Technical information

46 Chapter 3

General Information

Before You Begin

Before proceeding with the disassembly procedure, make sure that you do the following:

1. Turn off the power to the system and all peripherals.

2. Unplug the AC adapter and all power and signal cables from the system.

3. Remove the battery pack.

NOTE: The screws used to secure bottom case and upper case are more than one type. Please group same

type of screw together as you disassemble the system for service purpose. The image below is for your

reference. Please pay attention to the explanation below.

The screws that secure heatsink cover, MIni PCI cover and HDD cover are with the covers. There is no need

to worry about mix them up. However, please notice that you have to group the screws on the following

locations together. There are twenty screws holding the bottom case to upper case but some screws are inside

the system. You may have to remove the HDD, the heatsink cover to see these screws. Mini PCI cover here

also called RAM/Wireless cover.

Screw Type Location Quantity

M2.5*6

(Part number: 86.T23V7.010)

Bottom case and IO bezel

(hightlight with yellow circle)

IO Bezel

Battery