Acer Travelmate 5230 Service Guide

Chapter 371
Removing the Keyboard
1.See “Removing the Battery Pack” on page 56.
2.See “Removing the Middle Cover” on page 68.
3.Remove the two screws (A) securing the keyboard. 
4.Carefully pry loose the keyboard and turn it over on the touchpad area. 
StepSize (Quantity)ColorTo r q u e
1~2 M2 x L3 (2) Silver 1.6 kgf-cm 

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5.Disconnect the keyboard cable from the main board to remove the keyboard.   
Removing the Heatsink Fan Module
1.See “Removing the Battery Pack” on page 56.
2.See “Removing the Lower Cover” on page 59.
3.Disconnect the heat sink fan connector from the main board.  

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4.Remove the two screws (B) securing the heatsink fan module in place. 
5.Carefully lift up the heatsink fan module. 
Removing the CPU and VGA Heatsink Module
1.See “Removing the Battery Pack” on page 56.
2.See “Removing the Lower Cover” on page 59.
3.See “Removing the Heatsink Fan Module” on page 72.
StepSize (Quantity)ColorTo r q u e
1~2 M2 x L4 (2) Silver 1.6 kgf-cm 

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4.Remove the four screws securing the VGA board heatsink module (Discrete Model only) and the five 
screw securing the CPU heatsink module. 
5.Carefully remove the heatsink module from the system.
Removing the CPU 
1.See “Removing the Battery Pack” on page 56.
2.See “Removing the Lower Cover” on page 59.
3.See “Removing the Heatsink Fan Module” on page 72.
4.See “Removing the CPU and VGA Heatsink Module” on page 73. 

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5.Using a flat screwdriver, turn the CPU socket latch counter-clockwise to release the CPU. 
6.Lift up carefully to remove the CPU. 
NOTE: When installing the CPU, make sure to install the CPU with PIN 1 at the corner as shown. 
Removing the VGA Board (Discrete Model only) 
1.See “Removing the Battery Pack” on page 56.
2.See “Removing the Lower Cover” on page 59. 

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3.See “Removing the Heatsink Fan Module” on page 72.
4.See “Removing the CPU and VGA Heatsink Module” on page 73.
5.Remove the two screws (B) securing the VGA board to the main board. 
6.Remove the VGA board from the main board.
Removing the LCD Module
1.See “Removing the Battery Pack” on page 56.
2.See “Removing the SD dummy card” on page 57.
3.See “Removing the PC and ExpressCard dummy cards” on page 58.
4.See “Removing the Lower Cover” on page 59.
5.See “Removing the WLAN Board Modules” on...

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8.Turn over the system and remove the two screws (B) from the bottom of the left and right hinges. 
9.Carefully pull out the wireless antenna cables from the hole and release the cables from the latches. 
10.Disconnect the LCD cable connector from the main board. 
StepSize (Quantity)ColorTo r q u e
1~2 M2.5 x L6 (2) Black 3.0 kgf-cm 

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11 .Remove the two screws (D) from the left and right hinge of the LCD module. 
12.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 56.
2.See “Removing the SD dummy card” on page 57.
3.See “Removing the PC and ExpressCard dummy cards” on page 58.
4.See “Removing the Lower Cover” on page 59.
5.See...

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13.See “Removing the CPU” on page 74.
14.See “Removing the VGA Board (Discrete Model only)” on page 75.
15.See “Removing the LCD Module” on page 76.
16.Disconnect the touchpad cable from the TPAD1 connector on the main board. 
17.Disconnect the fingerprint cable from the FPCN1 connector on the main board.  

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18.Disconnect the launch board cable from the SWITCHCN1 connector on the main board.