What you need
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10 screws hold the bottom cover in place -- these stay in the bottom cover.
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Disconnect the battery cable from the motherboard.
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Remove the 4 screws holding it in place
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Battery can now be removed from device.
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Unplug the fan header
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Unplug the VGA board cable
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Unplug the LCD cable
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Once these 2 screws are removed the fan will lift out as long as the cables are out of the way.
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Loosen the 7 screws in sequential order as labeled on the heatsink [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
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Lift heatsink out of device
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To replace these screws: place the heatsink, line up the screw holes, then tighten the screws in the same sequential order labeled on the heatsink.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.