10Taking care to note the cables’ routing and positions as they are installed from Acer, pull the antenna cables out from under the system board, then slide the antenna cables and LCD cables out from under the retaining clips.
11Remove the screws on the top that secure the LCD panel hinge to the chassis.
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12Lift the LCD panel assembly up and away from the notebook.
13Place the new LCD panel assembly onto the notebook, then replace the hinge screws removed in Step 11.
14Slide the antenna cables through the retaining clips, then under the system board.
15Slide the LCD cable through the retaining clip, then plug it into the notebook.
16Replace the keyboard by following the steps in “Replacing the keyboard” on page 80.
17Replace the keyboard cover by following the steps in “Replacing the keyboard cover” on page 78.
18Close the LCD panel, turn the notebook over so the bottom is facing up, then replace the bottom hinge screws removed in Step 6.
19Route the antenna cables into the wireless bay, then reconnect the antenna wires to the wireless card by following the steps in “Replacing the IEEE 802.11 wireless card” on page 67.
20Replace the wireless bay cover by following the steps in “Replacing the IEEE 802.11 wireless card” on page 67.
21Replace the memory bay cover by following the steps in “Adding or replacing memory modules” on page 57.
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