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Chapter 4 • Disassembly and Power
Some motherboards not only have screws that attach them to the metal standoffs but
one or more retaining clips. A retaining clip might need to be pressed down, lifted up, or bent
upward in order to slide the motherboard out of the case. The case might contain one or more
notches and require the motherboard to be slid in a particular direction (usually in the direc-
tion going away from the back I/O ports) before being lifted from the case.
Mobile Device Issues
Chapter 1 contains information on removing laptop keyboards, and Chapter 2 includes infor-
mation on removing laptop adapters, motherboards, and CPUs. Other laptop issues relating
to disassembling a laptop include memory, plastics, the DC power jack, and the speaker.
Whenever taking anything out of a laptop, one of the major issues is tiny screws. Many manu-
facturers label the type of screen or location for ease of explaining disassembly. Always keep
like screws together (in containers or an egg carton) and take notes. All the parts are manu-
facturer dependent, but the following explanation and graphics/photos should help with these
portable devices.
Laptop memory and expansion cards are commonly located in a bottom compartment
accessed by removing a screw. Figure 4.13 shows this on a netbook computer.
Figure 4.13 Netbook memory compartment
Some laptop and mobile device compartments require levering the compartment cover
away from the case or removing plastic parts such as the cover that fits over a mobile computer
keyboard. A plastic scribe is the best tool to use for this levering. Figure 4.14 shows a plastic
scribe being used to lift the plastic part that is between the keyboard and the laptop screen.
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