Disassembly
2 - 18 Removing the Mainboard
2.Disassembly
Removing the Mainboard
1. Turn off the computer, and turn the computer over to remove the battery (page 2 - 5), HDD (page 2 - 8), optical
device (page 2 - 11), RAM (page 2 - 6), CPU (page 2 - 12), WLAN (page 2 - 15), and keyboard (page 2 - 16).
2. Remove screws - from the bottom case (Figure 14a).
3. Separate the top case and the bottom case at point (Figure 14b) and then slide the top case in the direction of
the arrow as illustrated below.
4. Carefully lift the top case off the computer in the direction of the arrow (Figure 14b) .
Figure 14
Mainboard Removal
a. Remove the screws.
b. Separate the top and bot-
tom case.
11. Top Case
•8 Screws