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Removal and Replacement

This chapter tells you how to remove and replace the notebook’s components and assemblies. The items marked by • in the following table are user-replaceable.

Table 2-1. Removal Cross-Reference

Assembly, display (page 2-23).

• Drive, hard disk (page 2-9).

• Assembly, speaker (page 2-15).

• Feet, rubber (page 2-12).

• Battery, main (page 2-4).

Heat sink (with fan) (page 2-40).

• Card, wireless LAN mini-PCI (page 2-7).

• Keyboard (page 2-16).

Case, bottom (page 2-59).

Module, CPU (page 2-44).

Case, top (page 2-26).

Module, RJ11/1394 (page 2-48)

CPU module (page 2-44).

• Module, SDRAM (page 2-5).

• Cover, keyboard (page 2-12).

PCA, antennas (page 2-60).

• Door, mini-PCI (page 2-7).

PCA, audio (page 2-38).

• Door, SDRAM (page 2-5).

PCA, I/R (page 2-36).

Doors, PCMCIA (page 2-60).

PCA, motherboard (page 2-50).

Drive, CD/DVD (page 2-20).

PCA, switchboard (page 2-18).

Drive, floppy (page 2-32).

• Rubber screw plugs, display (page 2-12).

Caution

Always provide proper grounding when performing repairs. Without proper grounding, an electrostatic discharge can damage the notebook and its components.

Notes

Reassembly steps are the reverse of the removal steps. Reassembly notes are included at the end of each section below.

Symbols like these are displayed throughout this chapter to show approximate full-size screw outlines. You can use these to verify the sizes of screws before you install them. Installing a wrong-size screw can damage the notebook. (The symbol at the left represents an M2.5×4.0 mm T-head screw.)

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