STEP 1

Turn the unit upside down.
Remove screws securing the Wi-Fi card cover and the hard drive cover.
Remove the Wi-Fi card cover and the hard drive cover.

STEP 2

Loosen the metal brace screw. Remove the metal brace and the wireless card.
Remove the hard drive.
Remove the battery.

STEP 3

Remove one screw securing the DVD drive.

STEP 4

Remove the DVD drive.

STEP 5

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Remove all screw on the bottom.

STEP 6

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

STEP 7

Remove the securing strip.

STEP 8

Remove two screws securing the keyboard.
Press on the lock in the center to release the keyboard.

STEP 9

Lift the keyboard off the base.

STEP 10

Disconnect the keyboard cable from the system board and remove the keyboard.
Attention! Be very careful when you are disconnecting the keyboard cable from the motherboard. You have to unlock the connector before pulling out the keyboard cable. If the keyboard connector gets damaged, you'll have to replace the motherboard.

STEP 11

Remove two screws securing the the hinges on the back of the computer.

STEP 12

Turn the computer right side up.
Remove the Wi-Fi cable from the route.
Disconnect the LCD cable on system board.
Remove two screws securing the hinges.

STEP 13

Lift the display assembly off the base.

STEP 14

Remove 6 screw securing the top cover.
Disconnect the speaker cables on the system board.
Disconnect the flat touchpad cable on the system board.

STEP 15

Using a guitar pick, carefully separate the top cover from the base.

STEP 16

Lift the top cover off the base.

STEP 17

Do not forget to remove "dummy" PC card.

STEP 18

Remove four hex screws on the back of the base.

STEP 19

Remove two scres securing the system board to the base.

STEP 20

Carefully remove the system board from the base.
Here are some tips for removing the motherboard. 1. Push the PC card slot button and lift up the left side of the board. 2. Carefully pry the right side of the case and release the volume wheel, audio jacks and USB port. 3. Lift up both side of the motherboard and remove it from the base.

STEP 21

Remove two screws securing the modem card.
Remove the modem card.

STEP 22

Remove four screws securing the fans.

STEP 23

Hold the fans and turn the system board back over.
Disconnect the CPU fan cables on the system board.
Remove fans.

STEP 24

Remove four screws with springs securing the cooling module.
Carefully lift the cooling module off the CPU.

STEP 25

Turn the CPU lock to unlock position. Carefully lift off the CPU.
Attention! When you are assembling the laptop, make sure the CPU is seated properly and is LOCKED inside the socket on the motherboard. If you forget to lock the CPU, the laptop will not start. Do not forget apply new thermal grease on the CPU. Without thermal grease the laptop will overheat and shut down.

STEP 26

DONE!!!
If you are removing the motherboard because of a broken power jack then most likely you'll need a new jack.