Turn the laptop over and locate the lock and battery release switches. Unlock the battery by changing the switch on the right from locked to unlocked by sliding the switch outward.
Make sure to turn off the laptop, unplug the device and/or remove any batteries.
Open the laptop so the display screen is bent fully back with the display facing upward, parallel to the surface you are working on.
Wedge the Phillips 00 screwdriver above the F1 key, and separate the top piece of plastic from the body of the laptop. Don't worry about breaking it! You will need to forcefully wedge the screwdriver under the plastic, simultaneously pushing upward and forward.
Once that section has popped up, work on pulling the rest of the plastic piece up and out, alternating from left to right.
Completely remove the plastic piece from the body of the laptop.
Using the Phillips 1 screwdriver, unscrew the two 3mm screws located at the top corners of the keyboard. (See the second picture for additional clarification.)
Turn the laptop over, so that you are now looking at the bottom of the laptop.
Using the Phillips #1 screwdriver remove the fourteen 6mm screws.
Using the Phillips #1 screwdriver remove the three 4mm screws.
Before beginning this guide, make sure you have disconnected the seven wires described in step 4 of the keyboard guide (the guide that proceeds this one).
Completely remove the display piece by pulling between the silver display-component and the black bottom-component. The display- component is an all-in-one component pictured here.
You may need to use the plastic opening tool to pry the two sections apart
Manufacturer sells the display piece, pictured here, as a complete piece for replacement purposes.