Packard Bell EasyNote MB Series Disassembly Guide
Table of Contents Overview ..................................................................................................................3 Technician Notes......................................................................................................3 Disassembly Instructions..........................................................................................3 Reassembly Instructions ..........................................................................................3 Required Tools ..
Overview This document contains step-by-step disassembly instructions for the EasyNote MB series. The instructions are illustrated where necessary with images of the part of the device that is being removed or disassembled. Packard Bell reserves the right to make changes to the EasyNote MB series without notice. Technician Notes Only technicians authorized by Packard Bell B.V. should attempt to repair this equipment.
Battery 1. 2. Push aside the 2 clips securing the battery. Fig. 1 Removing the battery. Pull out the battery Hard disk 1. 2. Remove the battery Remove the screw securing the hard disk cover. Fig. 2 The bottom of the notebook. Note: the screw does NOT stay attached to the cover.
3. 4. Take away the HDD cover Pull the hard disk to the left and lift it out. Fig. 3 The HDD compartment.. 5. Remove the 2 screws of the HDD bracket and take away the bracket. Fig. 4 The HDD and its bracket. Note: The EasyNote MB series use S-ATA hard disks. S-ATA hard disks have no master/slave settings (so no jumpers needed).
Optical Drive 1. 2. Remove the battery Remove the 2 screws securing the optical drive. Fig. 5 The optical drive screws. 3. Use the emergency-eject to open the drive tray. Pull the drive out. Close the tray again. Fig. 6 Removing the optical drive.
4. Remove the 2 brackets from the optical drive (1x 2 and 1x 1 screws). Fig. 7 The optical drive brackets. 5. Remove the bezel: push the 2 clips to push the bezel loose Fig. 8 Removing the optical drive bezel. Memory Modules 1. 2. Remove the battery. Remove the 4 screws for the large cover on the bottom of the unit. Fig. 9 The bottom base screws.
Note: the screws stay attached to the cover. 3. 4. Lift the door out. The memory module(s) are located in the bottom middle of the compartment. To release the modules, push the metal clips aside. This will release the module. Fig. 10 Removing the memory modules. Note: it may be necessary to push the WLAN antenna aside to have enough clearance for the left-side clip of the bottom SO-DIMM slot. 5. Lift the memory module out.
Fig. 11 The bottom base screws. Note: the screws stay attached to the cover. 3. 4. Lift the door out. The Wireless LAN adapter is located to the left side. Remove the two screws securing the card and lift the card up. Fig. 12 Removing the wireless card..
5. 6. Now disconnect the WLAN antenna. Note the colour of each wire that is attached to each connector, to ensure proper reconnection during reassembly. Remove the card from its slot. Note: dependent on the model there may be 2 or 3 antennas. Some cards use ‘ main’and ‘ aux’instead of numbers to indicate the antenna connectors. TV-Card (optional) 1. 2. Remove the battery. Remove the 4 screws of the cover on the bottom base (see Fig 9). Note: the screws stay attached to the cover. 3. 4.
Intel Turbo Memory Module (optional) 1. An Intel Turbo Memory module can be used instead of a TV-card. Disassembly instructions are therefore identical, except that there is no antenna on a Turbo Memory Module. CPU 1. 2. Remove the battery. Remove the 4 screws of the cover on the bottom base (see Fig. 9Fig 9). Note: the screws stay attached to the cover. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Lift the door out. Remove the 2 screws securing the fan. Disconnect the fan power cable. Lift out the fan.
Fig. 14 The heatsink. 8. Lift out the heatsink. 9. 10. Fig. 15 The CPU. Turn the screw in the CPU socket 180 degrees. Lift the CPU out. Note: The socket used on the EasyNote MB65, MB66, MB85 and MB86 resembles the CPU socket used for older Celeron M, Pentium M, Core Duo and Core 2 Duo systems a lot. However, it is not pin-compatible! Only “Socket P”CPUs can be used.
Keyboard 1. 2. Remove the battery Push back the 4 clips securing the keyboard. Fig. 16 The keyboard clips. 3. 4. Lift up the keyboard. Disconnect the flatcable Fig. 17 The keyboard flatcable. 5. Lift out the keyboard. LCD Assembly 1. 2. 3. 4. Remove the battery. Disconnect the WLAN antenna as described above. Remove screw ‘ 3’from the heatsink to loosen the grounding cable. Disconnect the LCD Cable.
Fig. 18 The LCD cable. 5. 6. Remove two screws located near the edges on the rear side bottom of the unit. Remove the two screws from the rear side of the unit. Fig. 19 The bottom of the notebook. 7. 8. Remove the 2 hinge covers. You can leverage them loose with a small flathead screwdriver. Open the LCD panel to an upright position (90 degree angle with the base unit) and lift the panel out.
LCD Panel 1. 2. Remove the LCD Assembly as described above Remove the 6 rubber stoppers in the LCD bezel. Note: the 2 rubber stoppers used on the upper corners are different from the other 4 rubbers. 3. Remove the screws in the bezel. Fig. 20 The LCD panel. 4. 5. 6. 7. Remove the LCD bezel; it is clicked in place. Disconnect both cables from the inverterboard, and the cable connected to the webcam. Lift out the LCD panel. Remove the 6 screws (3 at each side) to remove the LCD brackets.
Fig. 21 The LCD brackets and the inverterboard. Webcam 1. 2. 3. Remove the LCD Assembly as described above Remove LCD bezel as described above. Disconnect the cable from the webcam. Fig. 22 The webcam. 4. 5. Remove the 2 screws from the webcam module. Lift out the webcam module.
Inverterboard 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Remove the LCD Assembly as described above Remove LCD bezel as described above. Disconnect the 2 cables from the inverterboard. Remove the screw from the inverterboard. Remove the inverterboard; it is glued in place. Wireless Antenna 1. 2. Remove the LCD Assembly and Panel as described above Remove the 2 screws of both the wireless antenna clips. Fig. 23 One of the wireless antenna clips. 2. 3. Peel the optional 3rd antenna loose; it is glued to the metallic foil. Fig.
Top Cover 1. Remove the battery, hard disk, optical drive, memory modules, Wireless LAN, TV-Card or Intel Turbo Memory, CPU, keyboard and LCD Assembly as described above. Remove the remaining screws in the bottom base (8 long screws, 2 shorter screws in the hard disk bay and 2 in the optical drive bay). 2. Fig. 25 The bottom of the notebook. 3. Remove the 2 screws from the top cover. Fig. 26 The keyboard area. 4. Disconnect the three cables accessible from the top cover.
5. Remove the top cover. Mainboard 1. 2. 3. Remove the top cover, as described above. Remove the 2 hex-bolts adjacent to the DVI-I Connector. Disconnect all cables from the mainboard. 4. Fig. 27 The bottom base assembly. Remove the 6 screws marked with a screw-sign on the mainboard. Fig. 28 The screw-sign icon.
Bluetooth Module 1. 2. Remove the top cover as described above. Disconnect the Bluetooth cable from the Bluetooth module. 3. Fig. 29 The Bluetooth cable. Take out the Bluetooth module; it is glued in place. USB and Audio board 1. 2. 3. Remove the top cover as described above. Disconnect the flatcable from the USB/Audio board. Remove the USB/Audio board screw and lift out the board. Fig. 30 The audio board.
DC Jack 1. 2. Remove the top cover as described above. Disconnect the DC jack connector from the mainboard. Fig. 31 The DC jack connector. 3. Remove the metal shield covering the DC Jack and modem connector. Fig. 32 The small metal shield. 4. Lift the DC Jack from its bracket.
Modem Connector 1. 2. 3. 4. Remove the mainboard as described as above. Remove the metal shield covering the DC Jack and modem connector. Lift the modem connector from its bracket. Remove the modem cable from the clips securing it in place. Speakers and Subwoofer The speakers and subwoofer are shipped as part of the bottom base and do not require further disassembly.
Reassembly Notes When reassembling the device, please take notice of the order in which the parts can be put back and reattached. Notice The information in this guide is subject to change without notice. This guide contains information protected by copyright. No part of this guide may be photocopied or reproduced in any form or by any means without prior written consent from Packard Bell B.V. PACKARD BELL B.V.
