Difficulty

Moderate

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15

Time Required

                          25 - 50 minutes            

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  • HP Compaq Presario CQ56-110US Disassembly
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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Removing Battery               
  • Remove Battery by sliding the tab

Remove Battery by sliding the tab

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Step 2

              Removing Ram Cover               
  • Remove the 3 screws from the Ram Cover and lift up the cover

Remove the 3 screws from the Ram Cover and lift up the cover

Step 3

              Removing Ram Sticks and Wifi Card               
  • Remove Ram Stick by pulling the tabs to it side
  • Remove the to remove the Wifi Card and remove its antenna wires

Remove Ram Stick by pulling the tabs to it side

Remove the to remove the Wifi Card and remove its antenna wires

Step 4

              Removing Hard Drive Cover               
  • Remove 2 Screw from the Hard Drive Cover and lift up the cover

Remove 2 Screw from the Hard Drive Cover and lift up the cover

Step 5

              Removing the Hard Drive               
  • Remove the 3 screws from the Hard Drive
  • Remove the SATA Cable from the Hard Drive and Motherboard

Remove the 3 screws from the Hard Drive

Remove the SATA Cable from the Hard Drive and Motherboard

Step 6

              Removing Screws               
  • Remove 10 screws from the laptop
  • Remove 3 2.5 x 6.5 screws from the laptop
  • Remove 3 2.5 x 5 screws from the laptop
  • Remove 4 2.5 x 3 screws from the laptop
  • *The Photo looks incomplete because it exceeded the crop limit

Remove 10 screws from the laptop

Remove 3 2.5 x 6.5 screws from the laptop

Remove 3 2.5 x 5 screws from the laptop

Remove 4 2.5 x 3 screws from the laptop

*The Photo looks incomplete because it exceeded the crop limit

Step 7

              Removing the Keyboard               
  • Put Your Hands on the Top Corners and Put some little pressure
  • Be careful that there is a ribbon cable under there and make sure that it is removed

Put Your Hands on the Top Corners and Put some little pressure

Be careful that there is a ribbon cable under there and make sure that it is removed

Step 8

              Removing Top Cover               
  • Remove the Ribbon Cables and Wires from the Motherboard and use a pick to remove the top cover
  • Remove 1 screw and lift up the top cover

Remove the Ribbon Cables and Wires from the Motherboard and use a pick to remove the top cover

Remove 1 screw and lift up the top cover

Step 9

              Removing the CD Drive               
  • Remove the CD Drive by Pushing or Pulling to the outside

Remove the CD Drive by Pushing or Pulling to the outside

Step 10

              Removing the Display Cable               
  • Remove the 3 Display Cables and a USB Port Ribbon Cable

Remove the 3 Display Cables and a USB Port Ribbon Cable

Step 11

              Remove Motherboard Screws               
  • Remove 2 Screws from the Motherboard

Remove 2 Screws from the Motherboard

Step 12

              Removing the Motherboard               
  • Remove the Power Cable and pull the motherboard to the right

Remove the Power Cable and pull the motherboard to the right

Step 13

              Removing the CPU Heatsink               
  • Remove the Six Screws from the Heatsink
  • Remove the Cable of the fan

Remove the Six Screws from the Heatsink

Remove the Cable of the fan

Step 14

              Removing the CPU               
  • Use Something Flat Tipped like a Flat tip screw driver
  • Be Careful with removing the CPU because it has fragile pins under it, remove it by wiggling it back and forth

Use Something Flat Tipped like a Flat tip screw driver

Be Careful with removing the CPU because it has fragile pins under it, remove it by wiggling it back and forth

Step 15

              And We're Done.....               
  • Laptop Dissasembly Complete, Here is Everything except for the Case and Display

Laptop Dissasembly Complete, Here is Everything except for the Case and Display

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order. This can be useful for a CPU Upgrade

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hussein abbas - Jul 7, 2022

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Thank you so much . I learned to unlock the device by following the illustrations