In this post I explain how to take apart an Acer Aspire 5820T series laptop.

I will take apart the laptop base assembly down to the motherboard.

Here are major laptop disassembly steps:
STEP 1-5: Accessing and removing laptop memory, hard drive, DVD drive.
STEP 6-12: Removing laptop keyboard.
STEP 13-18: Removing laptop top cover (palmrest) assembly.
STEP 19-23: Removing laptop motherboard.
STEP 24-25: Accessing laptop cooling fan, CMOS battery and DC power jack harness.

If you would like to replace the laptop screen, you should check this LCD replacement guide. I think it will be very similar.

Make sure the laptop is turned off before you start disassembly.

STEP 1.

Remove laptop battery.

STEP 2.

Remove eight screws securing the laptop bottom cover.

Lift up and remove the cover.

STEP 3.

Under the bottom cover you can access the following laptop components:
- both memory modules.
- CMOS battery.
- hard drive.
- wireless card.

Acer Aspire 5820T can take up to 8GB RAM maximum. You can install up to 4GB RAM module into each slot.

STEP 4.

Slide the hard drive to the left to disconnect it from the motherboard.

Lift up and remove the hard drive from the laptop.

Acer Aspire 5820T series laptop has a regular 2.5″ SATA hard drive installed. It can be replaced with any other large capacity 2.5″ SATA hard drive or 2.5″ SATA SSD.

STEP 5.

Slide the DVD drive to the left to disconnect it from the motherboard.

Remove DVD drive from the laptop.

NOTE: the DVD drive was secured by one of the screws we removed in the step 2.

STEP 6.

You’ll find six spring loaded locks on the upper side of the keyboard.

In order to remove the keyboard you’ll have to push all locks into the laptop case and lift up the keyboard.

STEP 7.

Here’s how you do it.

Push one lock into the case with a small flathead screwdriver. At the same time lift up the keyboard a little bit.

When the keyboard lifted up it will not allow the lock to slide back into the locking position.

Do the same with all remaining locks.

STEP 8.

Lift up the upper side of the keyboard and remove it from the laptop base.

Be careful. The keyboard still connected to the motherboard.

Turn the keyboard upside down and place it on the palmrest.

STEP 9.

Now you can access the keyboard cable connector.

It’s necessary to unlock the connector and release the cable before removing the keyboard.

STEP 10.

Lift up the brown locking tab with your fingernail.

It will open up at a 90 degree angle.

The locking clip must stay attached to the white base.

STEP 11.

On this picture the same connector shown in the unlocked position.

Pull keyboard cable from the connector.

STEP 12.

Now you can remove the keyboard from the laptop.

If you are looking for a replacement keyboard for Acer Aspire 5820T series laptops you can find them here.

STEP 13.

Remove all screws from the bottom of the laptop.

STEP 14.

Remove all screws securing the top cover assembly.

Disconnect the following cables:
1. Speaker cable.
2. Power button board cable.
3. Touchpad cable.
4. Switch board cable.

Here’s how to disconnect the speaker cable.

It’s a regular male-female type of connector. Simply unplug the male part from the female part.

Do not pull by the wires. Disconnect it by the edges of the connector.

Disconnect three other cables the same way you disconnected the keyboard cables in steps 10-11.

Unlock the connector first by lifting up one side of the locking tab.

Pull the cable from the connector.

STEP 15.

Stat separating the top cover assembly from the laptop base cover.

STEP 16.

If the top cover doesn’t separate, use a piece of plastic (I’m using a guitar pick).

Insert it between the top cover and bottom cover and slowly move along the side.

STEP 17.

Remove the top cover assembly.

STEP 18.

On the other side of the top cover assembly you can access the following laptop components:
- Switch board.
- Both speakers.
- Power button board.
- Touchpad.

STEP 19.

I’ll be removing the motherboard so it’s necessary to disconnect both antenna cables from the wireless card.

STEP 20.

Also, unplug the DC jack connector from the motherboard.

This connector located under the bottom cover which we removed in the step  2.

STEP 21.

Remove one screw securing the motherboard.

Disconnect the following cables from the motherboard:
1.  Microphone cable.
2. Video cable.
3. USB board cable.

Here’s how you unplug the video cable connector.

Just lift it up by the black belt attached to the connector.

STEP 22.

Start removing the motherboard from the laptop base as it shown on the following picture.

STEP 23.

Acer Aspire 5820T motherboard has been removed.

STEP 24.

On the other side of the motherboard you’ll get access to the cooling fan and CMOS battery.

By the way, in Acer Aspire 5820T series laptop the CMOS battery IS NOT soldered to the motherboard. It can be unplugged and replaced.

STEP 25.

The DC jack harness is running under the right hinge mounting bracket.

There shouldn’t be a problem to remove the DC jack harness and replace it with a new one if need.

In this guide I explain how to dismantle Acer Aspire 5534 series laptops.

I will dismantle the laptop base and remove most internal parts.

STEP 1-5: Removing hard drive, memory, DVD drive.
STEP 6-12: Removing keyboard.
STEP 13-16: Removing top cover assembly.
STEP 17-25: Removing laptop motherboard.
STEP 26-28: Removing DC power jack.

Most likely this guide will work for some other Acer Aspire models. If it fits your laptop, please mention the model number in commend after the post.

If you would like to know how to remove the screen, check out this Acer laptop screen replacement. It should be pretty close to Acer Aspire 5534 laptop.

STEP 1.

Turn off the laptop and remove the battery.

STEP 2.

On the bottom of the laptop you’ll find two covers. One is for the hard drive and another one for memory modules.

Remove screws securing both covers.

Lift up and remove both covers.

STEP 3.

On the bottom of the laptop you can access the following components:
- both memory modules.
- hard drive.
- wireless card.

I’ll leave both memory modules connected to the motherboard.

It’s necessary to remove the wireless card only if you want to remove the motherboard. I’ll leave it connected for now. I’ll remove the wireless card in the step 18.

Remove two screws securing the hard drive.

By the way, Acer Aspire 5534 laptop can handle up to 4GB RAM maximum. Each memory slot can handle up to 2GB memory module.

STEP 4.

Slide the hard drive assembly to the left and unplug it from the connector on the motherboard.

Lift up and remove the hard drive.

My Acer Aspire 5534 laptop had a regular 2.5″ SATA hard drive installed.

If you would like to replace or upgrade the hard drive, you can use any other large capacity 2.5″ SATA hard drive or SSD.

STEP 5.

Remove one screw securing the optical DVD drive. This screw located on the left side from the wireless card.

Pull the DVD drive from the laptop and remove it.

STEP 6.

The keyboard is secured by six spring loaded latches on the top.

STEP 7.

Push the latch into the laptop case using a small flathead screwdriver.

At the same time lift up the keyboard a little bit.

When the keyboard is lifted up, the latch will not lock.

Do the same with all remaining latches.

STEP 8.

Lift up the top side of the keyboard and move it towards the laptop screen.

Be careful, the keyboard ribbon cable still attached to the motherboard.

STEP 9.

The keyboard ribbon connector located under the keyboard.

It’s necessary to unlock the connector in order to release the cable and remove the keyboard.

I’ll show how to unlock the connector in the following two steps.

STEP 10.

The connector has two parts: black base which is soldered to the motherboard and brown locking tab which is a moving part.

Slide the locking tab about two millimeters to the shown direction. Do not move it any further. The locking tab must stay connected to the base.

STEP 11.

On the following picture the keyboard connector shown in the unlocked position.

Now you can pull the keyboard cable from the connector.

STEP 12.

Remove the keyboard.

If you need a new replacement keyboard for your Acer Aspire 5534 laptop it’s available here.

STEP 13.

Remove all screws from the bottom of the laptop.

STEP 14.

Remove seven screws securing the top cover assembly.

Disconnect the following cables from the motherboard:
1. Power button cable.
2. Speaker cable.
3. Touchpad cable.
4. Media board cable.

On the following two pictures I explain how to unlock connectors and remove cables.

The power button cable, touchpad cable and media board cable locked in a connector as it shown on the picture.

You unlock it the same way as the keyboard harness connector.

Slide the locking tab to release the cable and after that pull cable from the connector.

The speaker cable has a regular male-female type connector.

Simply unplug the mail part from the female part.

STEP 15.

Start separating the top cover assembly.

If all screws on the bottom of the laptop and top cover removed correctly, there shouldn’t be any problem.

STEP 16.

The top cover assembly removed.

STEP 17.

Under the top cover you can access the following internal components:
- Cooling fan.
- DC jack harness.
- CMOS battery (soldered to the motherboard).
- USB board.
- Laptop motherboard.

STEP 18.

I’ll be removing the motherboard so it’s necessary to disconnect the wireless card from the slot.

Remove one screw securing the wireless card and pull it from the slot.

It’s not necessary to disconnect wireless card antenna cables. Just be careful.

STEP 19.

Remove two screws securing the motherboard.

Disconnect two shown cables.

STEP 20.

The DC jack cable connector located on the bottom side of the motherboard.

Unplug the DC jack cable from the motherboard.

STEP 21.

Lift up the right side of the motherboard and start removing it from the laptop base.

Be careful. The video cable still connected to the motherboard on the bottom side.

STEP 22.

After the motherboard removed from the laptop base, turn it so you can access the video cable connector.

STEP 23.

Unplug video cable from the connector on the motherboard.

STEP 24.

The Acer Aspire 5534 motherboard has been removed.

STEP 25.

The cooling fan mounted to the bottom side of the motherboard.

New replacement fans for Acer Aspire 5534 series laptops available here.

The cooling fan is attached to the heat sink but it can removed and replaced separately.

STEP 26.

Remove one screw securing the USB board.

STEP 27.

Move the USB board aside so you can access the DC jack harness.

STEP 28.

Remove the DC jack harness.

In this guide I show how to remove and replace broken screen on Acer Aspire 5560 series laptops.

Most likely this guide will work for some other Acer Aspire models. If it fits your laptop please mention the model number in commends after this post.

Acer Aspire 5560 uses a LED-backlit LCD screen which is not very expensive. I’ll explain how to find a compatible replacement screen at the end of this guide. Let’s go though the screen removal procedure first.

In the following guide I explain only how to replace the screen. If you need to disassemble the laptop base, check out my previous Acer Aspire 5560 guide.

Before you start make sure the laptop is turned off.

STEP 1.

Unlock and remove laptop battery.

STEP 2.

You’ll find two screw covers on the lower part of the screen bezel.

STEP 3.

Remove both screw covers with a sharp object and glue them somewhere on the bezel so they don’t get lost.

Remove both screws found under covers.

STEP 4.

Start separating the screen bezel from the display cover on the upper part of the display.

Carefully insert your fingers between the bezel and LCD screen and wiggle the bezel. There are hidden plastic latches securing the bezel.

STEP 5.

Continue separating the screen bezel from the display cover.

When it’s separated on the top of the display, move to the lower part.

STEP 6.

The screen bezel removed.

STEP 7.

Remove four screws securing LCD screen mounting brackets to the display back cover.

STEP 8.

Before you separate the screen from the cover, it’s necessary to disconnect the web camera cable.

The web camera module mounted above the screen and it’s not a part of the screen.

Unplug the cable from the left side of the web camera.

STEP 9.

Now separate the display back cover from the LCD screen.

Be careful, the video cable and web camera cable still attached to the screen.

STEP 10.

The web camera cable is part of the video harness.

The web camera cable glued to the screen with double sticky tape. Separate this cable from the screen.

STEP 11.

Remove sticky tape securing the video cable connector.

STEP 12.

Disconnect the video cable from the connector on the LCD screen.

STEP 13.

Remove two screws securing the LCD screen to the right hinge bracket.

STEP 14.

Remove two more screws securing the screen to the left hinge bracket.

STEP 15.

Now you can remove the damaged screen and replace it with a new one.

Assemble the laptop following steps in the opposite direction.

As I mentioned at the beginning of this disassembly guide, Acer Aspire 5560 laptop has an LED-backlit LCD screen installed.

The best way to find a new compatible screen is searching by the model number which is printed on the back side of the original screen.

Here’s my screen part number: LP156WH2 (TL)(EA). You can find a new replacement screen here.

If you have a different screen installed, just search by the model number as I did.

In this post I show how to disassemble an Acer Aspire 5560 series laptop.

The full name of my laptop is Acer Aspire 5560-Sb653.

Also it has Model No. MS2319 on the bottom sticker.

Most likely this guide will fit some other Acer Aspire models. If it works for you please mention full laptop model name in comments after this post.

For the LCD screen removal and replacement procedure, check out this Acer Aspire 5560 screen replacement guide.

STEP 1.

Make sure the laptop turned off. Unplug the AC adapter.

Unlock the battery and remove it from the laptop.

STEP 2.

Remove three screws securing the hard drive and memory cover.

Lift up and remove the cover.

STEP 3.

Under the cover you’ll get access to the laptop hard drive, both memory modules and wireless card.

Acer Aspire 5560 laptop can handle up to 4GB RAM maximum. You can install up to 2GB RAM module into each slot.

Memory used: DDR2 667MHz, PC2-5300

For the purpose of my guide it’s not necessary to remove memory modules and wireless card. I’ll leave them connected to the motherboard.

It’s necessary to remove the hard dive. Remove one screw securing the hard drive in the upper right corner.

STEP 4.

Slide the hard drive to the shown direction to disconnect it from the motherboard.

Lift up and remove the hard drive.

My Acer Aspire 5560 laptop had a regular 2.5″ SATA hard drive installed. It can be replaced with any other large capacity 2.5″ SATA hard drive or SATA SSD.

STEP 5.

The keyboard is locked by six spring loaded latches on the top.

In order to remove the keyboard it’s necessary to push all latches into the case and release the keyboard.

STEP 6.

Using a small flathead screwdriver push latches into the case and at the same time lift up the keyboard a little bit.

When the keyboard lifted up it will not allow the latch to lock.

STEP 7.

After all latches are unlocked you should be able to lift up the keyboard.

STEP 8.

Move the keyboard towards the laptop display so you can access the cable connector underneath.

Before you remove the keyboard completely, the connector has to be unlocked and keyboard cable released.

STEP 9.

Here’s how to unlock the keyboard connector.

Very carefully move the brown locking tab about 1 millimeter to the shown direction.

The keyboard cable jammed between the locking tab and white connector base.

STEP 10.

On the following picture the keyboard connector shown in the unlocked position.

Now the cable is released and you can pull it from the connector.

STEP 11.

Remove the keyboard.

If you need a new replacement keyboard for your Acer Aspire 5560 laptop, you can find it here.

STEP 12.

Remove all screws from the bottom of the laptop.

NOTE: the “yellow” screw secures the optical DVD drive. Normally, you should be able to remove this screw and pull the DVD drive from the laptop. For some reason in my laptop the DVD drive was fitted very tightly. I couldn’t pull it out. I’ll remove the DVD drive after I remove the top cover. You’ll see it in the step 17.

STEP 13.

Remove four screws securing the top cover assembly.

Disconnect the following cables:
1. Power button cable.
2. Speaker cable.
3. Touchpad cable.

Here’s how to unlock the touchpad and power button cable connectors.

Lift up the brown tab with your fingernail. It will open up at a 90 degree angle.

After the connector is unlocked you can pull the cable.

The speaker connector is a regular male-female connector. Simply unplug the connector.

STEP 14.

Now you can start separating the top cover assembly from the laptop base.

STEP 15.

If the top cover doesn’t separate, you can use a piece of soft plastic as case cracker.

Insert it between the top cover and base and wiggle a little bit, move along the side.

STEP 16.

Remove the top cover assembly.

STEP 17.

Now I was able to slide the optical DVD drive to the right side, disconnect it from the motherboard and remove from the laptop.

As I mentioned in the step 11, you should be able to pull the DVD drive without removing the top cover assembly. But in my case it was fitted very tightly and I had to remove the top cover in order to remove the DVD drive.

STEP 18.

After the top cover assembly removed, you’ll get access to the following internal parts:
- Cooling fan.
- CMOS battery (regular CR2032 3V coin battery).
- USB board.
- Motherboard.

STEP 19.

The DC power jack mounted in the upper left corner of the laptop base.

You should be able to unplug the DC jack cable from the motherboard after you disconnect the video cable.

In order to access and remove/replace the cooling fan it will be necessary to remove the motherboard. The cooling fan mounted on the bottom part of the motherboard.

In this guide I explain how to disassemble Acer Aspire 5251/5551G/5551 series laptops.

To be precise, I’m taking apart an Acer Aspire 5251-1005. Model number NEW75.

In the following steps I’ll go through complete laptop base disassembly.

Before you start make sure the laptop is turned off.

STEP 1.

Remove laptop battery.

STEP 2.

Remove two screws securing the hard drive and memory cover.

Lift up and remove the cover.

STEP 3.

Slide the hard drive to the left to disconnect it from the motherboard.

Lift up and remove the hard drive.

My Acer Aspire 5251 laptop had a regular 2.5″ SATA hard drive installed. It can be replaced with any other large 2.5″ SATA hard drive or SSD.

You can leave the wireless card connected for now. It’s necessary to remove the wireless card only if you plan to remove the motherboard. I’ll be removing the wireless card in the step 19.

STEP 4.

Both memory slots accessible on the bottom of the laptop.

It’s not necessary to remove memory modules for the purpose of my guide so I’ll leave them connected.

By the way, Acer Aspire 5251/5551G/5551 series laptop can take up to 8GB RAM total. You can install up to 4GB RAM module into each slot.

Memory type: PC3-8500 DDR3-1066 204pin SDRAM SODIMM

STEP 5.

Remove one screw securing the optical DVD drive.

Pull DVD drive from the laptop and remove it.

STEP 6.

There is one more cover in the upper left corner.

In my laptop there was nothing under the cover.

I believe some Acer Aspire 5251/5551G/5551 laptops might have a 3G card installed under this cover.

STEP 7.

The keyboard secured by six spring loaded latches on the top.

STEP 8.

In order to unlock the keyboard you’ll have to push the latch into the case with a small screwdriver and at the same time lift up the keyboard a little bit.

STEP 9.

After all latches pushed in, you should be able to lift up the keyboard.

Turn it over and place upside down on the palmrest.

STEP 10.

Now you can access the keyboard cable connector.

You’ll have to unlock the connector and release the cable.

STEP 11.

Here’s how to unlock the keyboard connector.

Move the brown locking tab about 1-2 millimeter towards the touchpad (away from the screen).

The locking tab must stay attached to the connector base.

STEP 12.

On the following picture you see the same connector in the unlocked position.

After the connector is unlocked you can pull the cable from the connector.

STEP 13.

Remove the keyboard.

Looking for a new replacement keyboard for Acer Aspire 5251/5551G/5551 series laptop? You can find it here.

STEP 14.

Remove all screws from the bottom of the laptop.

STEP 15.

Remove six screws securing the top cover assembly:

Disconnect:
1. Power button cable.
2. Left speaker cable.
3. Right speaker cable.
4. Touchpad cable.

You disconnect the power button cable and touchpad cable the same way you disconnected the keyboard cable.

Slide the brown locking tab about 1-2 millimeters to the shown direction.

After the connector is unlocked, pull the cable.

STEP 16.

Lift up and remove the top cover assembly.

STEP 17.

Under the top cover assembly you can get access to the following internal laptop components:
- Cooling fan.
- CMOS battery (soldered to the motherboard).
- USB board.
- Card reader board.
- DC jack harness.
- Motherboard.

STEP 18.

Disconnect four cables from the motherboard.

Remove one screw securing the motherboard.

Here’s how to unplug the video cable connector.

STEP 19.

By the way, in order to remove the motherboard it’s necessary to remove the wireless card which is located on the bottom of the laptop.

It’s not necessary to disconnect antenna cable from the wireless card. Just remove one screw securing the wireless card and pull it from the slot. You can leave it connected to the antennas, just be careful not to damage them.

STEP 20.

Lift up the right side of the motherboard and remove it from the laptop base.

STEP 21.

There is one more cable you’ll have to disconnect before removing the motherboard completely.

It’s the power jack cable which is located on the bottom side of the motherboard.

STEP 22.

Remove the motherboard from the laptop base.

STEP 23.

On the other side of the motherboard you can get access to the cooling fan.

It’s easy to replace the fan. Just remove two screw securing the fan and disconnect fan cable from the motherboard.

After that you should be able to replace the fan with a new one.

STEP 24.

The DC power jack located in the upper left corner of the laptop base.

It looks like in order to remove and replace the DC jack harness it will be necessary to lift up the left display hinge. Shouldn’t be a problem though.

In the following guide I explain how to disassemble Acer Aspire 4810T, 4810TZ, 4410 series laptops.

This models are very similar and all disassembly steps will be identical.

In this particular guide I’m taking apart an Acer Aspire 4810TZG laptop.

STEP 1.

First of all, turn off the laptop and remove the battery.

STEP 2.

Loosen/remove screws securing the bottom cover.

STEP 3.

Lift up and remove the cover.

STEP 4.

Under the cover you can access both memory modules, hard drive assembly and CMOS battery.

STEP 5.

Lift up the hard drive assembly and remove it from the laptop.

STEP 6.

Remove screws securing hard drive to the mounting bracket on both sides.

STEP 7.

Separate mounting bracket from the hard drive.

STEP 8.

Disconnect the hard drive connector.

Now you can replace or upgrade the hard drive.

Acer Aspire 4810T 4810TZ 4410 laptop uses a regular 2.5″ SATA hard drive. You can upgrade it with any other large capacity 2.5″ SATA hard drive or SSD (solid state drive) which is faster and absolutely quiet.

STEP 9.

Both memory modules also accessible though the bottom door.

In order to remove the memory module you’ll have to spread latches on both sides of the memory slot.

The memory module will pop up at a 30 degree angle.

STEP 10.

Carefully pull the memory module from the slot.

These laptops use DDR3 memory modules.

I believe Acer Aspire 4810T 4810TZ 4810TZG will take up to 8GB RAM total (4GB in each RAM slot) and Aspire 4410 will take up to 4GB RAM total (2GB in each RAM slot).

STEP 11.

Remove one screw securing the optical drive (DVD drive).

Pull optical drive from the laptop and remove it.

STEP 12.

In order to remove the keyboard it’s not necessary to go though steps 2-11.

The keyboard is secured by five spring loaded latches on the top.

STEP 13.

Push the latch into the case with a small screwdriver. At the same time lift up the keyboard a little bit.

The latch will stay inside the case and will not lock the keyboard.

Do the same with all remaining latches.

STEP 14.

Now you should be able to lift up the keyboard.

Be careful, the keyboard still connected to the motherboard.

STEP 15.

The cable connector located under the keyboard.

You’ll have to unlock the connector, release the cable and only after that remove the keyboard.

Remove yellow sticky tape securing the connection.

STEP 16.

On the following picture the keyboard connector shown in the locked position.

In order to unlock the connector, move the brown locking tab about 2 millimeters towards the laptop display.

Use your finger nails to slide the locking tab. Do not apply to much force. The locking tab must stay connected to the connector base.

STEP 17.

On the following picture the same connector shown in the unlocked position.

You see, the tab still connected to the base.

Pull the keyboard cable from the connector.

STEP 18.

Now you can remove and replace the keyboard.

New keyboards for Acer Aspire 4810T 4810TZ 4410 series laptops available here.

Under the keyboard you can access the wireless card.

Also, you’ll get some limited access to the cooling fan.

If your laptop overheats and shuts down because of that, you can clean the cooling fan with compressed air.

Just blow air into the fan until all dust is gone, it should be enough to clean it.

If you would like to disassemble the laptop completely, you can use this disassembly guide for Acer Aspire 4810 series laptops (in PDF format).

This guide explains how to:
- take apart the display assembly and remove the LCD screen.
- remove the top cover asssembly and laptop motherboard.
- remove the cooling fan assembly.

Today I will replace failed keyboard on Acer Aspire 5733 laptop.

I’m fixing an Acer Aspire 5733-6650 laptop but this guide should work for the entire Aspire 5733 model line.

Before you stat laptop disassembly, make sure it’s turned off and battery removed.

STEP 1.

The keyboard is secured by six spring loaded latches on the top.

Carefully push the left latch into the case with a screwdriver.

At the same time lift up the left side of the keyboard a little bit.

When the keyboard lifted up it will not allow the latch to go back into the locked position.

Do the same with the remaining five latches.

STEP 2.

After all six latches released,  lift up the top side of the keyboard and turn it upside down on the palmrest.

STEP 3.

Now you can access the keyboard cable which is connected to the motherboard.

You can remove the cable only after the connector is unlocked.

STEP 4.

On the following picture the keyboard connector shown in the locked position.

In order to unlock the connector, you’ll have to slide the brown tab about 2-3 millimeters towards the touchpad.

The brown tab must stay attached to the connector. Do not use to much force while moving the tab. Work very gently.

STEP 5.

On the following picture the keyboard connector shown in the unlocked position.

As you see, the brown tab still attached to the connector.

STEP 6.

Now you can pull the keyboard cable from the connector and remove the keyboard.

STEP 7.

The keyboard is ready for the replacement.

If you need a new keyboard for your Acer Aspire 5733 laptop, you can find it here.

In this post I show how to disassemble an Acer Aspire 7551G laptop. I will be taking apart the laptop base and removing the motherboard.

It’s possible this guide will fit some other Acer Aspire models. If it works for you, please mention the laptop model number in comments below.

Before you start laptop disassembly, make sure it’s turned off and battery removed.

NEXT 4 STEPS EXPLAIN HOW TO REMOVE THE HARD DRIVE, MEMORY AND DVD DRIVE.

STEP 1.

Remove four screws securing the hard drive and memory cover.

Lift up and remove the cover.

STEP 2.

Remove one screw securing the hard drive caddy.

Slide the hard drive assembly to the left to disconnect it from the motherboard.

Lift up and remove hard drive assembly.

If you are replacing the hard drive, you’ll have to transfer the mounting caddy to the new drive.

My Acer Aspire 7551G laptop had a regular 2.5″ SATA hard drive installed.

STEP 3.

Both memory slots located on the bottom of the laptop.

Remove both memory modules.

STEP 4.

Remove one screw securing the DVD drive.

Pull DVD drive from the laptop and remove it.

NEXT 7 STEPS EXPLAIN HOW TO REMOVE THE KEYBOARD.

STEP 5.

You’ll find six latches securing the keyboard on the top.

STEP 6.

Push each latch into the case with a screwdriver and at the same time lift up the keyboard a little bit so latches stay inside.

STEP 7.

Lift up the keyboard and place it upside down on the palmrest.

STEP 8.

Now you can access the cable connector underneath the keyboard.

You’ll have to unlock the connector, release the cable and only after that remove the keyboard.

STEP 9.

On the following picture the connector shown in the locked position.

In order to unlock the connector, lift up the left side of the brown locking tab. The tab will open up at a 90 degree angle.

STEP 10.

On the following picture the connector shown in the unlocked position.

Now you can pull keyboard cable from the connector.

STEP 11.

Finally, lift up and remove the keyboard.

Now you can replace failed keyboard with a new keyboard (available here).

NEXT 9 STEPS EXPLAIN HOW TO REMOVE THE MOTHERBOARD.

STEP 12.

Remove all screws from the bottom of the laptop.

STEP 13.

Remove five screws securing the top cover assembly.

Disconnect the following cables from left to right:
- power button cable.
- touchpad cable.
- speaker cable.

STEP 14.

Lift up one side of the top cover assembly and start separating it from the laptop base.

STEP 15.

Remove top cover assembly.

STEP 16.

I’m going to remove the motherboard so it’s necessary to disconnect wireless card antenna cables from the card.

You can leave the wireless card attached to the motherboard.

STEP 17.

Disconnect the video cable from the motherboard (top left arrow).

Disconnect the USB board cable from the motherboard (bottom right arrow).

By the way, when the top cover is remove you can access the CMOS battery.

Acer Aspire 7551G uses a regular CR2032 3V CMOS battery which can be easily removed and replaced.

STEP 18.

Lift up the right side of the motherboard and start removing it from the laptop base.

STEP 19.

Before you remove the motherboard you’ll have to unplug the DC jack harness.

STEP 20.

Motherboard removed.

STEP 21.

You can access the cooling module on the bottom side of the motherboard.

The cooling fan attached to the heat sink.

In order to remove the cooling module you’ll have to loosen six screws and unplug the fan cable from the motherboard.

After that you should be able to separate the cooling module from the motherboard and remove it.

STEP 22.

In Acer Aspire 7551G the DC jack is not soldered to the motherboard. It’s attached to the power harness.

The failed DC jack harness can be easily removed and replaced with a new DC jack harness.

Here I explain how to replace broken screen in an Acer Aspire 5745G laptop. This guide should work for the entire Acer Aspire 5745 series.

This laptop model uses a LED-backlit LCD screen which is relatively inexpensive.

In my example I’ll be replacing the broken screen in a display panel which is separated from the laptop base. I removed the display panel in the previous Acer Aspire 5745 disassembly guide.

But it’s not necessary to remove the display panel. You should be able to replace the screen while the display panel still attached to the laptop base. It will be a little bit harder to remove the screen bezel but possible.

Let’s replace the broken screen.

STEP 1.

You’ll find two screw covers in the lower left and right corners of the display panel.

Remove both covers with a sharp object.

After that remove both screws securing the bezel.

STEP 2.

Start separating the screen bezel from the display cover on the top.

Wiggle the bezel until it’s separated from the cover. There are many hidden plastic latches holding the bezel attached to the cover.

STEP 3.

Continue separating the screen bezel from the cover.

NOTE: most likely the bezel will be glued to bottom part of the screen with double sticky tape.

Work slowly. Carefully unglue the bezel from the screen.

STEP 4.

Remove the bezel.

STEP 5.

Remove four screws securing the LCD screen to the display cover.

STEP 6.

Separate the LCD screen from the cover so you can access the video cable connector on the back of the screen.

STEP 7.

The video cable connector located in the lower part of the screen.

STEP 8.

Remove any tape securing the video cable connector and unplug it from the LCD screen.

STEP 9.

Now you can remove the broken screen and replace it with a new one.

New LED-backlit LCD screens for Acer Aspire 5745 series available here.

You can search for a new screen by the laptop model or LCD screen model.

The LCD screen model printed on the back of the screen. In my case the screen model number is: LP156WH3 (TL)(A2).

In this guide I explain how to disassemble an Acer Aspire 5745 series laptop (I’m taking apart Acer Aspire 5745G-6726).

The guide might work for some other Acer Aspire models. If it works for you, please mention the laptop model number in the comments.

I’ll go though the following major disassembly steps:

STEP1-4: Removing hard drive, memory. Accessing CMOS battery and wireless card.
STEP 5-11: Disconnecting and removing keyboard.
STEP 12-15: Removing top cover assembly.
STEP 16-21: Disconnecting and removing laptop display panel.
STEP 22-25: Removing laptop motherboard.
STEP 26-27: Accessing laptop cooling fan and DC jack harness.

Before you start, make sure the laptop is turned off and battery removed.

STEP 1.

Remove eight screws securing the hard drive and memory cover.

One of the screws (green) securing the DVD drive.

Lift up and remove the cover.

STEP 2.

Under the cover you’ll find the following components:

- Hard drive.
- Memory modules.
- CMOS battery
- Wireless card.

For the purpose of my guide it’s not necessary to remove memory modules, CMOS battery and wireless card. You can leave them connected to the motherboard.

By the way, Acer Aspire 5745 laptop has FOUR memory slots. This laptop can handle up to 16GB RAM total (4GB RAM module in each slot).

Acer Aspire 5745 laptop takes PC3-8500 DDR3-1066 memory. In order to take advantage of all 16GB RAM you’ll have to run a 64-bit OS.

STEP 3.

Remove the hard drive.

Simply slide it to the left to disconnect from the motherboard and lift up.

This is a regular 2.5″ SATA hard drive.

STEP 4.

Pull the DVD drive and remove it from the laptop.

The DVD drive was secured with one screws (green) which we removed in the step 1.

STEP 5.

The keyboard is secured by six spring loaded latches.

STEP 6.

In order to remove the keyboard you’ll have to push in all six latches.

Push on the latch with a small flat head screwdriver. When the latch pushed in, the keyboard will lift up a little bit.

STEP 7.

Lift up the top side of the keyboard and place it upside down on the palm rest.

STEP 8.

Now you can access the keyboard cable connector. You’ll have to unlock the connector and release the cable before you can remove the keyboard.

STEP 9.

On the following picture the keyboard connector shown in the locked position.

In order to unlock the connector, lift up the right side of the brown locking tab. It will open up at a 90 degree angle.

STEP 10.

On the following picture the connector shown in the unlocked position.

Now you can pull the keyboard cable from the connector.

STEP 11.

Remove the keyboard.

If you are looking for a new replacement keyboard for Acer Aspire 5745 laptop, you can find it here.

STEP 12.

Remove all screws securing laptop case on the bottom.

STEP 13.

Remove nine screws securing the top cover assembly.

Disconnect four cables.

STEP 14.

Start separating the top cover assembly from the bottom case as it shown on the following picture.

STEP 15.

Remove the top cover assembly.

STEP 16.

In the following part of the guide I’ll be removing the display assembly.

The wireless card antenna cables are mounted inside the display panel.

In order to separate the display panel from the laptop base it’s necessary to disconnect the wireless card antenna cables.

STEP 17.

Carefully disconnect both wireless card antenna cables (white and black) from the wireless card.

Unroute both antenna cables on the bottom of the laptop.

STEP 18.

Release both antenna cables.

STEP 19.

Disconnect the video cable connector from the motherboard.

Unplug the web camera cable.

Both cables are glued to the cooling fan assembly. Carefully lift up and unglue both cables.

STEP 20.

Remove two screws securing display hinges.

STEP 21.

Lift up and remove the display panel.

In one of the next guides I’ll explain how to replace the LCD screen.

STEP 22.

Remove one screws securing the motherboard.

Disconnect the USB board cable from the motherboard.

STEP 23.

Before you can remove the motherboard you’ll have to unplug the DC jack cable. This cable located under the cover we removed in the step 1.

STEP 24.

Lift up the left side of the motherboard and start removing it from the bottom case.

STEP 25.

The motherboard removed.

STEP 26.

You can remove the cooling fan assembly following these steps:

- Remove/loosen seven screws securing the heat sink.
- Disconnect fan cable from the motherboard.
- Carefully lift up and remove the cooling fan assembly.

STEP 27.

In Acer Aspire 5745 laptop the DC jack is not soldered directly to the motherboard.

The DC jack attached to the harness.