Lenovo IdeaPad U430 Touch Motherboard Replacement

Power off your computer before you begin.

Find and remove the 10 Phillips style body screws on the bottom of the laptop case.

Starting from the front, use a plastic opening tool to separate the bottom of the case from the body of the laptop.

Remove the five 2.8 mm #1 Phillips head screws that hold down the battery pack.

Using a combination of plastic opening tool and spudger, press in on the clips on the sides of the battery connector and push the connector out

When you get the connector out far enough, grab behind the connector tabs with tweezers and wiggle the connector the rest of the way out.

Once the battery is disconnected, lift up on the front of the battery and remove it from the laptop body.

Disconnect all 5 ZIF ribbon connectors from the motherboard.

Using a plastic spudger, liift up and remove the hard drive and screen flat-topped connectors

Use the spudger and metal tweezers to remove the two cable connectors and two bundled cable connectors.

Use the plastic spudger to lift up and remove the two antenna connectors.

Unscrew the three 3mm #1 Phillips head screws holding down the cooling assembly and fan.

Remove the cooling assembly from the motherboard.

Unscrew all seven 2.8mm #1 Phillips head screws that secure the motherboard to the laptop.

Lift the motherboard out of the laptop case.