Precision 7730 Teardown Removal Guide for Customer Replaceable Parts (CRUs)

Pre-removal instructions before removing the battery:

1. During installation or removal of any hardware, always ensure that all data is backed up properly.

2. Disconnect any telephone, network, or USB cables from the computer.

3. Disconnect the computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

Open the battery cover by sliding the battery catch release towards the unlock icon[1]. Slide the cover towards the base and lift up to remove the battery cover from the computer [2].

To remove the 6-Cell battery, disconnect the cable from the motherboard and remove the cable from the routing channel[1]. Remove the three screws holding the battery to the chassis [2]. Remove the battery from the computer [3].

To Remove the 4-Cell battery, disconnect the cable from the motherboard [1], remove the two screws that secure the battery to the chassis [2] and remove the battery from the chassis [3].

Pre-removal instructions before removing the main access panel:

1. During installation or removal of any hardware, always ensure that all data is backed up properly.

2. Disconnect any telephone, network, or USB cables from the computer.

3. Disconnect the computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

4. Remove the Battery.

With the computer on its lid, remove the two screws that secure the cover to the chassis [1] and slide the cover towards the top of the computer to unlock it from the chassis and lift it away [2].

Pre-removal instructions before removing the keyboard trim:

1. During installation or removal of any hardware, always ensure that all data is backed up properly.

2. Disconnect any telephone, network, or USB cables from the computer.

3. Disconnect the computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

4. Remove the System Cover and Battery.

Using a plastic scribe or similar tool, pry up the trim starting at the recess points along the top edge [1] and [2], and continue around the trim going in a clockwise direction.

Lift the trim up remove from the computer.

Pre-removal instructions before removing the keyboard:

1. During installation or removal of any hardware, always ensure that all data is backed up properly.

2. Disconnect any telephone, network, or USB cables from the computer.

3. Disconnect the computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

4. Remove the System Cover, Battery, and Keyboard Trim.

With the computer on its lid, lift the latch and disconnect the keyboard cable, the fingerprint cable and the fingerprint button cable from the connector.

Turn the computer back onto its base and open the computer up. Remove the five screws that secure the keyboard to the chassis [1] and then pry the bottom edge of the keyboard and the left and right sides [2, 3, 4].

Slide the keyboard towards the palm rest and lift up and out of the computer.

Pre-removal instructions before removing the memory:

1. During installation or removal of any hardware, always ensure that all data is backed up properly.

2. Disconnect any telephone, network, or USB cables from the computer.

3. Disconnect the computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

4. Remove the System Cover, and Battery.

Pull the metal clips on the short sides of the memory DIMM apart, until the module pops up at an angle to the connector [1].

Lift the memory DIMM out of the computer [2].

Pre-removal instructions before removing the hard drive:

1. During installation or removal of any hardware, always ensure that all data is backed up properly.

2. Disconnect any telephone, network, or USB cables from the computer.

3. Disconnect the computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

4. Remove the System Cover and Battery.

With the computer on its lid, you must slide the hard drive release latch into the unlock position [1], remove the four screws from each corner [1] of the hard drive bracket [2], flip up the tab at the end of the bracket, [3] then push the hard drive bracket to the center of the chassis and lift it up and away from the computer [4].

Remove the four screws that secure the hard drive to the bracket and lift the hard drive out of the bracket.

Pre-removal instructions before removing the solid-state drive (SSD):

1. During installation or removal of any hardware, always ensure that all data is backed up properly.

2. Disconnect any telephone, network, or USB cables from the computer.

3. Disconnect the computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

4. Remove the System Cover and Battery.

To remove the SSD when located in Slot 4, remove the screw that secures the end of the SSD assembly to the motherboard [1], pull the release latch to unlock the SSD assembly [2] and remove the SSD assembly from the computer [3].

To remove the SSD from the SSD assembly, remove the single screw securing the thermal plate to the assembly [1]. Remove the thermal plate and take out the single screw securing the SSD [3] to the assembly and lift the SSD up and out of the assembly [4].

To remove the SSD when located in Slot 3, 5 or 6, remove the screw that secures the end of the thermal plate to the motherboard [1], remove the thermal plate [2]. Take out the single screw that secures the SSD to the motherboard [3] and remove the SSD from the computer [4].

Pre-removal instructions before removing the SD card:

1. During installation or removal of any hardware, always ensure that all data is backed up properly.

2. Disconnect any telephone, network, or USB cables from the computer.

3. Disconnect the computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets.

Push the SD card further into the machine and release. Once it pops out the side of the computer, grip it and pull it the rest of the way out of the machine.