LifeBook P7120D

Disassembly
ESD Precautions are required when working on this LifeBook computer.

Make sure the LifeBook is turned off before beginning this disassembly
procedure.

1. Turn the LifeBook over and 2. Slide out the Optical Drive.
remove the battery.

3. Extract 2 screws securing the 4. Lift the cover off and remove
upgradeable RAM compartment RAM if present.
cover.
5. Extract 3 screws from the Hard 6. Lift off the cover.
Disk Drive cover.

7. Disconnect the Drive cable. 8. Lift the drive out.

9. Extract 23 lower case screws. 10. Turn the LifeBook over and open
the cover.

11. Use a plastic screwdriver to pry 12. Tilt the keyboard up.
up the status panel cover and lift it
out.
13. Disconnect its cable and lift it 14. Extract 2 screws from the status
out. panel PCB.

15. Disconnect its cable and lift it 16. Extract 2 screws from the upper
out. cover and lift it up.

17. Disconnect the TouchPoint 18. Turn the upper cover over and
cable. extract one screw from the plastic
bracket covering the TouchPoint
button PCB.

19. Disconnect the ribbon cable 20. Lift off the bracket.
between the sensor and button PCB.
21. Lift out the button PCB. 22. Disconnect the SD card slot
ribbon cable from the system board.

23. Disconnect the right side USB 24. Disconnect the Bluetooth ribbon
connector ribbon cable from the cable from the daughterboard.
system board.

25. Extract 1 screw from the 26. Extract 1 screw from the metal
Bluetooth antenna. shield.

27. Lift the shield out. 28. Extract 2 screws from the
Bluetooth board.
29. Lift it off the shield. 30. Extract 1 screw from the right
side USB connector.

31. Remove it from the shield. 32. Extract 2 screws from the PC
Card PCB.

33. Lift it out and turn it over and 34. Disconnect the LAN cable.
disconnect the 2 antenna cables
from the WLAN card.

35. Press out on the locking clips to 36. Extract 4 screws from the
release the WLAN card and remove daughterboard.
it.
37. Lift it out, turn it over and 38. Extract 2 screws from the
disconnect the RJ11 connector’s modem.
cable from the modem.

39. Lift it off. 40. Disconnect the DC cable from

the system board.

41. Disconnect the display cable 42. Disconnect the external video
from the system board. cable from the system board.

43. Extract 2 screws from the system 44. Lift it out.

board.
45. Disconnect the speaker cable 46. Turn the system board over and
from the system board. disconnect the LAN cable.

47. Disconnect the CMOS battery 48. Press out on the locking clips to
cable. release the factory installed RAM
and lift it out.

49. Extract 2 screws from the 50. Peal off the adhesive cable
external video connector bracket. guide.

51. Extract 1 more screw from the 52. Tilt the bracket forward and lift it
video bracket. out.
53. Extract 1 screw from each of the 54. Lift the display off.
2 hinges.

55. Lift out the speaker covers and 56. Lift out the RJ11 connector.
speakers.

57. Lift out the RJ45 connector. 58. Extract 1 screw from the SD and
DC bracket.

59. Lift the bracket out. 60. Lift out the DC connector.
61. Lift out the SD card PCB. 62. Remove 4 screw covers from the
front of the display.

63. Extract 2 screws from the base of 64. Extract 4 screws from the front of
the display. the display.

65. Pry around the perimeter of the 66. Lift the front cover off.
display with a plastic screwdriver to
release the front cover from the rear.

67. Extract 4 screws from the front of 68. Tilt it up and remove the tape
the LCD. from the display cable.
69. Disconnect it and lift the LCD 70. Extract 1 screw from the right
out. hinge.

71. Lift it out and carefully slide it off 72. Extract 1 screw from the left
of the antenna cable. hinge.

73. Lift it out and extract 1 screw 74. Lift the cover off and route the
from its plastic cover. cables out.

75. Disconnect the cable bundle 76. Disconnect the cable bundle
from the microphone PCB. from right microphone and set it
aside.
77. Lift out the right microphone. 78. Extract 1 screw from the
microphone PCB.

79. Lift it and the left microphone

out and disconnect the microphone
cable from it.