Maintenance and Disassembly
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Removing the LCD Panel and System Upper Case
Removing the System Upper Case
The procedure for removing the system upper case is as follows. (See also the
figure on page 5-11.)
1.
To complete this disassembly, you first disassemble the glidepad, keyboard,
heat plate, and LCD panel.
2.
To remove the system top case, first remove the six screws on the top case,
three on the rear and three on the front bracket.
3.
Remove the round screws secured at both ends at the rear of the system unit
on the I/O port.
4.
Underneath the base unit, there is an additional screw located on the middle
back end near the I/O port which needs to be removed.
5.
Slowly unsnap the top case bracket from the bottom case. Pull out the top
case.
Removing the Internal Hard Disk Drive
The procedure for removing and replacing the internal hard disk drive is as
follows.
1.
The internal HDD is located on the left side of the system unit above the
floppy disk drive. The HDD is attached to the I/O board and is secured with
one screw located on the upper left corner of the HDD.