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STEP 8
Remove the three screws circled in red. *If you didn't remove the WiFi card from earlier, move the cables in the green area out of the way and cut the plastic with a pair of wire snips.* |
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STEP 9
Unscrew the two screws that are circled in red. Gently remove the PCB by lifting it straight up.
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STEP 10
Gently unhook the video cable from the two plastic tabs circled in red. |
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STEP 11
Place the laptop on its side with the optical drive facing down. You will see one or two cables (depending if you removed the WiFi card) that are attached to both the top and bottom portions of the laptop. One is the video cable for the display, while the other is the cable that goes to the WiFi card.
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STEP 12
Remove the video cable by unhooking the tab to the connector as shown in red. |
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STEP 13
If you didn't remove the WiFi card from earlier, get a box of around 4-6 inches in height so that you can elevate the bottom portion of the laptop from tugging on the WiFi card cables. Rotate the bottom portion of the laptop so that there isn't any strain on the WiFi card cables.
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STEP 14
Remove the three screws circled in red (one of them is on the optical drive bracket) and disconnect the connector circled in green. Remove the optical drive by pulling the drive away from the motherboard. Also remove the 2 nuts on the RGB monitor connector on the side of the laptop (not pictured). Lift the motherboard up from the left side as pictured slightly and pull out the motherboard gently. |
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STEP 15
Flip over the motherboard carefully. If you haven't removed the WiFi card from earlier, you can do so now ;-) You can also set aside the laptop display somewhere safe. |
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