IBM ThinkPad T41 Screen Replacement

Step 1 Keyboard

• Close the screen and turn the closed laptop over.
• Remove all 17 screws on the bottom of the computer.
• The multiple colors (turquoise, red, blue, orange, yellow, and purple) are for organizational purposes, indicating different screws.
• The yellow marker at the rear denotes the UltraBay device retaining screw. This screw is optional as the UltraBay mechanism will hold the drive or battery in place anyway. The yellow marker at the front denotes the hard disk caddy retaining screw.
Step 2

• Remove the extra RAM cover, by lifting where the screw was and pulling out.
Step 3
• Turn the laptop right side up and open the screen.
• Lift the keyboard, using a spudger at the seam between the keyboard and trackpad.
• Careful of the ribbon cable underneath, which may tear if the keyboard is lifted too vigorously.
Step 4
• Unplug the keyboard’s ribbon cable, by lifting up the edges of the plug.
• Remove the keyboard.
Step 5 Wireless Network Card
• Pull off the one black and one white coaxial cables by lifting the tabs labeled main and aux (for auxiliary).
Step 6
• Push apart the retaining clips.
• Note: The card should pop up a little bit.
Step 7
• Pull the wireless network card out.
Step 8 Screen
• Close the computer screen.
• Remove the four screws on the back of the laptop, near the right and left hinges.
Step 9
• Open the laptop screen.
• Remove the single screw that secures the left hinge to top of the computer.
Step 10
• Remove a single screw from the metal plate that secures the display cable.
Step 11
• Pull the metal plate away from the display cable.
Step 12
• Disconnect the display cable.
Step 13
• Carefully pull up the long antenna cables that were attached to the wireless network card.
Step 14
• Lift out the screen.

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