Dell Vostro 1220 Hard Drive Replacement

To remove the battery, unlock the two latches outwards (Orange) and hold them to remove the battery (Red)

We're going to have to remove the top bar. To do this, simply unclip the edges carefully (no screws here).

The tablecloth is in the middle of the bar. We will remove it after the keyboard so be careful when handling not to tear it off

We have three screws to remove (red) below the bar that we unclipped in step 2 (be careful, the cable is still connected).

The keyboard unclips at the top and then removes by sliding upwards (the lower part inserts into the shell directly).

Disconnect the cable from the keyboard and the top bar so that you can remove the assembly and have access below.

To disconnect the CD player, turn the laptop over and remove the only screw that holds it.

Once the screw is removed, simply take out the CD player.

In order to disconnect the WiFi card, we will open the door by unscrewing two screws and unclipping the cover.

We then remove the two connectors from the Wi-Fi card.

Finally, we remove the cables from the front of the laptop (the Wi-Fi card is located behind the laptop but the antenna is located in the screen).

To disconnect the screen, we will detach the cable and the ground screw.

We will also disconnect the tablecloth from the motherboard.

In order to detach the part of the shell below the keyboard, we will remove the last screws behind the laptop.

The upper part of the shell is removed by sliding down.

We will first unclip both sides and the top, then we will slide the shell down

We will unscrew the hard drive cage as well as the tablecloth.

Then we slide the cage to the right.