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Gateway ZX6971 Rear Body Panel Disassembly

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Removing the shroud(s)
  • If you're looking to just access the hard drive bay, it would be the metal cage on the bottom right. The cage is being held by only 1 screw.

  • The motherboard is being covered by a large vented metal shroud, you'll see it takes up about 1/3 of the space.

  • Remove the shroud by removing the surrounding screws and it should just lift right off.

  • You'll see that on the top left is the optical drive, and in the middle is the fan & heatsink for the CPU.

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