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Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement

Introduction

How to disassemble and remove the Mother / Main Board.

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  1. Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement, Keyboard: step 1, image 1 of 3 Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement, Keyboard: step 1, image 2 of 3 Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement, Keyboard: step 1, image 3 of 3

    • Turn off the laptop and remove the battery.

    • Remove two screws securing the Keyboard.

    • The Keyboard is held by two locking clips, under the battery. Use the sharp tip of a plastic tool to release the keyboard.

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  2. Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement: step 2, image 1 of 3 Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement: step 2, image 2 of 3 Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement: step 2, image 3 of 3
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  3. Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement, Optical Drive: step 3, image 1 of 3 Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement, Optical Drive: step 3, image 2 of 3 Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement, Optical Drive: step 3, image 3 of 3

    • Remove the screw securing the Optical drive and gently press the drive to show slightly as at the second pic.

    • Slide the drive to the left and remove it.

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  4. Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement, Upper Cover: step 4, image 1 of 3 Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement, Upper Cover: step 4, image 2 of 3 Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement, Upper Cover: step 4, image 3 of 3

    • Remove 4x phillips screws and disconnect:

    • Power On button flex cable

    • Touch pad flex cable

    • Remove 18x Phillips screws from the bottom cover.

    • Remove any memory SD Card from the Card reader.

    • Start opening with a plastic opening tool.

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    • Carefully separate the upper cover and remove it.

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  7. Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement, HDD (Hard Disk Drive): step 6, image 1 of 3 Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement, HDD (Hard Disk Drive): step 6, image 2 of 3 Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement, HDD (Hard Disk Drive): step 6, image 3 of 3
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  8. Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement, Wi-Fi Half Mini PCIe card: step 7, image 1 of 2 Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement, Wi-Fi Half Mini PCIe card: step 7, image 2 of 2

    • Remove one Phillips screw, securing th WLan card and disconnect the two coaxial antenna cables.

    • Remove the Wi-Fi card.

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  9. Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement, Mother Board: step 8, image 1 of 3 Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement, Mother Board: step 8, image 2 of 3 Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement, Mother Board: step 8, image 3 of 3

    • Remove the Memory Cover.

    • Disconnect the Loudspeaker cable connector.

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  10. Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement: step 9, image 1 of 3 Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement: step 9, image 2 of 3 Acer Aspire V5-571 Mother Board Replacement: step 9, image 3 of 3

    • Remove two Phillips screw from the Mother board and from the Optical drive SATA adapter.

    • Disconnect the LCD Display flex cable.

    • Disconnect the DC Jack cable.

    • Carefully remove the Optical drive SATA adapter.

    • We will disconnect the battery cable when we pick up the board.

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    • Carefully pick up the Mother board and disconnect the Battery cable.

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Conclusion

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

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I can’t seem to get the system to reboot after replacing two motherboards. Is there a little trick about replacing or reseating the motherboard properly? Is the black cloth tape over the fan exhaust important?

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