Difficulty

Easy

Steps

6

Time Required

                          30 minutes

Sections

3

  • Battery disassembly
  • 1 step
  • Service door disassembly
  • 3 steps
  • Wireless card
  • 2 steps

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Introduction

It will be very easy. Buy the new wifi module and remember to download its drivers before starting the disassembly.

What you need

Step 1

              Remove the battery
  • Turn the laptop upside down and gently lay it down on a flat surface.
  • Slide the battery release latch to the right and the battery will pop up slightly.
  • While keeping the latch slid with one hand, grab the battery with the other hand and remove it by pivoting it upward.
  • At this point some users would turn the laptop upside down once again and press the power button a couple of times. They say that this should help dissipating all of the remaining electricity around the device. Up to you :)

Turn the laptop upside down and gently lay it down on a flat surface.

Slide the battery release latch to the right and the battery will pop up slightly.

While keeping the latch slid with one hand, grab the battery with the other hand and remove it by pivoting it upward.

At this point some users would turn the laptop upside down once again and press the power button a couple of times. They say that this should help dissipating all of the remaining electricity around the device. Up to you :)

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Step 2

              Remove the captive screw of the service door
  • Remove the Phillips PM2.0×4.0 screw using a PH#00 screwdriver.

Remove the Phillips PM2.0×4.0 screw using a PH#00 screwdriver.

Step 3

              Remove the service door
  • With an opening tool pry off the tabs that secure the service door to the base enclosure. Start with the long edge.
  • Continue along the short edges.
  • Once you have pried the service door off as it is in pic#3, it will come out of the rear edge very easily.

With an opening tool pry off the tabs that secure the service door to the base enclosure. Start with the long edge.

Continue along the short edges.

Once you have pried the service door off as it is in pic#3, it will come out of the rear edge very easily.

Step 4

              Identify the components
  • RAM memory modules
  • HDD (Hard Disk Drive)
  • mSATA SSD slot
  • Wifi & BT module (Wireless card)

RAM memory modules

HDD (Hard Disk Drive)

mSATA SSD slot

Wifi & BT module (Wireless card)

Step 5

              Disconnect the antenna cables & unfasten the screw
  • Are you grounded? If yes, follow this method to disconnect the two antenna cables. I did that grabbing the wires near their connectors and pulling them straight up with the tweezers. But that method is definitely safer ;)
  • Once you are done with the cables, using a PH #00 unfasten the M2.0×2.5 screw that secures the wifi module to the system board and the module will tilt up.

Are you grounded? If yes, follow this method to disconnect the two antenna cables. I did that grabbing the wires near their connectors and pulling them straight up with the tweezers. But that method is definitely safer ;)

Once you are done with the cables, using a PH #00 unfasten the M2.0×2.5 screw that secures the wifi module to the system board and the module will tilt up.

Step 6

              Substitute the wireless card
  • Grab the standard wireless card as it is shown in the first picture and gently pull it away at the tilt angle.
  • Place the M2.0×2.5 screw in the hole of the new wifi module, tilt it, and gently insert it in its slot. Then press the wireless card down with a hand and fasten the screw using a PH #00 with the other one.
  • Using the tweezers center and hold the connectors of the antenna cables over their terminals and then press them straight down gently using your finger. Cable 1 goes with the Main terminal and Cable 2 with the Aux terminal.

Grab the standard wireless card as it is shown in the first picture and gently pull it away at the tilt angle.

Place the M2.0×2.5 screw in the hole of the new wifi module, tilt it, and gently insert it in its slot. Then press the wireless card down with a hand and fasten the screw using a PH #00 with the other one.

Using the tweezers center and hold the connectors of the antenna cables over their terminals and then press them straight down gently using your finger. Cable 1 goes with the Main terminal and Cable 2 with the Aux terminal.

Well, that’s it! Take a short break if you like and then start to reassemble your laptop from the step #3 in reverse order. Once you turn the laptop on, install the new drivers and it’s done ;) Cheers

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