Acer Travelmate 310 Service Guide

							Chapter 3 35
Disassembly of the upper case from the lower 
case.
Disassembling the Battery
1.  Slide the battery door notch into an unlocked position
2.  Pull out the battery door
3.  Slide the battery out from the main unit. 
						

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Disassembling the I/O door
1.  Detach the I/O door from its latches
D
isassembling the Keyboard
1.  Open the LCD cover
2.  Slide out the two display hinge covers
3.  Gently, lift out the keyboard and flip it over.
4.  Disconnect the keyboard cables 
						

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Disassembling the DIMM
1.  Remove the two screws on the DIMM cover.
2.  Remove the DIMM cover.
3.  Push out the latches on either side of the DIMM module
4.  Remove the DIMM module.  
						

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 Removing the LCD module
1.  Remove the two screws as shown below.
2.  Disconnect the LCD-FPC cable.
3.  Close the LCD cover.
4.  Remove the two screws on both sides of the hinges
5.   Detach the LCD module from the main unit 
						

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Disassembling the LCD Module
Disassembly of the LCD panel
1.  Remove the two LCD cover cushions.
2.  Remove the two screws from the top of the display bezel.
3.  Carefully snap off the LCD panel.
4.  Lift out the LCD module.  
						

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Disassembling the Speaker
1.  Open the EMI mylar of the LCD module
2.  Disconnect the speaker cable from the LED board 
3.  Remove the screw from the speaker.
4.  Remove the speaker  
						

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Disassembling the LED board
1.  Disconnect the LCD-FPC cable from the LED board
2.  Remove the LED board. 
Disassembling the Inverter board
1.  Remove the LCD-FPC cable
2.  Remove the LCD power cable. 
3.  Remove the inverter board from its latches on the display bezel. 
						

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Diassembling the LCD
1.  Disconnect the LCD-FPC cable from the LCD. 
2.  Remove the six screws on the LCD hinge plate.
3.  Lift the LCD hinge plate from the display bezel. 
4.  Remove the hinges and LCD-FPC cable from the display bezel.
5.  Remove the LCD from the display bezel 
						

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Disassembling the upper case
1.  Disconnect the touchpad cable from the main unit.
2.  Remove the five screws on the base of the upper case. 
3.  Remove the screws to separate the upper case.
4.  Remove the cover switch cable from the main unit. 
						

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Disassembling the touchpad
1.  Remove the touchpad cable from the touchpad.
2.  Remove the two screws on the touch pad cable. 
3.  Remove the touchpad cable from the upper case.
4.  Remove the touchpad board from the uppercase.