STEP 8

Lift up the keyboard as it shown on the picture and place it upside down on the laptop top cover.

STEP 9

Open up the keyboard cable connector on the motherboard. Be careful, do not break the connector.
After the connector is unlocked you can pull the cable and remove the motherboard.

STEP 10

Remove four screws securing the top cover.
Disconnect three cables pointed with two red and one green arrow.
You'll have to unlock connector pointed with red arrows. You can disconnect both cables only after both connectors have been unlocked.
There is no lock on the connector pointed with a green arrow. Slowly and gently pull the cable from the connector.

STEP 11

Now you'll have to separate the top cover assembly from the base assembly.
I usuallyuse a guitar pick. I insert it between the covers and slowly move alone the side until all plastic latches are disengaged.

STEP 12

Remove the top cover assembly.

STEP 13

The opposite side of the top cover assembly.

STEP 14

Remove two screws securing the laptop motherboard.
Unplug the video cable.
Unlock the connector securing the LAN ribbon cable. Remove the cable from the connector.
Carefully pull the power button cable (green arrow) from the connector.

STEP 15

Start removing the motherboard from the right side.