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HP Pavilion g7-1150us Optical Drive Replacement

Introduction

If you are unable to play a CD/DVD on your laptop, there is most likely damage to the optical drive. Use this guide to help replace the drive in order to restore the laptop back to normal working conditions.

What you need

  1. HP Pavilion g7-1150us Optical Drive Replacement, Battery: step 1, image 1 of 2 HP Pavilion g7-1150us Optical Drive Replacement, Battery: step 1, image 2 of 2

    • Slide the battery removal switch towards the center of the laptop until the battery pops out.

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  2. HP Pavilion g7-1150us Optical Drive Replacement: step 2, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the battery from the computer.

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  3. HP Pavilion g7-1150us Optical Drive Replacement, Surface Panel: step 3, image 1 of 1

    • Unscrew the two 4mm Phillips #0 screws found in the surface panel.

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  5. HP Pavilion g7-1150us Optical Drive Replacement: step 4, image 1 of 2 HP Pavilion g7-1150us Optical Drive Replacement: step 4, image 2 of 2

    • Using the spudger, pry the surface panel off starting from the side where the battery was located.

    • Pry the remainder of the panel off by sliding the spudger underneath the panel and gently lifting.

    • Aim for the corners of the panel while using the spudger to methodically remove it without damaging it.

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  6. HP Pavilion g7-1150us Optical Drive Replacement: step 5, image 1 of 1

    • Lift the pried surface panel off of the computer.

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  7. HP Pavilion g7-1150us Optical Drive Replacement, Optical Drive: step 6, image 1 of 1

    • Use the screwdriver to remove the 4mm Phillips #0 screw holding the optical drive in.

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  8. HP Pavilion g7-1150us Optical Drive Replacement: step 7, image 1 of 1

    • Use your fingers to grab the optical drive.

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  9. HP Pavilion g7-1150us Optical Drive Replacement: step 8, image 1 of 1

    • Pull out drive completely.

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Conclusion

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

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2 Comments

What do you do when the DVD drive will NOT slide out? That’s my problem. There’s no disk inside; the unit is simply stuck shut. Now what do you do?

paulwrites - Reply

For me, the DVD drive connection had, what I think was soda, inside of the port and it acted like a sort of glue so brute force may be the option.

After a deep cleaning of the connections, it worked like new.

Dylan Dopp -

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