Gateway GWTC116-2BL Motherboard Replacement

Written By: Christian Chapman
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Gateway GWTC116-2BL Motherboard Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

13

Time Required

10 minutes

Introduction

If your Gateway GWTC116-2BL laptop is having problems with no power, no display, no sound, random crashes, or error messages, you may be experiencing a faulty motherboard. The motherboard is the main circuit board that connects and controls all the components of the computer. This can entail things like RAM and hard drive ports. Replacing a motherboard is simple, and below has step-by-step instructions to help you replace it in an orderly fashion.

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    • Ground yourself before disassembling and handling the computer.

    • Remove the ten 3.0 mm Phillips #00 screws from the back panel of the laptop.

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    • Use the spudger to pry the back panel away from the body of the laptop.

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    • Remove the five 3.0 mm Phillips #00 screws.

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    • Using your fingers, flick open the battery connector bracket.

    • Remove the connector from bracket.

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    • Pull up the battery to remove from the base.

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    • Using your fingers, flick the cable connector bracket open.

    • Remove the cable from the connector.

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    • Using your fingers, disconnect the black and white connector brackets underneath the gray cable.

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    • Remove the four 3.0 mm Phillips #00 screws located on the motherboard casing.

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    • Peel the yellow tape off of the casing.

    • Lift the casing off of the motherboard.

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    • Peel off the yellow tape.

    • Remove four 3.0 mm Phillips #00 screws.

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    • Peel off the black piece of tape covering the display cable.

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    • Flick open the bracket securing the display cable and disconnect the cable from the motherboard.

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    • Remove the motherboard from the device.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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