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With the battery away from you, slide the locking clips out.
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Slide the battery away from you.
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Use a spudger to carefully pry up the keyboard screw cover.
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Remove the two screws securing the keyboard to the chassis.
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Carefully tilt the keyboard towards you and release the ribbon cables.
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Use a spudger if needed to release the latch. The latch slides out.
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The keyboard is now free and can be set aside.
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Remove the five black screws
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Remove the one silver screw
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Flip the laptop over so the bottom is facing up.
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Using a spudger, remove the seven rubber inserts.
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Remove the six silver screws.
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Remove the one black screw.
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Stand the laptop up on end.
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Remove the two rubber inserts from the back of the laptop. One insert is on each side of the laptop.
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Carefully work a spudger in the crack at the back of the laptop and separate the small rubberized section from the bottom of the laptop.
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Remove the four screws.
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Disconnect the black wireless antenna lead.
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The bottom of the laptop is now ready to lift off.
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Carefully work a spudger around the seam of the laptop separating the bottom from the rest of the laptop.
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Use a spuder to carefully disconnect the wire from the motherboard. Once this is free the bottom will come off.
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Locate optical drive
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Remove the three screws securing the optical drive.
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Slide the optical drive away from the motherboard, and carefully lift up.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
