Lenovo Laptop
Lenovo IdeaPad Y480 Disassembly
In this guide, I will explain how to disassemble the Lenovo IdeaPad Y480 to remove the RAM, wireless card, DVD drive, keyboard, palm rest, hard drive, speaker, heat sink, cooling fan, and motherboard.
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Unlock both switches and remove the battery.
The laptop comes with a 5600mAh Li-ion battery.
Remove the two screws securing the service cover, insert a screwdriver into the groove, pry it up, and remove the service cover.
Under the service cover, you can find the RAM, hard drive, DVD drive, and wireless card.
The laptop comes with a Samsung 4GB DDR3 RAM module. It has two memory slots, so you can add another memory module to upgrade the memory.
Remove one screw securing the DVD drive. Pull out and remove the DVD drive.
Remove the two screws securing the hard drive, use your fingers to grasp the black tape, lift it up, and take out the hard drive.
The Lenovo IdeaPad Y480 features a 1TB 2.5-inch hard drive.
Disconnect the two antenna cables and remove one screw. You can remove the wireless card.
The laptop comes with an Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200 wireless card.
Remove all marked screws from the bottom cover and take out the SD card from the slot.
Flip the laptop over and open it. Insert a pry tool at the top of the keyboard, then pry up and lift the keyboard.
Disconnect the keyboard cable from the motherboard and remove the keyboard.
Remove one screw securing the palm rest and disconnect the touchpad cable.
Insert a pry tool near the hinge, then slide it to gradually detach the palm rest from the laptop.
Lenovo IdeaPad Y480 palm rest
Under the palm rest, you can access the motherboard, speakers, and cooling fan.
Disconnect the cable and remove one screw. You can then take out the small circuit board, which features a USB port, a headphone jack, and a card reader slot.
Remove the four screws securing the speakers and disconnect the speaker cable. The JBL speakers can be removed.
Remove the three screws securing the motherboard.
Lift the motherboard and disconnect the LCD cable, DC jack power cable, and USB cable. Then, you can remove the motherboard.
Remove five screws securing the heat sink and disconnect the cooling fan cable. You can remove the heat sink and cooling fan.
On the motherboard, you can access the NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M graphics card and the Intel Core i7-3610M processor. By turning the screws marked with a red circle, you can remove the processor, allowing you to upgrade or replace it.
On the back of the motherboard, you can access the HM76 chipset and the CMOS battery
Remove one screw and remove the DC power jack cable.
Remove the screws securing the display hinge, then lift and remove the display assembly.
