Acer Ferrari 1200 Service Guide

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Removing the Keyboard
1.See “Removing the Battery Pack” on page 64.
2.Push down on the lock and release the latches securing the keyboard to the upper case. 
3.Carefully pry loose the keyboard and turn it over on the touchpad area.  
						

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4.Remove the adhesive strip over the connector.
5.Disconnect the keyboard cable from the main board to remove the keyboard.   
Removing the Middle Cover
1.See “Removing the Battery Pack” on page 64. 
						

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2.See “Removing the Keyboard” on page 71.
3.Disconnect the switch connector from the mainboard.  
4.Remove the two screws (A) securing the middle cover.  
StepSize (Quantity)ColorTo r q u e
1~2 M2.5 x L6 (2) Black 3.0 kgf-cm 
						

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5.Carefully pry loose the middle cover and remove it from the system. 
Removing the LCD Module
1.See “Removing the Battery Pack” on page 64.
2.See “Removing the Lower Cover” on page 65.
3.See “Removing the WLAN Board Modules” on page 67.
4.See “Removing the Keyboard” on page 71. 
						

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5.Remove the two screws (F) from the left hinge cover and carefully pry loose and remove the left hinge 
cover.    
6.Carefully pry loose the latch on the right hinge cover; close the LCD panel and then pull up the right hinge 
cover to remove. 
StepSize (Quantity)ColorTo r q u e
1~2 M2 x L4 (2) Black 1.6 kgf-cm 
						

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7.Carefully pull out the wireless antenna cables from the hole and remove any adhesive tapes securing the 
cables.   
						

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8.Remove the large adhesive tape by the battery bay area and carefully pull the wireless antenna cables 
throught the routing hole.  
9.Disconnect the LCD cable connector from the main board.  
						

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10.Remove the four screws (A) from the left and right hinge of the LCD module.  
11 .Carefully remove the LCD module from the base unit. 
NOTE: When connecting the cable back to the unit, please note that the cable should be routed well.
Separating the Upper Case from the Lower Case
1.See “Removing the Battery Pack” on page 64.
2.See “Removing the SD dummy card” on page 64.
3.See “Removing the ExpressCard dummy card” on page 65.
4.See “Removing the Lower Cover” on page 65.
5.See “Removing the DIMM” on page 66.
6.See “Removing the WLAN Board Modules” on page 67.
7.See “Removing the Hard Disk Drive Module” on page 68.
8.See “Removing the Keyboard” on page 71.
9.See “Removing the Middle Cover” on page 72.
10.See “Removing the LCD Module” on page 74.
StepSize (Quantity)ColorTo r q u e
1~4 M2.5 x L6 (4) Black 4.0 kgf-cm 
						

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11 .Disconnect the touchpad cable from the TPAD1 on the main board. 
12.Remove the thirteen screws (2 x B, 10 x A, 1 x F) on the bottom and top panel.    
						

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13.Gently remove the upper case from the lower case. 
Removing the Button Board
1.See “Removing the Battery Pack” on page 64.
2.See “Removing the SD dummy card” on page 64.
3.See “Removing the ExpressCard dummy card” on page 65.
4.See “Removing the Lower Cover” on page 65.
5.See “Removing the DIMM” on page 66.
6.See “Removing the WLAN Board Modules” on page 67.
7.See “Removing the Hard Disk Drive Module” on page 68.
8.See “Removing the Keyboard” on page 71.
StepSize (Quantity)ColorTo r q u e
1~2 M2 x L3 (2) Black 1.6 kgf-cm
3~6 M2.5 L6 (4) Black 3.0 kgf-cm
7 M2 x L4 (1) Black 1.6 kgf-cm
8~13 M2.5 L6 (6) Black 3.0 kgf-cm