Start removing the motherboard from the left side as it shown on the picture below. Remove five screws securing the laptop motherboard. Start separating the top cover assembly from the bottom cover. In the next post I will explain how to remove the screen.ĭisconnect two white cables from the motherboard same way you disconnected the keyboard cable. Now you can remove the display panel assembly. Remove two screws securing the display panel. Pull the wireless antenna cables through the opening in the top cover.ĭisconnect the video cable from the motherboard. This cable belongs to the power button board which is attached to the bottom part of the bezel. You don’t have to remove anything from the bottom.ĭisconnect the cable connecting the bezel to the motherboard and remove it. Now you can pull the cable and remove the keyboard.īy the way, if you are only removing or replacing the keyboard, you can follow steps 6-8. On the next picture you can see the same connector in the unlocked state. In order to unlock the connector, move the brown retainer about 2-3 millimeters towards the palm rest.ĭo not disconnect the retainer from the connector, it must stay attached to the base. On the picture below you see the keyboard cable connected to the motherboard.
Lift up the keyboard and place it upside down on the palm rest.īefore you can remove it completely, you have to disconnect the cable. Place the bezel so you can access one screw securing the keyboard and remove it.
Be careful, the bezel has a circuit board which is connected to the motherboard. Start removing the keyboard bezel as it shown on the picture below. Push the drive from the laptop with a screwdriver.ĭisconnect the cooling fan cable from the motherboard. Remove one screw securing the CD/DVD drive. If you are replacing the HDD, you’ll have to transfer the mounting bracket to the new one.ĭisconnect two antenna wires from the wireless card (two yellow circles) and remove the wireless card. Now you can remove the hard drive assembly. After that slide it to the left and disconnect it from the motherboard. Remove four screws securing the hard drive assembly. Remove the hard drive and memory covers from the bottom. Unfortunately, in this model the cooling module is buried deep inside the laptop case and it’s necessary to take the whole thing apart in order to access it.įirst of all turn off the computer, unplug the power adapter and remove the battery. I found that the cooling module (heat sink and fan) is completely clogged with dust and needs a good cleaning. Was shutting down by itself while running some intensive applications. This is a static dump of the old wiki, taken after locking it in January 2015. "Wireless 1450 (802.11a/b/g) Dual-Band WLAN miniPCI Card" "Notebook M6811 (likely identical for all M68xx)"
"54g MaxPerformance 802.11g (Rev 03) Mini-PCI Card"
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