.
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The red rectangle shows the location of the battery.
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Locate the two switches that lock the battery. Push the left-hand switch outward into the "unlocked" position.
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Now push and hold the right clip to the right while using your other hand to gently slide the battery away from the computer.
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Locate the hard drive enclosure (marked by the red rectangle).
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Use a small Phillips screwdriver to unscrew the single screw that holds down the hard drive enclosure cover.
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Carefully remove the hard drive enclosure cover.
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Gently pull the black pull tab out from above the hard drive. Continue pulling on the pull tab until the hard drive and the two plastic rails come out of the enclosure.
You can do this step after removing the black frame if you can't get the tab out.
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Remove the plastic rails from the old SSD/hard drive and place them on the new SSD/hard drive.
One question: I wanted to replace my broken ssd with a new one. What do I do with the black plastic pull tab? I cannot really take it off and put it on the new drive. I'm afraid I wont be able to pull it out again if I don't have this on the new one. Or do I need to buy one? What is it called properly? Would be great to get some help on this!
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Once you have located the two screws, remove them with a small Phillips screwdriver.
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Gently pull the strip out from the case.
How do I reinsert this strip? When I insert the bottom clips first I can’t get the top ones in and vice versa. Also I don’t understand the mechanism of the top clips, why do they have the shape they do?
Wtf man? You made me broke that part! Shame on you for not deleted this useless step and misinforming us like this!
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Use a a plastic spudger (or a flat screwdriver) to push the keyboard towards the screen. This will pop the bottom of the keyboard out of the casing.
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Carefully lift the keyboard so that you can access its connector.
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Carefully unplug the connector by pulling.
Don't pull on the orange band, as shown in the picture. For me it immediately ripped, even with only minimal force applied, thus ruining the wire.
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You are done - the keyboard is not connected to the laptop any more and can be replaced.
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Remove five 5.7mm screws from the bottom.
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Unscrew two 5.7mm screws from the top of the bottom of the laptop.
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Pull the palm rest off the laptop board.
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Unlock the white seal and disconnect the blue cable.
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Carefully disconnect blue and red cables and remove them from plastic case.
I think he means the blue and black cables, which are held by the black frame.
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Unlock white seal and diconnect blue cable from upper corner.
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Remove two 4.1mm screws from the black frame.
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Carefully pull off black frame from laptop board.
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Carefully lift the screen module straight up to detach from board.
Two screws need to be removed on the back to detach the screen module
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Remove a total of twenty-three 4.1mm screws from around the black plastic in the board.
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Disconnect black and red wires from bottom right corner.
Removing the red and black cable is unnecessary. Instead, remove the bottom left cable with 4 wires. That will disconnect the speakers.
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Carefully detach the motherboard (black plastic) from the laptop.
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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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is the cpu replaceable on one of these, or its soldered to the mobo? I want some laptop from the X- series wich will be able to handle an i7 (best if x230 as it is the newest i can afford)
The X230 CPU is soldered to the board. i7 not really worth it because the performance difference is about +5% and battery life is poor compared to the i5 X230.
i am using lenovo x230, when i press the power button not show screen POST Bios (Blank Screen) but the power button and the flash light on. What is my x230 problem ? htttp://www.designstrusted.com
Great walk-through.
I used this for my x220, which was identical apart from three minor differences.
Many thanks.
Really clear document, better to use than Youtube videos.
many thanks for your contribution to us all
Wouldn’t the risk of ESD damage be a bigger concern than electrical shock from a 20V/90W power supply? I mean, it would hurt, but it almost certainly wouldn’t kill you.
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