Acer Aspire E5-571P-55TL Hard Drive Replacement

ID: 149478

Description: If your Acer Aspire E5-571P-55TL is taking...

Steps:

  1. Make sure that laptop is turned off.
  2. Turn the laptop upside down with the battery facing you.
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  3. Place the Spudger into the battery lock and slide it to the left until you hear the battery unlock.
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  4. Pull the battery towards you to remove it from the laptop.
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  5. Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove each of the eighteen 8 mm screws from the bottom of the laptop.
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  6. Carefully place your fingers underneath the top of the keyboard just below the screen.
  7. Pull upwards until you can hear the keyboard click out of place.
  8. Continue around the entire laptop, carefully pulling the keyboard and palm rest assembly slightly from the frame to reveal the ribbon connectors.
  9. Don't pull the keyboard off the frame yet because it's attached by ribbon connectors.
  10. After the keyboard is detached, unplug each of the three ribbon cables and remove the keyboard and palm rest assembly.
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  11. Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove the two 8 mm screws holding the hard drive carriage in place.
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  12. Carefully unplug the ribbon cable running across the hard drive carriage and place it to the side.
  13. Remove the hard drive by sliding it to your right, away from the motherboard, next pull the hard drive towards yourself and away from the laptop.
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  14. Once again using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove the two 3 mm screws highlighted on each side of the hard drive case.
  15. Open the hard drive case to replace the hard drive.
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