- 1). Turn off your Acer Aspire laptop, close the LCD display, disconnect the power supply, remove the battery pack and any miscellaneous cables and external devices.
- 2). Attach an antistatic wrist wrap to your wrist, and then attach the wire clip to the laptop's casing or chassis. This will help prevent shock from static electricity. Place the laptop face-down.
- 3). Remove the single screws attaching the Wi-Fi card, hard drive and RAM module covers to the bottom laptop casing. Remove the covers, and then set them to the side.
- 4). Remove the single screw attaching the Wi-Fi card to the logic board, and then disconnect the Wi-Fi antennae from the wireless card. Lift the Wi-Fi card out of the laptop, and then set it to the side.
- 5). Disengage the retaining tabs from either side of the RAM modules, and then slide the module out of the memory compartment at a 45 degree angle, and then set it to the side.
- 6). Slide the hard drive out of its compartment, and then set it to the side very carefully. Place the laptop face-up, and then open the LCD display as far as it will go.
- 7). Use a small flat-head screwdriver to pry up on the keyboard cover. The cover is located between the keyboard and the LCD screen. Remove the keyboard cover from the laptop and set it to the side.
- 8). Remove the two Phillips-head screws attaching the keyboard to the laptop frame. Lift up on the keyboard and place it face-down over the palm rest. Disconnect the keyboard ribbon connector from the logic board, and then lift the keyboard out of the laptop and set it to the side.
- 9). Remove the four Phillips-head screws attaching the LCD hinges to the laptop. Lift the LCD screen up off of the laptop base. Disconnect the LCD video cable, and then set the LCD display to the side very carefully.
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Remove the remaining Phillips-head screws from the top casing. Lift the top casing up out of the laptop base, and then set it to the side. - 11
Remove the Phillips-head screws attaching the heat sink to the motherboard. Lift it out of the laptop and set it to the side. The heat sink is a big metal piece attached to a long copper piece protruding out of it. - 12
Turn the single Phillips-head screw securing the processor in place. Lift the CPU out of the motherboard and set it to the side. - 13
Install the new CPU by repeating the previous steps in reverse order.
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