Unplug the speaker cable (left) and the Bluetooth card cable (right) from the system board. Remove five screws securing the motherboard. Lift up and remove the top cover assembly. Unplug the touch pad cable from the system board. Remove four screws securing the top cover.
Remove two screws from each display hinge.Ĭarefully lift up and remove the LCD assembly. Release the wireless card antenna cables. Release the cable and remove the keyboard. Lift up the keyboard as it shown on the picture below and place it upside down on the palm rest. Start removing the hinge cover with a small flathead screwdriver and continue removing it with your fingers. If you are replacing the keyboard, you simply remove one green screw in the step 1 and two green screws in the step 5 and then proceed to steps 7,8,9,10. Two screws marked with green circles are securing the keyboard. Push the drive to the right and remove it. Remove one screw securing the CD/DVD drive. Loosen four screws securing the heat sink assembly (red circles).Ĭarefully lift up the heat sink assembly and separate it from the motherboard.ĭisconnect the cooling fan cable from the motherboard. Remove one screw securing the wireless card and remove the card. In order to disconnect the hard drive from the motherboard, you’ll have to slide it assembly to the left, lift up and remove.ĭisconnect two antenna cables from the wireless card, simply unsnap them from the card using your fingers. Remove two screws (red circle) securing the hard drive. Remove one screw (orange circle) securing the Wi-Fi card cover. There are two more keyboard screws under the memory cover. Remove one screw (yellow circle) securing the keyboard. Remove seven screws (yellow circles) securing the memory cover. Turn off the computer, unplug the AC adapter and remove the battery. I’ll be removing the system board so I can access and repair the jack. Apparently, there is a problem with the power socket (DC jack) and it has to be replaced or resoldered. In order to charge it I have to adjust the AC adapter plug inside the power socket on the back of the laptop. In my case the battery started charging intermittently with the AC adapter connected. Please cycle your Power Bank by fully charge and discharge it for 3~5 times to allow it to reach its maximum rated capacity before use.I think my disassembly instructions will work for other Gateway NX570 models too. Note: New Power Bank is normally shipped in its partially charged condition. Children must not play unsupervised near the product and its connections.