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Remove ten Phillips #0 screws that secure the plastic bottom cover to the chassis.
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Six 9.6 mm screws
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Four 4.6 mm screws
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Use a plastic pry tool to get in-between the bottom cover and the lower case assembly.
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Push metal bracket away from battery connector.
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Use a spudger to push the battery connection straight up.
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Disconnect the Wifi/Bluetooth RF cables from the wireless card.
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Pull the RF cables by the metal connector, not by the rubber shielding. This avoids damaging the connector and the cable.
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Pull straight up to disconnect the SATA combo cable from the motherboard.
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Remove three Phillips #0 that secure the hard drive bracket to the chassis, of the following lengths:
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Two 2.3 mm screws
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One 5.6 mm screw
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Remove the four Phillips #0 screws that secure the hard drive to the hard drive bracket.
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Four 3.7 mm screws
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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This should be rated moderate. Easy is sliding out a drive bay on a old Dell laptop from 15 years ago. :)
I just wanted to disconnect the battery to reset the BIOS. Old machine. But when I did step 3 (Push metal bracket away from battery connector) the metal bracket touched something on the board and created a small spark. The machine would no longer power up. I must have fried the power supply. If I had to do it over, I would have put tape on the board near the metal bracket so it couldn't touch anything. Also, trying to get that bracket back on was super difficult.
