How to take off back of your laptop computer (or keyboard)

IF YOU WANT ME TO RESEARCH YOUR COMPUTER TO HELP YOU PLEASE POST HERE THE PROBLEM AND YOUR COMPUTER SPECS

Notice: Many computer are different, Some may have different ways of dimanteling them this is just a basic overview. The computer i am disassembaling is a TOSHIBA SATELLITE L355D. MAny other toshiba satallites work the same way.

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Step 1:

Remove laptop battery.
Remove two screws securing the hard drive cover. Remove the cover.
Remove one screw securing the memory cover. Remove the cover.

Step 2:

Pull the hard drive to the left. Disconnect it from the motherboard and remove.
Remove both memory modules.

Step 3:

Remove one screw securing the DVD drive.
Push the DVD drive with a small scredriver.
Remove the DVD drive from the laptop.

Step 4:

Remove all screws from the bottom of the laptop.

Step 5:

Remove the keyboard bezel using a smal flathead screwdriver.
Be careful, it's fragile.

Step 6:

Remove four screws securing the keyboard.
Press on the plastic lock (located at the top of the middle of the key board) and release the keyboard Cafully.

Step 7:

Lift up the keyboard.
Be careful, it's still attached to the motherboard.

Step 8:

Unlock the keyboard connector on the motherboard.
Unlock it by pushing the sides of the cable befor pulling.
Pull the keyboard cable from the connector.
Remove the keyboard.

Step 9:

Disconnect the four cables attached to the base of the computer.
There is only four, reccomended that you use a small screw driver to push the sides of the cabes before pulling them.

Step 10:

Now we are going to separate the top cover from the base assembly. Usually I'm using a guitar pick.
Insert the guitar pick between the top cover and base assembly and carefully move it along the side.

Step 11:

Continue separating the top cover with your fingers.

Step 12:

Lift up and remove the cover.

Step 13:

The top cover has been removed.
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depending on what your are doing this could be enough, if you want you can still continue.

Step 14:

Now we are going to remove the motherboard.
Disconnect all cables pointed with red arrows.
Disconnect two antenna cables from the wireless card

Step 15:

There is one more cable to disconnect.

Step 16:

Remove two screws securing the motherboard and the cooling fan.

Step 17:

Disconnect the DVD drive cable from the right side of the motherboard.

Step 18:

Lift up and remove the motherboard.

Step 19:

The laptop motherboard has been removed.
Turn it over.

Step 20:

Now if you want you can remove the heat sink, the cooling fan and the processor.

DONE!

If this is too complicated, post here and i will make a video of this for you!