Introduction
With how the keyboard for this laptop is fastened, replacing it is easier than in some cases. with just screws fastening it in place there is no need to solder when replacing the keyboard.
What you need
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With the laptop closed and upside down, unscrew the nineteen 5.5mm Phillips #1 screws that keep the back cover in place.
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Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the three screws along the edge of the optical drive bay.
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Using your fingers, gently loosen the edges of all four sides of the back cover.
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Gently pull off the back cover.
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Grab the battery with your fingers and gently pull it up and away from the rest of the laptop.
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Use a Phillips #1 screwdriver to remove the ten 5.5mm screws.
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Remove the last two 5.5mm Phillips #1 screws, and remove the washers around them.
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Continue to use the spudger to carefully separate the wires of the power cord from the laptop.
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Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the six 5mm screws.
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Separate the fans from the silver fan covers.
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Gently pull out the hard drive by wiggling it from right to left with your hands until it is removed.
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Carefully slide the Optical Drive off of the SATA connector.
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The red marker shows the location for where the retaining screw comes through the back panel to hold the Optical Drive.
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When you open the back cover, the RAM will be located as shown in the picture.
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Press the hinges on the sides of the RAM chip as shown in the picture, in order to unlock it.
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Carefully, slide it out at a 45 degree angle.
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Similarly, press on the hinges on the sides of the other RAM chip, in order to unlock it.
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Remove the single 5.5mm Phillips #1 screw attaching the SSD to the laptop.
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Pull out the SSD by gently wiggling it from side to side until it comes out.
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Pull upward to lift the front speakers and sub-woofer out of place.
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Carefully slide out the connectors for both of the speaker systems.
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Use the Phillips #0 Screwdriver to remove the two 4mm screws that are holding the SATA connector in place.
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Remove the WIFI card by disconnecting the two coax cables and removing the retaining screw.
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Use the plastic opening tool to pry up the connector that holds the display cable so it can be disconnected.
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Remove the SD card reader by unscrewing the two 3 mm screws that hold it in place.
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Remove the power and USB connectors that are connected to the left side of the motherboard by pulling them from the motherboard and SD card reader respectively.
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Disconnect the motherboard from the mouse key control board by pulling the connector out.
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Disconnect the keyboard from the motherboard by carefully sliding the connectors out of the connections on the motherboard
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Use the Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the three 3.8 mm standoff screws that retain the motherboard and carefully remove it.
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Peel the yellow tape off of the back plate to free the keyboard so it can be separated from the plate.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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1) Remove a single CD/DVD tray screw when the bottom cover is still on.
2) Remove the CD/DVD tray.
3) Remove the rear trim.
4) Remove the bottom cover from the CD/DVD side to the USB side, as the bottom cover has a frame that goes around the USB ports.
Otherwise, TY for your effort.
Someone please correct the time on this guide. There’s no way this is a 10 minute job!!
Plus the replacement keyboard (not bought yet) doesn’t seem to have the screw mount holes around the frame? Are there some steps missing to transplate the backing plate from the old keyboard to the new? Or should the new come with a backing plate with the required screw holes?
Took around 3 hours in total to change out keyboard, SSD and RAM. The only difference was that in my case there were no screws in step 30 holding in the original keyboard and it was held in place by the tape only. Also the keyboard was stuck to the metal plate by 30+ black plastic pieces so it was almost impossible to take out the original keyboard without forcefully bending the plate and keyboard out of the frame. Had to add in replacement screws to hold in the new keyboard as I could not reapply the original tape to hold it in properly. Apart from that the only problem was dealing with the small connectors that were extremely fidgety with large hands.
