Acer Aspire V5-572, V5-572G Mainboard Replacement

Step 1 Bottom Cover

• Switch-off the Laptop.
• Remove the seventeen Philips #0 screws.
Step 2

• If there is a plastic storage tray in the laptop, remove it.
Step 3
• Starting from the SD Memory Card hole, start prying between the top and bottom cases.
• Use plastic tools to avoid damaging the cover.
• Remove the bottom case.
Step 4
• Disconnect the battery immediately for a safer repair.
• Pull the battery connector away from the hard drive to disconnect it.
Step 5 Battery
• Remove the single Phillips 0 screw securing the battery.
Step 6
• Remove the battery
Step 7 HDD
• Disconnect the SATA Cable from the Mother Board.
• Take out the HDD and remove the SATA cable from it.
• Now you can change / upgrade your HDD.
Step 8 Wi-Fi half mini PCIe card
• Remove 1x screw and disconnect the two antenna coaxial cables.
• Remove the Wi-Fi card from the slot.
Step 9 Cooling / Fan System
• Disconnect the Fan cable.
• Remove the three screws from the CPU cooler and one from the Fan module.
• When you change the Cooling system, you must clean the processor from old thermal compound and put new.
Step 10 Mainboard
• Disconnect one by one:
• LCD Display flex cable
• DC Jack cable
• USB Board flex cable
• Touch pad flex cable
• Keyboard flex cable
Step 11
• Disconnect the Loudspeakers and the Microphone cables.
• Remove 6x Phillips screws, 3x from the Main board and 3x from the hinge.
• Open a little the laptop to open the hinge.
• By hand, open the hinge to the end.
Step 12
• Carefully remove the the Main board.

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