Removing and Installing the Top Cover

Removing the Top Cover

  1. Prepare the computer for disassembly and remove the following components:
    1. LED cover
    2. Keyboard 
    3. Optical Drive Device
    4. Display 
    5. Heat Spreader
  2. Turn the computer bottom side up with the front facing forward.
  3. Remove the six pewter TM2.5 × 9 screws 1 that secure the top cover to the base enclosure
  4. Remove the three silver TM2.5 × 6 screws 2 in the battery bay that secure the top cover to the base enclosure.
  1. Turn the computer top side up with the front facing forward.
  2. Disconnect the TouchPad cable 1 from the low insertion force (LIF) connector on the system board
  3. Remove the two silver TM2.5 × 6 screws 2 and the pewter TM2.5 × 9 screw 3 that secure the top cover to the base enclosure.
  1. Swing the back edge of the top cover up and forward until the front edge of the top cover disengages from the base enclosure
  2. Remove the top cover.
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Installing the Top Cover

Reverse the above procedure to install the top cover.
 
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