Sony Vaio PCG-TR3A Teardown

Unplug the power cable before removing the battery.

Slide the 2 sliders on the under side of the laptop to the unlock position, as shown.

Grasp the battery and tilt it out at an angle - not straight out.

Unscrew the pictured screwed holding the memory cover in place.

Pry the cover open carefully (flathead screwdriver might help)

To remove the RAM memory sticks, push both metal pieces holding them in place outwards, and the sticks will pop up. -picture of RAM inside -

Pull the sticks out carefully. - Picture of the RAM stick -

Using a small spudger, pry up the two rubber feet to reveal the screw holes underneath.

Unscrew the rest of the screws on the underside of the PCG-TR3A.

Note: for ease of reassembly, keep track of which screws go where.

Flip the laptop over and open the display carefully - the keyboard and bezel will be loose.

Lift the keyboard away from the top carefully.

**WARNING** The keyboard has a connector to the motherboard. Disconnect this before completely removing it.

Remove the one screw holding the top assembly on.

Unplug the trackpad connector from the board.

Maneuver the palm rest away from the bottom half of the machine. Both the palm rest and trackpad will come off together.

Remove the three screws holding the hard drive and optical drive in place.

Lift up on the connectors connecting the drives to the board and lift the drives up to remove them.

To remove Wi-Fi card, first disconnect both display wires on the top right.

Then slide both of the metal pieces holding it down outwards, and it will pop up.

Carefully pull it out.

Remove the three screws holding the board in place.

Disconnect the ribbon cables connecting the daughterboards to the motherboard and the large connector in the middle of the board.

Lift up the board gently. There will be two connectors on the underside of the board. Disconnect them before completely removing the board.