Disassembling The Main Unit; Separate The Main Unit Into The Upper And The Lower Case Assembly; Disassembling The Lower Case Assembly - Acer TravelMate 3280 Service Manual

Disassembling the Main Unit

Separate the Main Unit Into the Upper and the Lower Case Assembly

1. Disconnect the touchpad cable and the LED FFC from the main board.
2. Remove the 15 screws on the bottom as shown.
3. Detach the upper case assembly from the lower case assembly carefully.

Disassembling the Lower Case Assembly

4. Turn over the lower case assembly to the bottom side, then disconnect the fan cable.
5. Turn over the lower case assemlby to the fron side, then detach the bluetooth module.
6. Disconnect the Bluetooth cable from the main board.
7. Disconnect the Bluetooth cable from the Bluetooth module as shown.
8. Disconnect the speaker set cable from the main board.
9. Remove the four screws fastening the main board to the lower case.
10. Detach the main board from the lower case carefully.
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