STEP 20

Peel off Mylar cover and disconnect the cable that comes from the finger scan device.
Unlock the connector before you pull the cable.

STEP 21

It's not necessary to the Bluetooth card at this point. Just unplug the Bluetooth cable from the motherboard and leave the card attached to the top cover.
Unplug the speaker cable from the motherboard.
Remove one screw securing the top cover assembly.

STEP 22

Lift up the top cover with display assembly starting from the back.

STEP 23

Be careful. Before you remove the top cover assembly, you'll have to pull the wireless card antennas through the opening in the motherboard.
After the wireless antennas are released, you can remove the top cover and display assembly.

STEP 24

Here's a view on the system board without the top cover.

STEP 25

Now we are going to remove the processor cooling module.
Remove three screws from a metal plate that keeps the heatsink in place. Remove the plate.
Unplug the fan cable from the connector on the motherboard.

STEP 26

Remove the cooling module. Clean up the old thermal grease from the processor and from the heatsink. You'll have to apply new thermal grease when you assemble it back.

STEP 27

This photo shows the notebook in two halves. On the left side - the top cover/display assembly. On the right side - the notebook base with all boars inside.

STEP 28

Remove two screws from the video board and when the board pops up, pull it from the video slot. Remove the video board.

STEP 29

If you are replacing the motherboard, do not forget to remove the VGA port cap and the dummy PC card and transfer them to the new board.