Acer Aspire 9800 Service Guide

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Removing the Battery Pack
1.Release the battery.
2.Slide the battery latch then remove the battery.
  
						

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Removing the HDD Modules/Memory/Wireless LAN Card/TV Tuner 
Card/System Fan/Thermal Modules/CPU and the LCD Module 
Removing the HDD Module
1.Remove the three screws fastening the HDD door.
2.Detach the HDD door from the notebook.
3.Then disconnect the two HDD modules as shown (Some notebooks may have only one HDD module).
Removing the Memory
4.Remove the four screws holding the thermal cover.
5.Detach the thermal cover from the main unit.
6.Pop out the memory from the DIMM socket then remove it (If the notebook has two memory, then repeat 
this step). 
Removing the Wireless LAN Card/TV Tunder Card and System Fan
7.Remove the two screws fastening the wireless LAN card.
8.Disconnect the main and auxiliary antennae from the wireless LAN card.
9.Then take out the wireless LAN card from the main unit. 
10.Take out the wireless antennae set from the groove as shown.
11 .Pop out the TV tuner card. 
						

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12.Then disconnect the TV tuner card antenna. 
13.Disconnect the TV-in cable then remove the TV tuner card.
14.Remove two screws holding the support holder as shown.
15.Remove four screws fastening the support holder on the rear side as shown. 
16.Detach the support holder from the main unit.
17.Remove the three screws holding the system fan.
18.Disconnect the fan cable from the main board. 
19.Disconnect the fan cable from the main board.
20.Take out the system fan from the main unit as shown. 
						

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Removing the Thermal Modules and the CPU
21.Remove the two screws holding the finger heatsink.
22.Detach the finger heatsink from the main board.
23.Then take out the CPU heatsink from the main board.
24.Remove the three screws fastening the VGA heatsink.
25.Detach the VGA heatsink from the main board.
26.Use a flat screwdriver to release the CPU lock (Turn counter clock-wise).
27.Remove the CPU from the CPU socket carefully.
 
Removing the LCD Module
28.Disconnect the speaker cable from the main board.
29.Remove the two screws holding the middle cover. 
						

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30.Open the notebook as shown.
31.Detach the middle cover from the rear side as shown.
32.Then detach the middle cover from the front side and remove it.
33.Take out the LCD cable from the groove.
34.Disconnect the LCD cable from the main board.
35.Pull out the Then take out the CPU heatsink from the main board.
36.Remove the three screws fastening the VGA heatsink.
37.Detach the LCD module from the main unit. 
						

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Disassembling the Main Unit
Separate the Main Unit Into the Upper and the Lower Case Assembly
1.Release the four keyboard lock as shown (Use a flat screwdriver and push the keyboard lock upwards). 
2.Turn over the keyboard as the image shows.
3.Disconnect the keyboard cable from the main board.
4.Then remove the keyboard from the main unit.
5.Remove the screw fastening the optical disk drive module on the bottom.
6.Use a tool to push the optical disk drive module outwards and remove the ODD module.
7.Remove the express dummy card.
8.Then remove the PC dummy card.
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10.Remove the 16 screws fastening the upper case and the lower case assembly as shown.
11 .Remove the four screws fastening the upper case assembly and the lower case assembly on the front 
side.
12.Disconnect the touchpad board FFC from the main board.
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13.Disconnect the audio board FFC from the main board.
14.Disconnect the launch board FFC from the main board.
15.Carefully detach the upper case assembly from the lower case assembly.
Disassembling the Lower Case Assembly
16.Disconnect the bluetooth cable from the main board and detach the bluetooth module fromt the lower 
case.
17.Remove the two screws fastening the modem board and disconnect the modem board from the main 
board.
18.Disconnect the modem cable and remove the modem board.
19.Remove the three screws fastening the main board to the lower case.
20.Detach the main board from the lower case assembly. 
						

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21.Remove the three screws holding the IO board to the lower case.
22.Detach the IO board from the lower case.
23.Then detach the modem cable (with RJ11 connector) from the lower case.
24.Tear off the mylar holding the speaker set cable carefully.
25.Remove the eight screws fastening the speaker and sub-woofer set.
26.Then remove the speaker and sub-woofer set from the lower case.
Disassembling the Upper Case Assembly
1.Disconnect the touchpad board to main board FFC and remove it.
2.Remove the seven screws and disconnect the touchpad to touchpad board FFC.
3.Detach the touchpad bracket from the upper case. 
						

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4.Remove the touchpad board from the upper case.
5.Disconnect the touchpad to touchpad board FFC then remove the FFC and the touchpad.
6.Disconnect the launch board FFC from the launch board and the media board and remove the FFC.
7.Remove the three screws fastening the media board to the upper case.
8.Remove the media board from the upper case.
9.Remove the two screws holding the audio board to the upper case.
10.Tear off the audio cable from the lower case.
11 .Turn over the audio board as shown.
12.Disconect the audio board cable from the audio board and remove the cable.
13.Disconnect the microphone cable and remove the audio board.
14.Carefully take out the microphone cable and the microphones from the lower case. 
						

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15.Detach and disconnect the launch board cable and remove it.
16.Detach the launch board insulator as shown.
17.Remove the four screws fastening the launch board.
18.Take out the launch board from the upper case.
19.Then take out the touchpad frame from the upper case.