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 remove LCD screen from a Dell Inspiron 1318 laptop.

Also, I’ll show how to separate the inverter board from the screen.

Dell Inspiron 1318 might have two different screen types installed:

1. CCFL backlit LCD screen – screen with backlight lamp inside. This screen requires the inverter board. That’s the one I’ll be taking apart in the following guide.
2. LED backlit LCD screen. This screen doesn’t require the inverter board.

I’ll explain how to find the correct replacement LCD screen at the end of the guide.

STEP 1.

Turn off the laptop and remove the battery.

STEP 2.

Start separating the screen bezel from the back cover on the top of the display assembly.

Insert your fingers between the bezel and screen and wiggle the bezel.

There are hidden plastic latches securing the screen bezel. When you wiggle the bezel you’ll be able to disengage the latches.

STEP 3.

Continue separating the bezel on the top of the display assembly.

STEP 4.

After that move to the lower part of the bezel.

Carefully lift up the part of the bezel which covers the hinges.

STEP 5.

Remove the bezel from the laptop.

STEP 6.

Remove six screws securing the LCD screen assembly to the display back cover.

STEP 7.

Separate the screen from the back cover and place it face down on the keyboard.

STEP 8.

Now you can access the back of the screen and LCD harness (video cable).

One part of the harness is connected to the inverter board. The second and is connected to the LCD screen.

If your Dell Inspiron 1318 laptop has a LED-backlit LCD screen there will be NO inverter board.

When you have LED LCD the video cable will have only one connector plugged into the screen.

STEP 9.

Unplug connector from the inverter board.

STEP 10.

Remove sticky tape securing the video cable connector.

Disconnect cable from the LCD screen.

STEP 11.

Now you can remove the LCD screen assembly from the laptop.

STEP 12.

Like in many other Dell laptops, the screen inverter is mounted on the bottom side of the screen.

In the following three steps I’ll show how to separate the inverter board from the screen.

STEP 13.

Disconnect one cable from the left side of the inverter board.

STEP 14.

Remove one screw securing the inverter board to the mounting bracket.

STEP 15.

Remove the inverter board from the bracket.

NOTE: most likely the inverter board will be glued to the mounting bracket with double sticky tape.

You’ll have to insert something between the inverter and bracket and separate it.

You can find a new replacement screen using the Dell part number from the back of the original screen.

You can see it on the following picture. The part number is six digits and letters after CN-.

In my Dell Inspiron 1318 laptop the screen has the following part number: 0C117J.

You can skip “0″ while searching for a new screen. Just search for C117J.

You can search for new Dell Inspiron 1318 replacement screen here.

If your screen has a different part number just use the search box.

Again, make sure to buy the correct screen type: CCFL backlit LCD screen or LED backlit LCD screen.

If you are buying a CCFL LCD screen, I would advice to buy one with the inverter board attached. In this case there will be no compatibility issues between the inverter and screen.

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 disassemble an Asus Eee PC1015PX netbook.

My main goal is replacing the hard drive which started to fail. In order to remove the hard drive it will be necessary to remove the top cover assembly. The hard drive mounted deep inside the netbook case.

Before you start make sure the netbook is turned off.

STEP 1.

Remove the battery.

STEP 2.

Lift up the screw cover located on the memory cover.

Remove the screw. Lift up and remove the memory cover.

STEP 3.

Under the cover you’ll find one memory module.

Asus Eee PC 1015PX netbook has only one memory slot.

This laptop can take 2GB RAM maximum.

Memory type: DDR3 PC3-10600 or DDR3 PC3-8500.

STEP 4.

Remove four screws located in the battery compartment.

STEP 5.

Start separating the keyboard assembly from the netbook base.

You can use a piece of soft plastic to separate two parts (I”m using a guitar pick).

There are small plastic latches securing the keyboard assembly.

STEP 6.

Lift up the top side of the keyboard assembly and slide it towards the screen.

Be careful. The keyboard still connected to the motherboard.

STEP 7.

Now you can access the keyboard cable connector which is located under the keyboard.

Before removing the keyboard you’ll have to unlock the connector and release the cable.

STEP 8.

Here’s how to unlock the keyboard cable connector.

Move the white locking tab about 1 millimeter towards the netbook display.

The locking tab must stay attached to the connector base.

The cable jammed between the locking tab and base.

STEP 9.

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

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

STEP 10.

Remove the keyboard assembly.

STEP 11.

Remove all screws securing the top cover assembly.

Disconnect the touchpad cable.

STEP 12.

Here’s how to unlock the touchpad connector.

Lift up the right side of the white locking tab with your fingernail.

The locking tab will open up at a 90 degree angle. The locking tab must stay attached to the connector base.

STEP 13.

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

Now you can pull the touchpad cable from the connector.

STEP 14.

Start separating the top cover assembly from the netbook base.

I’m using the same guitar pick as a case cracker.

STEP 15.

Remove the top cover assembly.

STEP 16.

Under the top cover you can access the following internal parts:
- Cooling fan.
- Wireless card.
- Hard drive.
- CMOS battery.
- Card reader/USB board.

As you see, in Asus Eee PC 1015PX netbook the DC power jack soldered to the motherboard. If the DC jack fails, it will be necessary to remove the motherboard for the jack repair.

While the top cover is removed, take a look inside the cooling fan. If the fan looks dusty, blow off the dust using canned air or air compressor.

STEP 17.

The hard drive mounted under two cables connecting the USB board with the motherboard.

Disconnect both cables from the USB board.

Unlock both connectors the same way you unlocked the touchpad connector in the step 12.

STEP 18.

Remove both cables from connectors.

STEP 19.

Remove two screws securing the hard drive.

Lift up the right side of the hard drive and slide it to the right to disconnect the hard drive from the motherboard.

STEP 20.

The hard drive has been removed.

My Asus Eee PC 1015PX netbook had a regular 2.5″ 250GB SATA hard drive installed. You can replace it with any other large capacity 2.5″ SATA hard drive or SSD.

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 this post I explain how to replace LCD screen on Lenovo G560 laptop.

My Lenovo G560 laptop had an LED-backlit LCD screen installed. I’ll explain how to search for a compatible replacement LCD screen at the end of this post.

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

STEP 1.

You’ll have to remove six screw covers located on the screen bezel.

Two covers on the lower part of the bezel and four more covers on the upper part of the bezel.

You can remove screw covers with a sharp object.

After all covers removed, remove six screws securing the screen bezel to the LCD back cover.

STEP 2.

Insert your fingers between the screen bezel and LCD back cover as it shown on the following picture.

Wiggle the bezel a little bit and start separating it from the back cover.

There are hidden plastic latches securing the bezel.

STEP 3.

Continue separating the bezel on the display sides.

You can use a small piece of soft plastic for that. Insert it between the bezel and back cover and slowly move along the side. At the same time continue removing the bezel with your fingers.

STEP 4.

The screen bezel has been removed.

STEP 5.

Carefully separate the LCD screen from the back cover so you can access screws on the side.

These screws securing the LCD screen to the mounting bracket.

Remove four screw on the right side of the display and then form more screws on the left side.

STEP 6.

Separate the LCD screen from the back cover and place it face down on the keyboard.

STEP 7.

Now you can access the video cable which is plugged into the screen.

STEP 8.

Remove sticky tape securing the connection.

Unplug the video cable connector from the LCD screen as it shown on the following picture.

STEP 9.

Now you should be able to remove the LCD screen from the laptop and replace it with a new one.

The best way to find a new compatible LED LCD screen would be searching by the model number from the back of the screen.

My Lenovo G560 laptop had the following LCD screen installed: model No: B156XW02 v.2

If your laptop has a different screen installed, just search by the model number as I did.

In this guide I explain how to change LED backlit LCD screen on an Asus UL30VT laptop.

The guide should work for all models in the Asus UL30V series line.

To be precise, the full name of the laptop I’m working with is Asus UL30VT-X1.

The LCD screen replacement procedure is pretty much straight forward and shouldn’t take more than 20 minutes.

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

STEP 1.

Start laptop disassembly with disconnecting the battery.

STEP 2.

On the LCD screen bezel you’ll find six screw covers.

STEP 3.

Remove each screw cover with a sharp object.

Glue screw covers somewhere on the bezel so they don’t get lost (the bottom part is sticky).

Remove all six screws found under those covers.

STEP 4.

Now we’ll start separating the screen bezel from the back cover. There are hidden plastic latches securing the bezel to the cover.

Insert a piece of soft plastic (I’m using the guitar pick) between the bezel and cover and move it along the side.

At the same time insert your fingers under the bezel and separate it from the back cover.

STEP 5.

Continue removing the bezel on the upper side of the display assembly.

After that move to the lower part.

STEP 6.

The screen bezel removed.

STEP 7.

Now you can separate the screen from the back cover.

There are no screws securing the screen.

STEP 8.

Place the screen on the keyboard so you can access the back side.

You’ll see the video cable connector to the screen.

STEP 9.

Remove sticky tape securing the connection.

Disconnect the video cable from the LCD screen connector.

STEP 10.

Now you can remove and change the screen.

If you need a new screen for your Asus UL30VT laptop, you can find it here.

In this guide I show how to replace LCD screen on HP Pavilion dv4 laptop.

HP Pavilion dv4 laptop comes with two different types of screens installed:
1. LCD screen with CCFL backlight (requires screen inverter).
2. LCD screen with LED backlight.

In this guide I’ll be replacing LCD with CCFL backlihgt.

Also you can use this guide for replacing LED LCDs but they don’t have inverter boards so you’ll have to skip steps 8 and 9.

Before you start make sure the laptop is turned off.

STEP 1.

Remove the laptop battery.

STEP 2.

Remove the screw cover located in the lower left corner of the display.

Remove one screw securing the screen bezel on the left side.

STEP 3.

Remove the screw cover located in the lower right corner of the display.

Remove one screw securing the screen bezel on the right side.

STEP 4.

Separate the top side of the screen bezel from the display cover.

STEP 5.

Continue removing the screen bezel.

STEP 6.

When the top side of the bezel separated from the display cover, move to the lower part.

Lift up one side of the bezel with a small screwdriver.

Work slowly. There are hidden latches securing the bezel. Try not to break all of them.

STEP 7.

Remove the screen bezel.

STEP 8.

As I mentioned before, this HP Pavilion dv4 laptop has a CCFL LCD screen which requires an  inverter board.

The screen inverter mounted on the lower part of the display assembly.

STEP 9.

There are a few plastic tabs securing the inverter board.

Lift up the inverter board and disconnect cables on both sides of the inverter.

Remove the inverter.

STEP 10.

Remove two screws securing the LCD screen on the top.

STEP 11.

Loosen (do not removed) three screw securing the left hinge.

STEP 12.

Loosen (do not removed) three screw securing the right hinge.

STEP 13.

Now you should be able to separate the LCD screen from the display cover just enough to access screws on both sides of the LCD screen.

Remove four screws securing the LCD screen on the right side.

STEP 14.

Remove four more screws securing the LCD screen on the left side.

STEP 15.

Carefully separate the LCD screen from the back cover.

STEP 16.

The web camera module still attached to the LCD screen.

The web camera IS NOT a part of the screen but it’s attached to the screen by two sticky aluminum strips.

Disconnect the web camera cable on the left side.

STEP 17.

Separate the web camera module from the screen.

STEP 18.

Place the screen face down on the keyboard.

The back side of the LCD screen covered with aluminum foil shielding.

STEP 19.

Lift up the shielding so you can access the video cable.

The video cable plugged into the connector on the LCD screen.

STEP 20.

Remove sticky tape securing the connection and unplug the video cable from the LCD screen.

STEP 21.

Now you can remove the LCD screen.

New LCD screen from HP Pavilion dv4 laptops available here.

Don’t forget that this laptop comes with two different screen types: CCFL backlit LCD screen and LED backlit LCD screen.

Make sure the find the correct type of screen for your laptop.

For the laptop base disassembly please read my previous HP Pavilion dv4 disassembly guide.