Introduction
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Push the left tab with your left hand.
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Then push the right tab with your right hand.
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While your right hand is still pushing, remove the battery with your left hand.
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Use the plastic opening tool to pry open the back panel. Make sure to loosen all four sides then lift up.
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Using a plastic opening tool, pry open the disk drive. Once it has loosened it will pull out.
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Once the keyboard is popped out, use a spudger to undo the ribbon or flap that attaches the back of the keyboard to the inside base of the laptop.
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Use a nylon spudger tool to lift up on all sides.
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Once the panel has been loosened it will pop off.
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Conclusion
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
The wrong screw is circled in this step. That screw appears to be for the hard drive. The one you need is just above the circled screw in the photo and is visible in the secondary image but missing from the primary. The circled screw does not need to be removed at all.
Shaun Sullivan -