Lenovo ThinkPad A285 Trackpad Replacement

ID: 200203

Description: This guide will show you how to safely remove...

Steps:

1. Flip your laptop over so the bottom panel is facing up.
2. Use a Phillips #0 to loosen the five screws holding the back panel to the laptop.
3. These screws do not come all the way out, so loosen until free spinning.
4. Lift the bottom of the panel to separate the back panel away from the device.
5. Remove the back panel.

6. Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the four 5 mm screws connecting the battery to the device.
7. Slide the battery away from the connector on the motherboard to remove it.
8. When replacing the battery, make sure to slide the fins on either side of the bottom edge of the battery into the their respective slots.

9. Remove the three Phillips screws securing the trackpad.

10. Lift the black film covering the trackpad connector and screw.
11. Flip up the trackpad locking flap.
12. Remove the final Phillips screw.

13. Open the lid and remove the trackpad.