Sony Vaio SVE151G11L Motherboard Replacement

ID: 117331

Description: The motherboard is the component that controls...

Steps:

1. Turn the laptop over so its underside is facing upwards and visible.

2. Standing so that the barcode and warning labels are upright and legible, push the left tab up and away from yourself.

3. Standing so that the barcode and warning labels are upright and legible, push the right tab up and away from yourself.

4. Locate the small gap where the battery and the laptop shell meet. Lift from the gap and rotate the battery up and away from yourself.

5. Pull battery away from laptop.

6. Flip laptop over so the bottom is facing upwards.

7. Remove 2 bottom screws in the top right on the HDD cover, with a size P000 screwdriver.

8. Pop open the cover to the HDD.

9. Remove the screws on the HDD with a Phillips #000 screwdriver.

10. Pull plastic tab away from the laptop.
11. Lift HDD away from laptop.

12. Flip the laptop over on its backside.

13. Remove the screws holding the motherboard in place.

14. Pop the motherboard away from the frame.

15. Remove the ribbon cable from the motherboard.

16. Remove motherboard from the laptop.