Sony Vaio SVE171C11L Motherboard Replacement

ID: 155207

Description: If you want to upgrade the GPU, the graphics...

Steps:

1. Turn the laptop facedown.
2. Locate the battery compartment at the top of the laptop base. You will see two tabs on it.
3. Push the two tabs up to release the battery. Set it aside.

4. Rotate the laptop so the empty battery compartment is now at the bottom.
5. Remove the two screws that secure the hard drive cover using a T5 Torx screwdriver. Set it aside.

6. Remove the three screws securing the hard drive disk in place.
7. Use the blue ribbon attached to the hard drive disk to carefully remove it from laptop. Set it aside.

8. Remove all screws holding the back panel from the laptop.
9. Carefully pull up the back panel to remove it.

10. Remove the cables from the fan and unscrew the heatsink.
11. The heatsink has many metal pieces jutting out from its base and is located under the fan.
12. Carefully disconnect the tabs on the edges of the motherboard.
13. Unscrew the screws holding the motherboard in place. Set them aside.
14. On the underside of the motherboard, disconnect the keyboard from the motherboard.
15. Once ALL cables are disconnected, carefully remove the motherboard.