Contents

4 Removal and Replacement Preliminaries

4.1 Tools Required. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1 4.2 Service Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2 Plastic Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2 Cables and Connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2

4.3 Preventing Damage to Removable Drives . . . . . . . . 4–3 4.4 Preventing Electrostatic Damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4 4.5 Packaging and Transporting Precautions . . . . . . . . . 4–4 4.6 Workstation Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5 4.7 Grounding Equipment and Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6

5 Removal and Replacement Procedures

5.1 Serial Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2 5.2 Disassembly Sequence Chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2 5.3 Preparing the Notebook for Disassembly . . . . . . . . 5–4 5.4 Notebook Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–9 5.5 Memory Expansion Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–9 5.6 Mini PCI Communications Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–12 5.7 Connector Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–15 5.8 LED Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–16 5.9 Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18 5.10 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–22 5.11 Top Cover. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–26

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