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Tape two A4 Sheets of paper together along the long side.

Place the now large Sheet of paper on the base of Laptop and mark the holes with a screwdriver or pen, undo one screw at a time and tape it to the relevant hole or mark on sheet of paper. Do the same with Motherboard and Top casing. any rear screws can be just set aside.

A perfect way to organize your screws.

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Work in Layers, Make sure you don’t block any holes by the motherboard and at all times be aware of electrostatic charges. You should use antistatic wrist straps but you can get away without it. Earth yourself on a metal sink or radiator or if no other means touch the screw on a wall socket then don't move feet, don't work on carpet or socks. Static can zap electric components. To give you an idea of what Static charge is: Rub a balloon on some fabric then put it close to your hair if you have any you will feel your hair rising due to electro magnet effect, now touch the balloon and you will get a mild shock, that small part of electricity is what does the damage.

From Colin

Always make sure you apply heat conductive paste to any heat sync you replace.
Avoid the GPU if it has a thick conductive pad.
Always Use the Best Paste, its expensive but well worth it.
I recommend “Artic Silver 5” paste or higher, this paste contains silver and very conductive. You will notice speed and cooling improvements.
Note don’t apply too much as it will work in the opposite effect.
The paste should be applied as thin as possible on both Heat Sync and CPU / GPU

but enough to cover the surface.

From Paul

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From Colin

A safe and easy way to remove that stubborn Socket and to replace it with a nice new one: Trying to remove the socket in one piece can be good for diagnosis purposes but will need a lot of work with a normal soldering iron hence a lot of heat applied to the motherboard and risking damaging components nearby!!.

Here’s what you do: Get a pair of Nail Cutters (The Pliers Type) or a normal pair of wire cutters (There a bit big but will work). At the top from the front next to the center pin snip away at the shell (Top) (3 Snips should do it. In doing so you will crack the black shell. Remove as much of the shell that comes free, Start to
de solder the Shell, as you will notice you only have to de solder one pin at a time. This way. De solder in this order: Shell left and right pins, Positive Pin (Back on pivot), then the earth pin. Some have more pins but I am sure you will figure it out.