STEP 1

Turn the unit upside down.
Remove screws securing: the Wi-Fi card cover, the modem card cover, the memory card cover, the hard drive cover.
Remove the Wi-Fi card cover, the memory card cover, the modem card cover, the hard drive cover.
Remove the battery.

STEP 2

Remove the hard drive, the memory card, the Wi-Fi card (if you have any).

STEP 3

Remove all screws on the bottom.
Oh,man that's a lot of screws!

STEP 4

Open the DVD drive with a paper clip.
Carefully remove the DVD drive from the computer.
Remove three screw hidden under the DVD drive.

STEP 5

Turn the computer right side up.
Insert a thin object under the securing strip and lift it up.
Be careful, it may be very tight.

STEP 6

Remove the securing strip.

STEP 7

Remove two screws securing the keyboard.

STEP 8

Disconnect the keyboard cable from the system board and remove the keyboard.

STEP 9

Disconnect the LCD cable from the system board.
Remove the screw connecting the LCD cable to the base.
Disconnect the flat LED board cable from the system board.

STEP 10

Carefully lift the display/top cover assembly off the base.
Do not forget to disconnect the power switch cable from the system board.
For some reason I didn't make a better picture :(
The display/top cover assembly - LCD assembly and top cover assembly connected by hinges.

STEP 11

Remove the screw securing the HDD holder.
Remove the HDD holder.
Disconnect the speaker cables from the system board.

STEP 12

Loosen five screws securing the heatsink assembly.
Disconnect the fan cable from the system board.

STEP 13

Carefully lift the heatsink off the CPU.

STEP 14

Remove two screws connecting the system board to the base.

STEP 15

Starting from the left side carefully lift off the system board.
Be careful with the PC card connector.

STEP 16

Remove the system board off the base.

STEP 17

Remove two screws securing the modem card.
Disconnect the modem card cable on the system board.
Lift the modem and the modem cable off the system board.