RC2 Serviceability

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RC2 Serviceability
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Safety and Ground Rules

• Before servicing, always remove A/C power from
  the unit and disconnect the battery.
• Reduce the risk of ESD damage by using
  appropriate precautions.
• Terminology A,B,C,D of notebooks, Expansion
  Boards, features
• Keep track of your screws!

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Keyboard

• Turn off power and unplug A/C adapter from
  notebook
• Remove battery

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Keyboard
Remove two screws that hold keyboard cover with
Medium red screwdriver
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Keyboard

• 4. Turn system over with lid closed, carefully
  pry on plastic at hinges with fingernails,
  plastic tool, or (last resort) flat screwdriver

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Keyboard

• Open lid 180 degrees and lift up on hinge
  plastics. Lift up and toward LCD. Once it is
  starting to lift, you may use a flat screwdriver
  under keyboard cover to carefully pry up at
  plastic tabs.
• TIP The cover hooks toward the keyboard, so
  lift away from keyboard until cover is removed.

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Keyboard

• 6. Lift up on the keyboard to reveal the
  ribbon cable.
• Use fingernail to lift up on the BLACK ribbon
  cable connector tab. This tab flips up like a
  hinge and the cable should easily pull out.
• Keyboard is now removed.

TIP Do not pull the latch tab out! It is
difficult to reinstall.
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Keyboard
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A-Plate, LCD and Camera
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A-Plate

• Remove the rubber plugs that cover the six screws
  on the B-Plate with your fingers. Set them aside
  for reuse.
• Remove the 6 screws with 1 Phillips (tall red)
  screw driver.

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A-Plate

• Starting at the hinge area, pry the A-plate from
  the B-plate with your fingernails or plastic pry
  tool, working your way around the panel until the
  A-plate comes off.

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LCD

• You can now see how the A-plate, LCD, inverter,
  wireless antennas, and camera module can be
  serviced

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• Close lid and remove D-door
• 5 short 2.5x3mm screws
• 2 long 2.5x6mm screws

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• Unhook WLAN antennas from wireless card
• Easy to access RAM, WLAN card, HDD and CPU
• Remove 2 long 2.5x6mm LCD screws

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• Stand notebook up on side, gently pull wireless
  cables through, away from board.
• Pull up on tab to unplug adhesive backed LVDS
  Cable
• Place notebook back down and unscrew 4 hinge
  screws
• Remove LCD

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• Remove 11 long 2.5x6mm MB screws

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• Remove 1 ODD Screw
• Slide optical disk drive out

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• Flip notebook, use fingernail to pull brown lock
  towards you, pull touchpad cable out.
• Repeat for fingerprint cable if installed.
• Remove 1 long 2.5x6mm screw under keyboard
• Start from hinge and pry C panel off

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D-Tray Basics
EXP-A
Bluetooth
EXP-B
Speakers
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D-Tray Basics
Mobile Board
I/O Bezel
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Reassembly
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Reassemble

• Ensure all cables are clear and routed toward
  D-door
• Mate C-panel to D-tray
• Replace long 2.5x6mm screw under keyboard
• Insert touchpad cable, slide lock into place
• Repeat for fingerprint cable if installed (not
  shown)

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• Replace 11 long 2.5x6mm MB screws

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• Slide optical disk drive out
• Install 1 long ODD Screw

TIP Hold C-panel behind ODD screw if it does not
thread correctly.
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• Line up the LCD onto C panel, place cables in
  front of hinges
• Flip back over to front, replace 4 hinge screws
  (short, black)
• Flip over and replace 2 LCD screws (long 2.5x6mm,
  black)

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• Plug in LVDS cable on left
• Thread WLAN cables
• Through tunnel (bend as needed)
• Over metal tab shown with arrow. (NOT as
  pictured)
• Out the bottom (stand notebook up on its side)
• Flip to bottom
• Reconnect wireless LAN cables to card, loop and
  tape if necessary

TIP Make sure cable is flat here near hinge and
not obstructing tab behind it. Keyboard cover
will not fit correctly and tab may break.
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• Make sure LCD cables are routed correctly
• Make sure screw holes are clear of wires

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• Replace D door
• 5 short 2.5x3mm screws
• 2 long 2.5x6mm screws

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Keyboard

• Open Notebook
• Plug in keyboard cable
• Push black hinge down to lock
• Replace keyboard cover, top first, click into
  place

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• Ensure LVDS and WLAN cables are flat near hinge
• Replace A panel, snap all tabs in, you may need
  to support metal battery cover when you do this
• Replace 2 under battery screws (short with large
  flat head 2x1.6mm, black)
• Replace 2 LCD screws (long, 2.5x6mm)

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RC2 Serviceability
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Backup
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LCD

• The LVDS cable is connected from the LCD to
  Motherboard

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Mobile Board

• Follow the instructions to remove LCD until the
  LCD assembly is separated from the C tray (refer
  to slide 11 through step 9)
• Unplug touchpad and fingerprint (option) cable by
  pulling the dark portion of the connector 1-2 mm
  away from the light portion Do not pull too far
  or the tabs will break!
• Turn the system over (upside down)
• Remove the screw marked ODD and pull the drive
  out
• Remove the screws marked HDD, pull the cover
  off, and pull the black tab to remove the hard
  disk drive
• Remove the remaining screws marked MB
• (All screws should be removed from the back side
  now)
• Unplug the three cables inside the D-door
  (speaker, BT, and Exp B)
• Turn the system over
• Remove one screw holding C tray to D tray still
  (pic)
• The C-tray should lift off the D-tray now
• Remove the one screw holding the MB to Expansion
  Board-A
• The MB should lift off the EB-A connector
• Remove the cable from EB-A (docking SKUs only)
• Remove the I/O panel from the MB

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CPU, Memory, Modem, MiniCards
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CPU

• Remove thermal module screws in reverse order
  (3,2,1)
• On some models, the screws will remain in the
  module
• Use a flat-head screwdriver to rotate the CPU
  lock mechanism 180 degrees to the unlock position
• Carefully lift up on the CPU, which should easily
  remove if previous step was performed correctly
• Ensure thermal pads are on the thermal module for
  the CPU and other system chips replace as
  necessary

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Memory

• Use your fingernails to pull the metal retention
  tabs away from each other
• Lift up on the first module and pull up and out
  of the socket
• Repeat steps 1-2 for remaining module

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MiniCards

• Remove any antennas or other cabling that may be
  attached to your minicard (follow manufactures
  instructions)
• If cards are held with screws, remove them and
  any brackets that may be in place
• If cards are snapped in to a retainer, squeeze
  the retainer with your fingernails to release the
  card
• Lift up on the front edge of the card and gently
  pull it out