Let's start with the tools and the victim... /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6909 Remove the battery by moving the 2 release tabs. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6891 Remove 3 screws holding the keyboard. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6892 Loosen 2 latches holding the keyboard down with the flat tip screwdriver, one by the F5 key, and the other by the Num Lock key. Move keyboard towards the touch pad and pull up. Remove the ribbon carefully. I added this step separate for the ones that just want to upgrade the RAM. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6893 Loosen 2 latches holding the keyboard down with the flat tip screwdriver, one by the F5 key, and the other by the Num Lock key. Move keyboard towards the touch pad and pull up. Remove the ribbon carefully. I added this step separate for the ones that just want to upgrade the RAM. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6893 Remove 8 screws under the computer. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6894 Remove the power button and cap on opposite side. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6895 Remove the power button and cap on opposite side. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6895 Remove one screw from top and one from under cap opposite of the power button. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6896 Remove one screw from top and one from under cap opposite of the power button. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6896 Unsnap the top cover carefully around the edges. Disconnect 3 ribbons and pull top carefully towards the left side. Remove ribbon from the motherboard. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6897 Unsnap the top cover carefully around the edges. Disconnect 3 ribbons and pull top carefully towards the left side. Remove ribbon from the motherboard. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6897 Remove the RAM. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6898 Remove the RAM. Remove the hard drive metal bracket. Mine had 2 screws but I believe there are supposed to be 4 (lost them when I replaced the hard rive last time). Disconnect ribbon from motherboard. Remove the wireless card. There are 2 antennas connected to it, the back wire goes on the main, gray on aux. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6899 Remove the RAM. Remove the hard drive metal bracket. Mine had 2 screws but I believe there are supposed to be 4 (lost them when I replaced the hard rive last time). Disconnect ribbon from motherboard. Remove the wireless card. There are 2 antennas connected to it, the back wire goes on the main, gray on aux. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6899 Remove the RAM. Remove the hard drive metal bracket. Mine had 2 screws but I believe there are supposed to be 4 (lost them when I replaced the hard rive last time). Disconnect ribbon from motherboard. Remove the wireless card. There are 2 antennas connected to it, the back wire goes on the main, gray on aux. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6899 Remove one screw form the sound card. Disconnect one ribbon and one connector (under) from card. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6900 Remove one screw form the sound card. Disconnect one ribbon and one connector (under) from card. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6900 Remove the DVD drive by unscrewing 5 screws, make sure to open the drive with the paper clip to access the last one. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6901 Remove the DVD drive by unscrewing 5 screws, make sure to open the drive with the paper clip to access the last one. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6901 Remove one screw from the network/modem combo card. Disconnect 3 connectors and one ribbon from cards. There is an additional connector on the motherboard. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6902 Remove one screw from the network/modem combo card. Disconnect 3 connectors and one ribbon from cards. There is an additional connector on the motherboard. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6902 Time to remove the screen. Remove 2 screws holding the hinges down Remove ground screw and wire. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6903 Time to remove the screen. Remove 2 screws holding the hinges down Remove ground screw and wire. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6903 Remove 4 bezel screw covers. Remove 4 screws. Remove 2 caps from hinges. Remove bezel. Remove 4 screws holding screen. Disconnect one connector from the power module /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6904 Remove 4 bezel screw covers. Remove 4 screws. Remove 2 caps from hinges. Remove bezel. Remove 4 screws holding screen. Disconnect one connector from the power module /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6904 Remove 4 bezel screw covers. Remove 4 screws. Remove 2 caps from hinges. Remove bezel. Remove 4 screws holding screen. Disconnect one connector from the power module /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6904 Disconnect one ribbon from the back of the screen. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6905 At last, the motherboard. Remove 2 screws holding a plastic bracket down. Disconnect the ribbon connector and remove 3 screws. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6906 At last, the motherboard. Remove 2 screws holding a plastic bracket down. Disconnect the ribbon connector and remove 3 screws. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6906 At last, the motherboard. Remove 2 screws holding a plastic bracket down. Disconnect the ribbon connector and remove 3 screws. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6906 Remove the memory stick reader. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6907 All done! Sorry for the crappy picture. Just in case you are wondering, is back together and working like a champ. /Teardown/Sony-Vaio-VGN-T140P-Teardown/1263/all#s6908