Gateway 600YG2 System Board Replacement

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Gateway 600YG2 System Board Replacement

Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

25

Time Required

1 - 2 hours

Introduction

removal of the system board

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    • Flip the laptop over.

    • Slide the battery release tab to the right with your index finger to open the battery cover.

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    • Remove the battery cover using the tab on the right side.

    • Take the battery out with your index finger.

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    • Slide the release and push the button to eject the drive.

    • Remove the drive.

    • When reinserting the drives, be sure to put them in the original slot to avoid interface conflicts.

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    • Unscrew 1 captive screw holding hard drive cover on.

    • slide hard drive to the right and remove.

    • for detailed pictures and info go to Gateway Support

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    • Insert the spudger between the "sysrq" and "ins" keys.

    • Gently pry free the power button panel above the keyboard, beginning from the right and moving to the left.

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    • Remove the five screws with a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

    • The LCD hinge covers are held in place by four screws. One screw is for grounding the LCD.

    • Lift the hinge covers along the outer edges with the spudger until they are released.

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    • Gently unplug the LCD from the system board.

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    • Using the Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove six screws that hold the LCD to the hinge.

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    • Check if any cables are still connected before pulling out the LCD.

    • Remove the cable by gently pulling it out while holding down the LCD.

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    • Remove the 5 screws holding the keyboard in place.

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    • Potential for device damage: When lifting the keyboard out, do not lift the keyboard up. Only fold back along the space bar edge.

    • Potential for device damage: Do not pull the black cable by the ribbon section. Only pull it from the connector itself.

    • Follow the black ribbon cable to the connector and gently pull straight up.

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    • Unscrew the four captive screws.

    • Unplug the fan from the system and pull it out. The fan unit should slide forward before coming free.

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    • Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the thirteen screws from the bottom of the computer.

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    • Remove the two indicated screws.

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    • Remove the four screws from the back of the case.

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    • Potential for device damage: Failure to properly do this step will damage your mouse pad ribbon.

    • Lift the plug holding the mouse ribbon about 1/16 inch or until it stops

    • Remove the ribbon.

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    • Insert your spudger between the upper and lower case at the drive bay closest to the battery.

    • Carefully and slowly go around the entire case, unseating all plastic clips holding the upper and lower cases together.

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    • Lift the upper case about 1/4 inch.

    • At the rear of the case is one last connecting wire. Unplug it and remove the upper case.

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    • Remove 8 screws from drive bays.

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    • Remove 6 5mm hex nuts from back of laptop.

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    • Remove screw

    • Slide metal clip into battery bay

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    • Remove two screws.

    • Hard drive extension should lift out from system board.

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    • Remove 4 screws holding left speaker for ease of access to connectors and external sound board.

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    • Remove screw and unplug speakers from external sound board.

    • Lift external soundboard away from system board and remove.

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    • Unplug audio DJ

    • Unplug System status light board

    • Starting on the right side of case gently lift and slide system board till it comes free of lower case.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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