How do I take apart my HP laptop?

HP laptops are an epitome of consumer friendliness. They got style, versatility, functionality and an adequate amount of robustness. What makes the hardware a lot more feasible is its emphasis on simplicity. To that end, they are extremely easy to take apart. It is a good thing too, as disassembly is a call you have to heed when dealing with some of the more intrinsic issues.

Chronologically organized steps to disassemble an HP laptop

When taking part any machine, it is often wise to look into the perfect order to do them. As portable computers are mostly interconnected, chronological disassembly is of penultimate importance. With that in mind, HP repair center implores you to follow the following steps to open up your machine:

1. Turn off the power: the initial and the most important step, stray electricity could be a bane to any system. Therefore, turn off the external power. After that is done, you should turn over your laptop, look for the battery lock and then press it gently. This would loosen the battery from the back panel.
2. Remove the hard drive: once you have unpowered the system, you can move on to hard drive removal. Unscrew the two support screws that hold the disk in place, this would loosen up the hard drive cover. Then, pull up the hard disk over the top notch of the laptop. Once you have removed the hard drive, make sure the cover is placed over it undisturbed. Only separate the two if you are looking for a replacement.
3. Remove the keyboard: Now, flip the laptop to its rear. There, unscrew all of the revealed screws. It would create an opportunity to open up the top of the laptop. Now, open the top and you would now encounter four keyboard switches. Now, using a flathead Philips screwdriver pop off these four switches and release the peripheral. Once removed, keep the keyboard panel right beside the mouse pad. In the opening, you would see a peculiar button, press upon it and release the cable of the peripheral. Finally, remove the keyboard from the HP laptop.
4. Remove the screen: once you have removed the keyboard, you are now open to remove the LCD screen. To remove the screen, you would need a butter knife to separate the screen from its panel, slide the knife in between the two panels and if you encounter any screw, remove it using the Philip screwdriver. Finally, remove the screen and keep it in a clean place. 
5. Remove the antenna: Between the screen and the keyboard lie the antenna receivers. Unscrew its connections to remove it.
6. Remove the DVI cable.
7. Remove the laptop base: finally, remove the screws lying at the base of the computer and remove the cover.

The steps appear to be fairly simple but in truth, they aren’t. To that end, it is better if you seek assistance from Hp repair centre. Disassembling a machine is not something to be taken lightly. While it might a good learning experience if the laptop is not in the working condition beforehand, but you should abstain from applying the above methodology on a working laptop, at least without supervision.

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