Razer Blade 15" (2018) Screen Replacement

ID: 161245

Description: Use this guide to replace a broken screen on...

Steps:

1. Allow your laptop's battery to drain below 25% before starting this repair—a charged battery may catch fire if damaged.
2. Unplug all cables, fully shut down your laptop, and close the lid.

3. Rotate your laptop so the screen hinge is farthest from you.
4. Use a Torx T5 driver to remove the ten 3.8 mm-long screws securing the back cover.

5. Depending on the age and condition of your laptop, the back cover may come off sooner than this guide instructs. If the cover feels loose, remove it at any time.
6. Apply a suction handle to the right edge of the back cover, between the middle screws and the screws closest to you.
7. Pull up on the suction handle to create a small gap between the back cover and the frame.
8. Insert an opening pick into the gap.

9. Angle your opening pick upward, away from the frame. Keep it angled upward as long as it's between the back cover and the frame.
10. Insert your pick up to 10 mm (0.4 in) deep.

11. Slide your opening pick around the bottom right corner of the back cover to free it from the frame.

12. Slide your opening pick along the front edge and around the front left corner of the back cover to free it from the frame.

13. Remove the back cover.
14. Lay the back cover down on its rubber feet to avoid damaging the gray thermal pads on its underside.

15. Apply a heated iOpener to the battery cable tape for one minute.
16. You can also use a hair dryer—but be careful, as overheating the battery may damage it or create a fire hazard.

17. Be careful not to damage the battery with your tool.
18. Use blunt nose tweezers or your fingers to peel the battery cable tape away from the cable.

19. Use the point of a spudger to press on alternating sides of the battery connector and walk it out of its socket.

20. In the next steps, you'll disconnect and move the Wi-Fi cables to access other components.
21. The antenna cables look very similar. Label one of them with a piece of tape or marker. Do the same to its socket on the Wi-Fi card.

22. Insert one arm of angled tweezers under the metal neck of each antenna cable and pry up to disconnect it.

23. Use tweezers or your fingers to move the antenna cables to the left, away from the charging connector.

24. Use your spudger to push on alternating sides of the charging port connector to "walk" it out of its socket.

25. Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the three 6.7 mm screws securing the right hinge cover.
26. Remove the cover.

27. Tilt the charging port up and remove it.

28. Grab the pull tab on the screen connector, to the left of the Wi-Fi card.
29. Pull up to disconnect the connector from its socket.
30. During reassembly, align the press connector over its socket and press down until it clicks into place. If it doesn't connect, re-align it and try again.

31. Guide the screen cable you just disconnected out from the tabs on the left fan.
32. Move the cable to the right, away from the laptop.

33. Grab both antenna cables and guide them out from the tabs on the left fan.

34. Use your Phillips screwdriver to remove the two 6.8 mm screws securing the left hinge cover.
35. Remove the hinge cover.

36. Use the point of your spudger to push on alternating sides of the left screen connector, just under the right fan, to "walk" it out of its socket.

37. Guide the left screen cable out from the tabs on the right fan.

38. Open the screen and stand the laptop on its side, with the motherboard facing you.

39. If you prefer to lay the laptop flat while you work, lay it on a table with the screen hanging off for the next two steps.
40. Hold the laptop steady with one hand.
41. Use your Phillips screwdriver to remove the five 4.8 mm screws securing the screen hinges.

42. Hold both halves of the laptop steady during this step, as they might fall unexpectedly.
43. Slide the screen hinges away from the frame to free them from their recesses.
44. Remove the screen.