STEP 9

Remove all screws from the bottom of the laptop.
Screws in red circles are hidden under rubber covers. You can remove these covers with a sharp object.

STEP 10

Remove three screws securing the top cover assembly.
Disconnect two cables.

STEP 11

Carefully separate the top cover assembly from the bottom assembly with a piece of soft plastic.
In my case I'm using a guitar pick.

STEP 12

Lift up the front side of the top cover and disconnect two cables.

STEP 13

Now you can remove the top cover assembly.

STEP 14

When the top cover assembly is removed you can access and replace the cooling fan, hard drive, wireless card and DC-IN power jack harness.

STEP 15

Remove three screws securing the hard drive assembly.

STEP 16

Carefully lift up the hard drive and disconnect it from the motherboard.

STEP 17

If you are replacing the hard drive, you'll have to remove the hard drive mounting bracket and transfer it to the new drive.

In my case the laptop came with a 320GB Toshiba SATA hard drive. You can easily replace it with a larger SATA hard drive.