Disassembly Flowchart

The following diagram shows the general “paths” you will use in disassembling the notebook to access any particular component.

Start

Battery, AC adapter, secondary SDRAM module, mini-PCI card, hard disk drive, DVD/CD-RW drive

Keyboard cover

A

Left speaker

Display assy

Keyboard

Primary SDRAM

Fan

Right speaker

BModules on

path A

Heatsink Top case

CPU module

If removing

motherboard or

bottom case, modules on path B

Hinge saddles

•CD player PCA

• Infrared PCA

•Hard disk drive guide

•Optical disk drive guides

•Audio PCA

•Volume control PCA

Motherboard or

 

• Docking doors

 

• PCMCIA doors

bottom case

 

 

• PCMCIA socket

 

 

Figure 2-1. Disassembly Flow

2-2

Removal and Replacement

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