Hp 15 F009Wm Motherboard Replacement Repair Guide

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Moderate

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Time Required

                          15 minutes

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Battery
3 steps
RAM
4 steps
Hard Drive
12 steps
Motherboard
4 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery

Turn laptop upside down.
Flip the lock switch to the unlocked setting.

Turn laptop upside down.

Flip the lock switch to the unlocked setting.

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Step 2

Flip the release switch.
Once the flip is switched, the battery should pop out.

Flip the release switch.

Once the flip is switched, the battery should pop out.

Step 3

Slide the battery out.

Slide the battery out.

Step 4

RAM

Remove the two Phillips #1 screws from the RAM panel.

Remove the two Phillips #1 screws from the RAM panel.

Step 5

Use the plastic opening tool to pop the panel off.

Use the plastic opening tool to pop the panel off.

Step 6

Release the tabs on each side of the chip by simultaneously pushing each tab away from the RAM.
These tabs lock the chip in place and releasing them will cause the chip to “pop” up.

Release the tabs on each side of the chip by simultaneously pushing each tab away from the RAM.

These tabs lock the chip in place and releasing them will cause the chip to “pop” up.

Step 7

Remove the RAM chip from the laptop.

Remove the RAM chip from the laptop.

Step 8

              Hard Drive

Remove the sixteen 7mm Phillips #1 screws from the bottom panel.

Remove the sixteen 7mm Phillips #1 screws from the bottom panel.

Step 9

Pull the disk drive out of the laptop.

Pull the disk drive out of the laptop.

Step 10

Remove the three 2mm Phillips #00 screws found underneath the disk drive.

Remove the three 2mm Phillips #00 screws found underneath the disk drive.

Step 11

Remove the single 4mm Phillips #1 screw from the Wi-Fi card.
Pull the Wi-Fi card out of the motherboard.

Remove the single 4mm Phillips #1 screw from the Wi-Fi card.

Pull the Wi-Fi card out of the motherboard.

Step 12

Open the laptop.
Use a plastic opening tool to pop out the keyboard by starting at the top and working your way around the perimeter.

Open the laptop.

Use a plastic opening tool to pop out the keyboard by starting at the top and working your way around the perimeter.

Step 13

Open the screen up until it lays flat and rotate the laptop until the screen is closest to you.
Lift the keyboard from the laptop.
Use a spudger to lift up the black latch on the ZIF connector and remove the ribbon cable.

Open the screen up until it lays flat and rotate the laptop until the screen is closest to you.

Lift the keyboard from the laptop.

Use a spudger to lift up the black latch on the ZIF connector and remove the ribbon cable.

Step 14

Remove the five 7mm Phillips #1 screws found underneath the keyboard.

Remove the five 7mm Phillips #1 screws found underneath the keyboard.

Step 15

Use a spudger to lift the black tabs on the ZIF connectors.
Remove the ribbon cables from the ZIF connectors.

Use a spudger to lift the black tabs on the ZIF connectors.

Remove the ribbon cables from the ZIF connectors.

Step 16

Use a plastic opening tool to pop the palm rest off of the laptop.
Lift and remove the palm rest.

Use a plastic opening tool to pop the palm rest off of the laptop.

Lift and remove the palm rest.

Step 17

Use a spudger to lift up the black latch on the ZIF connector.
Remove the USB/AUX port ribbon cable from the ZIF connector on the motherboard.

Use a spudger to lift up the black latch on the ZIF connector.

Remove the USB/AUX port ribbon cable from the ZIF connector on the motherboard.

Step 18

Remove the single 7mm Phillips #1 screw from the USB/AUX board.
Remove the USB/AUX board from the laptop.

Remove the single 7mm Phillips #1 screw from the USB/AUX board.

Remove the USB/AUX board from the laptop.

Step 19

Lift the Hard Drive from the laptop.
Disconnect the hard drive from the motherboard.

Lift the Hard Drive from the laptop.

Disconnect the hard drive from the motherboard.

Step 20

              Motherboard

Remove the four 4mm Phillips #1 screws from the motherboard.
Lift the motherboard up from the computer.
There will be three wires connected underneath.

Remove the four 4mm Phillips #1 screws from the motherboard.

Lift the motherboard up from the computer.

There will be three wires connected underneath.

Step 21

Disconnect the speaker.

Disconnect the speaker.

Step 22

Remove the display connection wire. Lift the connection straight up from the motherboard.

Remove the display connection wire. Lift the connection straight up from the motherboard.

Step 23

Flip the motherboard over.
Disconnect the charging port wire from the motherboard.

Flip the motherboard over.

Disconnect the charging port wire from the motherboard.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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