• Remove the three hex screws using a T8 Torx screwdriver.
• The shorter screw is in the center of the computer.

• Remove the two Phillips screws on either side of the battery contacts.

• Breathe deeply. Trying times are ahead, but we promise the lower case does come off.
• Push the thin rims of the lower case surrounding the battery compartment in, bending them past the tabs, and then lift up to free that corner of the lower case.