Take apart your Acer Extensa 5620 laptop.
Laptop disassembly is a useful skill for many situations. If you plan to upgrade, replace or repair your Acer Extensa 5620 laptop's hardware devices, you must know safely and correctly take it apart. This can be a time-consuming procedure if you've never done it before. It involves removing many of your computer's most important hardware devices. If you cause damage to the laptop during the disassembly procedure, you might void your laptop's warranty.
Instructions
1. Shut down your laptop. Unplug the power cable, and disconnect all external data and networking devices from the laptop. Close the display panel. Place the laptop face down with the front edge facing toward you.
2. Slide the battery-release button upward. Remove the battery pack from its compartment in the upper-right corner of the laptop. Remove the seven Phillips-head screws from the laptop's bottom cover. Remove the bottom cover from the laptop. Removing the bottom cover will reveal several of your laptop's hardware components, and the bottom side of the motherboard.
3. Locate the memory modules near the center of the motherboard. Spread the retention clips on each side of the module. Tilt the module upward, and then pull it out of its individual memory slot. Locate the wireless card situated to the left of the memory compartment. Disconnect the two antenna cables from the card. Remove the two retaining screws from the wireless card, and then remove it from the laptop.
4. Locate the hard drive near the laptop's top edge near the center of the bottom casing. Slide the hard drive downward to disconnect from the motherboard. Lift the hard drive out of its compartment, and set it aside.
5. Remove the single Phillips-head screwdriver fastening the CD/DVD drive to the lower-right corner of the laptop. Grasp the drive's face. Pull it out of the laptop. Set it aside.
6. Locate the fan near the upper-left corner of the motherboard. Disconnect the fan's cable from the motherboard. Remove the two Phillips-head screws fastening the fan to the motherboard. Lift the cooling fan off of the processor chip. Set it aside.
7. Turn the processor's flat-head locking screw in a counterclockwise direction as far as possible. Lift the processor out of its motherboard socket, and set it aside. Remove all remaining Phillips-head screws from the laptop's bottom casing. Flip the laptop over, and open the display panel as far as possible.
8. Use a flat-head screwdriver to pry the keyboard cover from the laptop. The keyboard cover is the plastic piece between the keyboard and LCD panel. Place the keyboard cover face down on the keyboard's surface. Disconnect the cable extending from the cover's bottom side to the motherboard. Remove the keyboard cover from the laptop.
9. Remove the two Phillips-head screws fastening the keyboard to the laptop's case. Place the keyboard face down over the palm rest. Disconnect the keyboard's ribbon cable from the motherboard. Remove the keyboard from the laptop.
10. Disconnect all cables connecting to the motherboard from the display panel. Remove the two Phillips-head screws from each display hinge. Lift the display panel from the laptop's base. Set it aside.
11. Disconnect all visible cables from the motherboard. Carefully lift the entire top cover from the laptop's base. This reveals the top side of the motherboard.
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