Acer Aspire 3000 Screen Replacement

Begin with the device face down.

Orient the laptop so that the battery is on the side opposite of you and the headphone ports are facing towards you.

Slide the button found below the battery to the left into the unlocked position.

Locate the battery and the tab to the right of it.

Pull the tab to the right while simultaneously pushing the battery away from you.

Remove the two 4.6 mm Phillips #1 screws on the lower edge of the laptop case.

Pop the three side tabs out of the back case.

Remove the panel that covers the graphics card.

Remove the black and white cables attached to the graphics card.

Push the white flanges on either side of the graphics card out.

Remove the card by lifting up and away from the edge that has all of the contacts on it.

Lift the laptop to be on its edge, with the bottom of the screen in the air.

Remove the three 4.6 mm Phillips #1 screws that are on this edge.

Wedge a spudger into the latch on the right side.

Pull the handle of the spudger towards you to pop the first of the tabs that hold this piece in place.

Starting from right to left, pop the remaining tabs by lifting up on the panel and rotating the panel to the left.

Unscrew the two 4.6 mm Phillips #1 screws.

Gently lift the top edge of the keyboard out of its place.

Lift the ZIF connector's black retaining flap. Then gently slide the ribbon cable out.

Remove the keyboard.

Lift the connector attached to a black cable that leads to the screen of the laptop.

Be sure to lift vertically, moving your hand slightly towards and away from you as necessary to gently separate the connectors.

Using a spudger, free the grey cable from underneath the plastic bars holding it within the body of the laptop.

Rotate the laptop to where it is standing on its side.

Take the black and white ended cable that was disconnnected earlier and straighten it out on the underside of the laptop.

Pull the cable through to the keyboard side of the laptop.

Unscrew the four 4.6 mm screws located here.

Lift the screen and its casing away from the laptop.

Using a spudger, push the four rubber circles covering the screws for the upper casing.

Unscrew the four 4.6 mm screws that were just uncovered.

Begin prying apart the two halves of the screen casing, starting at the bottom near where the cables enter the casing.

The process for separating the two halves is to take a spudger, inserting and twisting it until the tabs holding the casing together audibly pop.

Slide the spudger down the divide between the casings, twisting it whenever a tab is encountered to release it.

After the bottom has been freed and the side of the casing has started to separate, one's hands can be used safely to pry apart the rest of the casing.

Release the two connectors from the screen to the circuit board on the bottom of the casing.

Unscrew the grounding screw for the black cable.

Undo the four 4.6mm screws located above and below the screen.

Remove the two lateral 4.6 mm screws on each side of the screen.

Tilt the top of the screen out of the case towards you, and then separate the screen from the metal frame that secures it to the casing and remove the screen.