Sony Vaio VGN-FS640 Backplate Replacement

ID: 23890

Description: This guide will teach the user how to remove...

Steps:

1. Turn off the laptop and disconnect any charging cables.
2. Flip the laptop over so that the Service Tag is shown at the top left corner.

3. Remove the highlighted screws from the back of the laptop with a Phillips #0 Screwdriver.

4. Remove the highlighted screws from the panels in the bottom right-hand corner of the laptop using the Phillips #0 Screwdriver.

5. Remove the two panels in the bottom right-hand corner by sliding in the direction of the arrows imprinted on the panels.

6. Remove the highlighted screws underneath the removed panels using the Phillips #0 Screwdriver.

7. Carefully remove the hard drive from the panel in the bottom right-hand corner of the laptop.

8. Locate the battery, located on the top side of the laptop to the right of the Service Tag .
9. Remove the battery by pressing inwards on the tabs on either side of the battery.

10. Remove cover in the top left side of the laptop next to the battery by pulling it outwards.

11. Remove the backplate of the laptop by pulling it away from the laptop.