Re: replacing HD in Latitude x300

Before removing the Hard-Disk drive:

· Remove the AC power.

· Remove the battery.

· Remove the keyboard.

· Remove the palm rest



Turn the system over to access the screws holding the keyboard.



Remove the four screws marked K.

3.


Turn the system top side up to gain access to the keyboard.
Place a small slotted screwdriver in the slot just under the Microsoft key.
Pry the keyboard forward.


CAUTION: To keep from damaging the keyboard, it is
advisable to hold the Microsoft key down while applying pressure with the
slotted screwdriver.


4.


Lift the keyboard to access the keyboard cable connection.

5.


Lift the keyboard cable up to disconnect the keyboard from the
system board.

6.


Lift the keyboard up and remove it.


7.


Reverse the previous steps to replace the keyboard 8.
.



· Remove the keyboard



Turn the system with the bottom side facing up.



Remove the three screws from the bottom of the system.



Place the system right side up and open the display to remove
the five screws on the palm rest.



Lift the palm rest upward and rotate it foward.



Lift the ZIF connector, and then disconnect the palm rest from
the ZIF connector on the system board.


NOTE: A locator line has been added near the end of the
palm rest flex cable. When replacing the palm rest flex cable, press the
cable into the connector until the line aligns with the system board. (The
locator line may reappear after the connector is closed, which should not
indicate a problem with the connector.)



Reverse the previous steps to the palm rest.



Loosen the four screws that secure the hard drive to the system board.


NOTE: Rubber gromments secure each screw to the hard drive, so it
is not necessary to completely remove the screws.



Disconnect the hard drive connector from the system board.



Lift the hard drive up and out of the system.



Reverse the previous steps to the hard drive.





<steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1128011002.520247.229970@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The first day of a 9 day road trip I got the BSOD on my Latitude x300
> and it hasn't booted since. I suspect the HD may need replacement.
> Without going into all the symptoms and diagnosis steps here (I've got
> help with that coming, actually) - if it DOES prove necessary to
> replace the hard drive, I'd love some help with that.
>
> 1. Source for a replacement drive? Mail-order or otherwise, in the US?
>
> 2. Process for removing/installing? I've found a few websites where
> someone has done the whole take-photos-document-the-tricky-bits in a
> laptop but haven't found it for the x300 specifically. Is that
> removable panel on the underside where we start? I've done this
> replacement on a desktop machine, but never on a laptop and so am a bit
> intimidated, but am eager to do it myself!
>
> Thanks!
>


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