STEP 18

Lift up the palmrest and remove it.

STEP 19

In this model the wireless card is located under the touchpad and you can remove the wi-fi card right after you removed the touchpad.
Disconnect the white (main) and the black (aux) wireless antenna cables. Grasp the antenna cable connector with your fingers and carefully lift it up. Do the same with the second cable.
After wireless antenna cables are disconnected, spread the latches on both sides of the wireless card until the card pops up. Remove the wi-fi card from the slot.
Disconnect the internal microphone cable (bottom red arrow) from the motherboard and remove it.

STEP 20

Remove four screws securing the laptop top cover to the laptop base.
Carefully pull the video cable connector (marked with a red arrow) from the connecotor on the motherboard.
Do not pull for the harness. Unplug the connector by its edges.

STEP 21

Lift ut the top cover/display assembly as it shown on the photo and remove it from the laptop base.

STEP 22

Here we are going to remove the laptop fan.
Unplug the fan cable from the motherboard and remove two screws.
Remove the fan and replace it if needed.
Make sure to blow it off with compressed air before you install it back into the laptop.

STEP 23

Lift up the laptop power jack from the base.
Disconnect the laptop RTC (CMOS) battery cable shown with a red arrow on the bottom.

STEP 24

Carefully lift up the right side of the motherboard.
Remove the motherboard from the laptop base.

STEP 25

I always remove the CPU at the end because it has a lot of fragile pins. By removing the CPU at the end, you have a better chance not to damage the CPU while it's on your bench.
To order to remove the CPU you'll have to open the socket first. Turn the screw into "Open" position and lift up the CPU.
WHEN YOU INSTALL THE CPU BACK, DO NOT FORGET TO LOCK THE SOCKET OR YOUR LAPTOP WILL NOT START. Before you install the heatsink back on the CPU, apply a thin layer of new thermal grease. You can buy thermal grease in any local computer store or find it online.
Remove three screws securing the video board. Carefully lift up the video board to disconnect it from the motherboard.

STEP 26

Laptop is disassembled.
Now you can replace the motherboard and assemble it back.