STEP 1

Place the notebook upside down, unlock the battery and remove it from the battery bay.

STEP 2

Remove three screws from the CPU cover, two screws from the hard drive cover, one screw from the memory cover, two screws from the wireless card cover.
Lift off and remove all the covers.

STEP 3

Remove the memory module.
Remove the wireless card, if you have any. If you do not have a Wi-Fi card, remove the tape securing cables.
You can disconnect and remove the modem card now or later (as I did).

STEP 4

Remove one screw securing the hard drive on the side of the notebook.
Slide the hard drive out of the notebook.

STEP 5

Remove two screws securing the cooling fan and disconnect the cable on the system board. Lift off the fan.
Remove four screws securing the heatsink. Carefully lift the heatsink off the CPU.

STEP 6

Check out the heatsink. It's 70% clogged with lint.
A clogged heatsink is the main culprit in laptop overheating.
If your laptop shuts down itself without any reason, most likely you have an overheating problem.

STEP 9

Remove the keyboard securing strip.

STEP 10

Remove two screws on the sides for the keyboard.
Remove one screw and the keyboard lock in the center.
Turn over the keyboard and put it on the palmrest.

STEP 11

Remove one screw securing a metal plate over the keyboard connector.

STEP 12

Turn the keyboard over again and place it so you can access the cable.
Disconnect the flat keyboard cable on the system board.

STEP 13

Remove two screws securing the top cover and the DVD drive to the base.
If you only want to remove the DVD drive, you have to remove only one screw.
Slide the DVD drive out of the notebook base.

STEP 14

Disconnect two speaker cables on the system board.
Disconnect the display video cable on the system board.

STEP 15

Close the laptop lid and remove one screw on the back of the computer.

STEP 18

Remove the top cover and display assembly.

STEP 19

Remove one screw securing the notebook touchpad to the system board.
Disconnect the touchpad cable on the system board.
Lift off the touchpad.

STEP 20

Remove two screws securing the touchpad holder to the system board and lift it off.

STEP 21

If you didn't remove the modem card in STEP 3, you can do it now.
Remove two screws securing the modem card, lift it up and disconnect the cable on the card.

STEP 22

Remove two screws securing the main board.

STEP 25

Turn the CPU lock into unlock position and carefully lift it off the system board.