Packard Bell W7 manual

Packard Be ll EasyNote W7 Se ries (Dragon SN) Disassembl y Manual[...]

0 Table of C ontents Overv iew 1 Disassem bl y Inst ructions 1 Reassem bly Instructions 1 Required Too ls 1 Hazardous V oltage 2 Avoid E l ectrostat ic Discharge 2 Pow er Supply Un it 2 Battery and AC A dapter 4 Rem oving the Hard D isk Drive 4 Bottom Panel 5 CPU, V GA M odul e and Heat Sink 6 Top Cove r 7 Rem oving the LCD Pane l Assem bly 9 Disas[...]

1 Overview This docum ent contains step-by-step disass em bly i nstructions for the Easy Note W 7 (Dragon SN) chass i s. The instruct ions are illust rated w here n ecessary w ith im ages of the part that is be ing rem oved or d isassem bl e d. Packard Bell rese rves the right to m ake changes to the chass is without not i ce. Disassembly Instructi[...]

2 Hazardous Vol tage There is hazar dous voltage p resent inside the com puter when it is connect ed to an AC supply, even w hen the com puter’ s pow er sw itch i s off. Ex posure to hazardous vo ltage could cause person al injury. To avoid risk of injury, contac t an Auth orized Servic e Provide r for proper (un) insta llation of optiona l hardw[...]

3 WAA R SCHUWING Zorg er voor dat a lle verbind in gen v an en naar de com puter (stroom, m ode m, netw erk, etc) verbroken w orden voordat de behu izing geopend wordt. Zet de com puter nooit aan als de behuizin g geopend is. AVVERT ENZ A Prim a di rim uovere il coperch io del tela io , as s icur ars i che i l sis t em a sia scollegato da ll’ ali[...]

4 Battery a nd AC Adapter To rem ove the battery, d o as follow s: 1. Turn off the com puter. 2. Disconn ect the AC ad apter. 3. Rem ove the batte ry. Removing the Hard Disk Drive To rem ove the hard disk d rive, perform the follow in g steps: 1. Remove two screws (2 xA) from the HDD cove r (as sh ow n in Fig. 1). 2. Rem ove the HDD cover. 3. Rem o[...]

5 Bottom Panel Perform the follow ing steps to remove the bott om panel: 1. Rem ove nine screw s (9xA) and take aw ay the bottom panel. 2. Rem ove the m e m ory m odule. 3. Lift out th e TV Tuner M i n i-PCI card from its slot. 4. Disconn ect the antenna cable and the tw o data cables. 5. Disconnec t the TV Tuner d ata cables from the mainboard. 6.[...]

6 7. Remove the screw s (2xA) from the m ode m . 8. Release the ground cable and tak e aw ay the m ode m . 9. Disconnect the m odem cable from the m ode m. CP U, V GA Module an d Heat S ink To rem ove the heat s in k from the CPU and th e VGA M obi le PC I Express M odul e (MX M) follow the steps below : 1. Disconnect the CPU fan cab l e. 2. Rem ov[...]

7 6. Re m ove the screw from the VGA m odul e (1xT). 7. Pull the VGA m odul e out of the MXM slot. 8. Unlock the CPU socket an d rem ove the CPU. Top Cover Rem ove the top cover by f ollow in g the steps b elow: 1. Slide the button bar to the left to unlock it. 2. Disconnect the m ul t imedia keybo ard flat cab le and take aw ay the button bar. 3. [...]

8 6. Disconnect the touchpad f l at cab l e. 7. Re m ove the two hi ng e covers. 8. Disconnect the lid switch conn ector. 9. Rem ove the screw (1xD) and rem ove the lid sw itch unit. Fig. 1 0 Removi ng the keyboa rd flat cabl e . Fig. 1 1 Di sconnect i ng t ouchp ad flat cable Fig. 1 2 The hi nge covers. Fig. 1 3 Li d sw i tc h and hi nges.[...]

9 Removing the LC D Panel Asse mbly Follow the steps below to remove the LCD pa nel : 1. Disconnect the two LCD connectors. 2. Release the W ireless antenna ca ble. 3. Rem ove the screws (4xF) from the hinges (see Fig. 13). 4. Take away the LCD assem bl y. Disassembling the LCD Panel Assembly To disassem ble the LCD pan el, fo llow the steps be low[...]

10 Fig. 1 5 LCD di sp lay panel . 10. Disconnect the inverter backlight connector. Fig. 1 6 LCD i nverter backli ght connecter. 11. Rem ove the lower support ing bracket. 12. Take aw ay the LCD display panel and inverter board. 13. Disconn ect the LCD cab le from the inverter b oard. 14. Disconnect the LCD cab le f rom the back of th e LCD display [...]

11 15. Rem ove the screws (3x D, 1xA) from the l eft L CD bracket. The sam e goes for the right bracke t. Fig. 1 8 LCD di sp lay cabl e. 16. Take away the top, left and right bracket from the LCD display pane l. 17. Rem ove the screws (2xD) holding the w ireles s antenna and take away the antenna. Fig. 1 9 W irel ess antenna.[...]

12 Optical Di sk Drive To rem ove the optica l disk dr ive, fo llow the steps be lo w : 1. Remove the screws (2xB) and push t he opt i cal d isk d rive out of i ts bay. Fig. 2 0 The sc re ws o f the op ti cal di sk dr i ve. 2. Rem ove the screw s (2xK) from the side ODD bracket and remove it. 3. Rem ove the screw s (2xK) from the rear ODD bracket a[...]

13 Bottom Base Asse mbly Disassem bl e the bottom base assembly as fo llows: 1. First remove the screw s (4XA) from the top cover. 2. Then rem ove the screws (4xJ). No te: Mak e su re tha t du ring re -as se mbl y the c lips o f the top co ve r loc k i nto plac e be fore fas tenin g the scre ws. 3. Turn over th e un it a nd r em ove the screw s (18[...]

14 4. Re m ove the screws from the rear (2x B). 5. Remove bottom cover from base assem bl y. 6. Disconnect the s ubwoofer conn ector. 7. Rem ove the screws (2x G) and lift out the s ubw oofer assem bl y. 8. Re m ove the rubber stab ili z ers (2x M) fro m the subwoofer assem bl y. 9. Re m ove the screw (1xB) from the m odem connector board. 10. Disc[...]

15 8. Take away the m ain board. 9. Partially rem ove the foil over the to uchpad. 10. Disconnect the touchpad cable. 11. Remove the screws (3xB) and rem ove the heat plate. 12. Push out the touchpa d assem bly. Fig. 2 6 The mai n board and speake rs . Fig. 2 7 The touch pad connec tor. Fig. 2 8 Removi ng the heat pl ate.[...]

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