Disassembling Compaq Mini 110 Top Cover

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Remove the top cover to access the internals.

  • Author: alea
  • Time required: 5 minutes
  • Difficulty: Moderate
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To get farther inside your laptop, you now have to remove the top cover.

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Add Note Edit Step 1 — Battery  ¶ 

  • Find the battery and the battery tabs located on the bottom of the Compaq Mini.

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Add Note Edit Step 2  ¶ 

  • Push the tabs inward and slide the battery out.

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Add Note Edit Step 3 — RAM  ¶ 

  • Find and remove the two screws on the bottom of your Compaq Mini covering the memory compartment.

    • Note that the screws are attached to the panel.

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Add Note Edit Step 4  ¶ 

  • Push out side tabs.

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Add Note Edit Step 5 — Keyboard  ¶ 

  • Remove the rubber pads located on the corners of your Compaq Mini.

  • There may be junk underneath it. This is residue left from the glue that held on the rubber pad. Just scrape it away to find the screw.

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Add Note Edit Step 6  ¶ 

  • Unscrew all the corner screws. There are four total, one under each rubber pad.

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Add Note Edit Step 7  ¶ 

  • Unscrew the screw for the bottom case located in the RAM compartment.

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Add Note Edit Step 8  ¶ 

  • Remove the three screws in the silver tabs at the back of the keyboard. The red circles show where they are located at the back of the base under the screen.

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Add Note Edit Step 9 — Hard Drive  ¶ 

  • Remove the three screws.

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Add Note Edit Step 10  ¶ 

  • Pull up on the tab.

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Add Note Edit Step 11 — Top Cover  ¶ 

  • Remove the eight screws from the plastic top cover.

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Add Note Edit Step 12  ¶ 

  • Pry up the top plastic cover using a spudger.

    • Under the screen there are two tabs that need to be pushed in.

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Add Note Edit Step 13  ¶ 

  • Careful lifting up the cover because the track pad is still attached.

  • Remove the cable by pulling it up.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

For more information, check out the Compaq Mini 110 device page.

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