How to disassemble Lenovo ideapad 110-15ISK model 80UD

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How to disassemble Lenovo ideapad 110-15ISK model 80UD

In this guide I show how to disassemble Lenovo ideapad 110-15ISK (model 80UD) manufactured in the year 2017.

In the first part of the guide I will show how disassemble the laptop base and in the second part I will take apart the display panel and remove the LCD screen.

Both parts are independent form each other and if you need to replace the screen, you can jump to the second part.

By the way, if your Lenovo ideapad 110 series laptop looks different than one shown in this guide, take a look at my previous guide for model 80T7 manufactured in 2016.

Lenovo ideapad 110-15ISK base disassembly.

STEP 1.

Remove two screws from the bottom. These two screws securing the keyboard.

Remove two keyboard screws from the bottom

STEP 2.

There are many hidden latches fastening the keyboard to the top case assembly.

You will need a thin case opening tool to separate the keyboard from the top case.

Insert the opening tool in the gap just above the keyboard somewhere close to the power button.

Insert case opening tool in the gap above keyboard

STEP 3.

Pry the keyboard up.

Pry keyboard up

STEP 4.

Keep moving the opener tool along top side of the keyboard and continue separating it from the top case.

Continue separating keyboard from top case

STEP 5.

Remove the keyboard from the top case and move it towards the display assembly.

Remove keyboard

STEP 6.

Now you can access the keyboard cable connector and unlock it.

Access keyboard cable connector

Here’s how to release the cable:

  1. Unlock the connector by lifting up the locking tab (red arrow).
  2. Pull the cable out of the connector.
Disconnect keyboard cable

STEP 7.

Disconnect the battery cable (yellow arrow).

Remove one screw securing the top case assembly to the bottom case.

Disconnect laptop battery and remove top case screw

STEP 8.

Remove one screw securing the optical CD DVD drive and pull the drive out.

Remove optical CD DVD drive

STEP 9.

Remove all remaining screws from the bottom case.

Remove remaining screws from bottom case cover

STEP 10.

Start separating the top case from the bottom case using a plastic case opening tool.

Separate top case from bottom case

STEP 11.

Turn the laptop upside down and remove the bottom case cover.

Remove bottom case cover with battery

STEP 12.

Lenovo ideapad 110-15ISK laptop has the battery attached to the bottom case cover.

In order to remove and replace (if necessary) the battery you’ll have to remove two screws.

Remove battery

STEP 13.

Remove four screws attaching the hard drive caddy to the top case.

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

Disconnect and remove hard drive

If you are replacing or upgrading the hard drive, you will have to transfer the caddy to the new one.

The caddy is attached to the drive by four screws.

Upgrading this regular hard drive to a 2.5″ SATA solid state drive will improve laptop performance significantly.

Transfer hard drive caddy to new drive

STEP 14.

Lenovo ideapad 110-15ISK laptop has only one removable RAM module. It has 4GB RAM integrated into the logic board (four chips by the RAM slot).

You can install up to 16GB DDR4 2400/2666/3200 SODIMM RAM module into this slot. Maximum memory for this model is 20GB (4GB on-board and 16GB in the slot).

Remove memory module

STEP 15.

Disconnect the cooling fan cable from the motherboard and remove one screw securing the fan.

Remove the fan.

Disconnect and remove cooling fan

STEP 16.

Remove the black pillow securing the wireless card antenna cables.

Get access to wireless antenna cables

STEP 17.

Disconnect both antenna cables from the wireless card.

Disconnect both wireless antennas

STEP 18.

Remove one screw securing the wireless card and pull it out.

Remove wireless card

STEP 19.

Disconnect the touchpad cable and the optical drive cable from the motherboard.

Simply unplug both cables using the pull tab.

Disconnect touchpad and optical drive cables

STEP 20.

Disconnect the following cables from the motherboard:

  • DC-IN power jack cable (yellow square)
  • Display video cable (orange rectangle)
  • Speaker cable (green square)

Remove two screws securing the motherboard.

Disconnect motherboard cables and remove two screws

STEP 21.

Separate the motherboard from the top case and remove it.

Remove motherboard

Here’s a picture of the other side.

Other side of motherboard

STEP 22.

The DC-IN power jack is mounted under the hinge.

Remove three screws securing the hinge.

Remove three screws from hinge

STEP 23.

Open up the hinge so you can access the DC-IN power jack.

Open up hinge and access DC jack

STEP 24.

Un-route the harness from the top case and remove the DC-IN power jack. The jack is attached to the housing with adhesive tape underneath.

Remove DC-IN power jack harness

The trackpad is glued to the top case.

Touchpad glued to top case

Lenovo ideapad 110-15ISK screen removal.

The LCD screen removal can be done while the laptop base is still assembled.

STEP 1.

Start separating the screen bezel from the display back cover on the top. Insert your fingers between the bezel and the screen.

Wiggle the bezel to unfasten it from the back cover.

Separate screen bezel from display back cover

STEP 2.

It’s easier to remove the bezel with a plastic case opening tool.

Continue separating the bezel on both sides of the display.

Continue unfastening screen bezel

STEP 3.

Remove the bezel.

Remove screen bezel

STEP 4.

Remove four screws attaching the LCD screen to the display back cover.

Remove four screw securing LCD screen

STEP 5.

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

Separate LCD screen from display back cover

STEP 6.

Now you can access and disconnect the video cable from the back side of the screen.

Access display video cable

Peel off sticky tape securing the connection and unplug the display cable from the screen.

Unplug video cable from LCD screen

STEP 7.

Now you can replace the LCD screen if necessary.

You can find a new replacement using the screen model number (in my case NT 156WHM-N32 V8.0) printed on the back.

Replace LCD screen

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23 Responses

  1. Abdulla

    Thanks a lot. Really.
    I wanted to release some flea power from my laptop and that’s how I came here.

    I was confused about how to remove the power cable too, as it was my first time. But alhamdulillah i found a youtube vid which showed it, abd the issue was settled. Thanks again.

  2. Julie

    It is very useful for my customers to remove their old battery. Usually, we need the old battery to double-check if their orders are correct as some of the people always make mistake on the battery L15S4A02 for Ideapad 110-15ISK, but some of the customers told us they don’t know how to open the laptop.
    Thanks for your post, it helps us so much.

  3. Boldizsár Ottó

    Thank you very much for the helpful, correct and professional description! Without it I couldn’t have disassembled it
    safely. I got stuck especially at the screw under the keyboard.

    Thanks, Ottó Boldizsár from Hungary

  4. Djass

    Hi i wonder where is the other 4GB of ram is it solidated with motherboard ? And where are the other slots of ram task manager talks about ? Thnx

    • IML Tech

      The other 4GB RAM module integrated into the logic board. You can see 4 chips under the removable module in the step 4. That’s built-in memory.

  5. Tarek

    Excellent!
    Very detailed and in the right sequence.
    Thank you soo much !
    Was very helpful to open my laptop and fix my video flicker issue which was due to the cable strained where it goes along the home to the screen.
    again thank you a lot!

  6. Nobert

    Hi am kiplangat I had my Lenovo laptop ideapad 110_15a that’s power on and after some seconds it’s goes off and no display in screen

    • IML Tech

      Nobert, test the AC adapter. Make sure the AC adapter outputs correct voltage. It’s possible the AC adapter is dead and the laptop battery doesn’t have enough charge to turn the laptop on.
      Also, you can try removing the memory module and see if the laptop turns on this way.

    • IML Tech

      No, you cannot. The motherboard doesn’t have m.2 slot.
      The only option is upgrading to a 2.5″ SATA SSD (SATA 3 – 6Gb/s).

  7. Robert.

    There developed a crack at the bottom left of my Lenovo pc and it is becoming hard to flip open as there is some resistance at that bottom part. I wonder what could be the problem.
    I decided to disassemble and; that is how I landed in this page.
    I could use your assistance

    • IML Tech

      Robert, I think your problem could be related to the display hinge. The hinge is either broken or separated from the base cover. It’s necessary to open up the laptop and take a closer look to determine what is causing the problem. You problem could be similar to this one:
      https://www.insidemylaptop.com/fixing-left-hinge-separation-on-dell-inspiron-15-7000/

  8. John Herrera

    My ideapad is this exact model but it doesn’t include the DVD drive, it’s literally empty space, you think it’s possible to install a Solid State Drive in that space?

    • IML Tech

      John, I think so. You can install an SSD into a DVD SSD caddy. It should work. I’m not sure if you can get full 6GB/s speed through the optical drive connector but it should work.
      Here’s the DVD SSD caddy example: https://amzn.to/2uK9jxj

  9. William Pitcher

    Thanks for this. My laptop completely died while plugged in and using complete with no power lights. Wasn’t able to fix it — even tried taking out the memory and unplugging the battery. Ah well. At least, your instructions let me know it wasn’t something simple.

    You should consider adding a tip link or a generic Amazon affiliate link so people can support you more for all the help you provide.

    • IML Tech

      I don’t have this jack in front of me but most likely the center pin is “+”.