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How to take apart Toshiba Satellite P30 laptop.

STEP 1

Turn the unit upside down and remove the battery. 
Remove five screws securing the Wi-Fi card / memory card cover and the hard drive cover. 
Remove all covers.

STEP 2

Remove the memory modules.
Remove the hard drive disk.
Remove one screw securing the metal brace over the wireless card.
Disconnect the Wi-Fi card cables and remove the card. 

STEP 3

Remove one screw securing the DVD drive.

STEP 4

Remove the DVD drive.

STEP 5

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Remove all marked screws on the bottom of the laptop.

STEP 6

Turn the laptop right side up.
Insert a thin object under the securing strip and lift it up. Be careful, it may be very tight.

STEP 7

Remove the securing strip.

STEP 8

Remove two screws securing the keyboard. 
Press on the lock in the center to release the keyboard. 
Lift off the keyboard.

STEP 9

Lift the keyboard off the base and disconnect the flat cable on the system board. 

STEP 10

Remove two screws securing the display hinges.
Pull the wireless card antenna cables through the opening in the system board.
Disconnect the LCD screen cable on the system board. 

STEP 11

Lift the display assembly off the base and remove it.

STEP 12

Remove six marked screws. One screw on the top would be hidden under the seal. 
Disconnect the touchpad flat cable on the system board. 

STEP 13

Using a guitar pick, carefully separate the top cover from the base.

STEP 14

Lift the top cover off the base and remove it.

STEP 15

Remove two hex screws on the back of the notebook.

STEP 16

Disconnect the right and left speakers on the system board.
Remove three screws securing the system board.

STEP 17

Lift off the system board and carefully remove if from the base.

STEP 18

Remove two screws securing the modem card and disconnect the cable on the system board.
Lift off the modem card. 

STEP 19

Remove four screws securing the CPU fans.
Hold the fan assembly and turn the system board over.

STEP 20

Disconnect the CPU fan cables on the system board.
Remove the fan assembly.

STEP 21

Remove four screws with springs securing the cooling module.
Carefully lift the cooling module off the CPU.

STEP 22

Turn the CPU lock to unlock position.
Carefully lift off the CPU. 

STEP 23

DONE!!!