1. Remove Battery
2. Remove DVD drive by removing 2 screws on bottom of the laptop. The two screws will have a lock next to the screws.
3. Remove screw on bottom of laptop labeled M. Lay the screw and memory cover aside.
4. Remove Hard Drive cover by removing 2 screws labeled H. Lay the screws and Hard Drive cover aside.
5. Remove 2 screws labeled H which are located under the Hard Drive
cover. Gently pull on the Hard Drive removal tab and place screws and
Hard Drive aside.
6. Remove 2 screws labeled D from bottom of laptop. These screws are located directly under screen.
7. Gently remove plastic keyboard retainer strip by opening the screen
to a horizontal position and gently prying the plastic strip containing
the power switch.
8. Carefully remove keyboard, unplugging the ribbon cable from the
motherboard by lifting the outermost edges of the keyboard ribbon
cable connector. This should allow the keyboard and ribbon cable to slide out easily.
9. Remove silver motherboard cover by removing 7 retaining screws.
10. Remove Fan by removing screws labeled TH7 & TH9
11. Unplug and remove fan.
12 Remove
processor
heat sink by loosing the 4 strange looking screws that have springs
attached to them and are labeled 1 through 4. Loosen screws a couple of
turns at a times starting at 1 and working through 4.
13. Unplug screen cable from mother board.
14. Remove screw attaching the screen ground to the mother board ground.
15. Hold on to the screen and Remove 2 screws from back of laptop
labeled D. Screen is now loose. Remove and set aside carefully.
16. Remove 4 short screws from top of laptop. Screws are located close to the back of the laptop, under where the screen was.
17. Remove 8 long screws labeled P from back of laptop
18. Remove 2 short screws labeled P from hard drive slot.
19. Remove 2 silver screws labeled P from the top of the laptop. The
screws are close to the power switch and to the right of where the fan
was located.
20. Lift off
laptop cover by unplugging the Mouse ribbon cable from the motherboard by lifting the outermost edges of the Mouse
ribbon cable connector.
21. Remove motherboard screw labeled TH15
22 Remove Hard Drive Caddy by removing 4 screws.
23. Remove 2 silver VGA output screw/nuts
24. Unplug Speakers
25. Unplug screen switch by disconnecting CON4
26. The Mother Board is free to be removed.
Remove the motherboard. De-solder the old power connector from the board. Resolder new power connector to board. Reverse steps to re-assemble.