How to Open Your VAIO Z1 (Click

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The following process will void your warranty (if any). It may also damage the components in your computer when done without care. Be sure to ground yourself by touching metal or wearing an antishock device before fiddling with the inner workings of your notebook.

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Welcome! This is my attempt at compiling my nowle!ge" photos I#$e ta en" an! pieces o% a now&o%%line tutorial into a simpli%ie!" 'nglish $ersion o% how to open your VAIO Z1( Notes: Important) The most crucial part of this process is to $%%& '!#( )*(%+) !(, -I"%.. I used baggies and labeled them/ using the same codes as seen in the instructions below. -o baggies0 'ou can also write the letters on a sheet of notebook paper and group them on the paper. *crew co$ers) n e1acto knife or thin part of a cheap hair barrette is good for removing the delicate sticky covers that hide some of the screws on the unit. *crew !ri$er) I used a simple stick-flat-head screw driver/ I believe 2mm in si3e/ from a basic toolkit to remove all of the screws. &hilips works e4ually as well/ as long as it is the correct si3e.

Wait! re you adding or changing 5%5!(' (( 5) only0 If so/ !-6' remove the screws labeled 7.7 in the diagram below. These are the only screws holding the keyboard in place.

1( +emo$e the ,attery

-( +emo$e the screws) The pictures ,elow in!icate which screws are the same an! may ,e groupe!( (.ig 1)
)crew 7*7 photo is cut off/ but it is the only missing screw type/ so group accordingly.

Fig. 1 )crews 7%7 are hidden by sticker panels. #se a thin ob8ect to remove the covers first. (9ig 2)

Fig. 2

/( 0are%ully turn the unit right si!e up( Open the !isplay an! slowly remo$e the

ey,oar!( 'ou can pull the keyboard upward/ holding on the top row of 79-keys7 - there are no latches or anything holding the keyboard down in this region. +hen the keyboard is lifted/ you will have to pull the keyboard out toward the screen - there are metal flaps at the bottom of the keyboard holding it into the unit. (emove the cable from the brown connector to free the keyboard (9ig : ; <). 6ift the brown flap on the connector to make the cable release easier.

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1( 2etach other ca,les that connect the palm rest to the main ,oar!( ()hown in 9ig < ; =)
These are white cables/ some with blue ends. ,rasp firmly and pull up to detach.

Fig. 4

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3( +emo$e palm rest ,e4el screws( (0ircle! in .ig 5)

Fig. 6 .on>t forget to keep those screws safe and organi3ed as well?

5( 6egin attempt to li%t up the palm rest ,e4el(

It may re4uire a bit of work/ and you may e1perience some resistance around the #)B port area. *areful? There>s another cable attached from the touchpad to the main board under here. (9ig @)

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0ongratulations! 'our "A is officially 7open.7 The rest of this tutorial gives you details for removing your hard drive. If you are going for something !TB%( than the B./ this concludes the tutorial. I hope that this will have helped you - no matter what your situation is.

7( +emo$e screws %rom the har! !ri$e assem,ly( (.ig 8)

!ne screw is underneath a black tape.

Fig. 8

8( +emo$e the har! !ri$e( (9ig C)

'ou may unscrew and remove the brackets to fit another hard drive into the computer.

Fig. 9

That>s all folks? I hope this will help some of you get into your "As in an organi3ed fashion. Be patient when re-assembling your unit. There are some pieces (like the loose bracket over the *. drive/ and the plastic port cover if removed) which may make aligning and closing the unit tedious.

6ose your screws0 -eed parts0 *heck out the parts page for help.
0re!its to) Dhttp://www13.big.or.jp/~tamai/vaio/columns/hard33.html (-on-active) +ritten by TamaE 9or the original international tutorial and the blackFwhite photos (recovered via scanner from laser printer print outs) D5e for the color photos of my 7roadkill7 "A (the unit spent awhile in the street one day)/ and my translatedFelaborated instructions. 9uestions : 0omments) maki@vaioz.com

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