IBM ThinkPad 701C/CS Disassembly

Remove the 5mm screw with a T6 Torx bit from the right side by the screen hinge.

Rotate the laptop so the screen hinge is at the rear. Remove the 16mm screw using a T6 Torx bit.

Open the screen so its a bit past vertical and rotate the back of the laptop toward you.

Using a plastic spudger, push the two plastic tabs while lifting up gently on the top plate.

Lay the screen completely flat and use a plastic spudger to push the back of the top plate up and towards you.

You should now able to lift the top plate up and out, exposing the LCD converter board and keyboard track.

Remove the PCMCIA cover by pushing out on the top edge and rotating downward to release the hard drive.

Remove the Hard disk drive by sliding the unlock button and pushing it out.

Flip the laptop over so the screen hinge is facing away from you. Remove the 8mm screw at the top left with a T6 Torx bit.

Remove the three (3) 6mm screws from the middle and bottom right with a T6 Torx bit.

Remove the 10mm screw from the top center with a T6 Torx bit.

Remove the four (4) 2mm screws freom the front of the lowe case using a T1 Torx bit.

Flip the laptop over so that the display hinge is facing you and open the display to a 90 degree angle from the chasis.

Remove the four (4) 7.5mm screws from the back using a T6 Torx bit. At this point the screen will come free.

Carefully pull up to remove it from its posts and rest backwards, exposing the next screw.

Remove the 5mm screw from the top right of the chasis using a T6 Torx bit.

To remove the keyboard, push the assembly back towards the display, releasing it from the front clips and tilt it up towards the display.

Using a plastic Spudger tool, remove the ribbon cables from connectors and set it aside.

Lift off the keyboard and set aside.

Disconnect microphone cable from the daughter board using a plastic spudger tool.

Disconnect the power cable to the display inverter board.

Disconnect display ribbon cables from the daughter board using a plastic spudger tool.

Pull the display up and away and set aside.

Disconnect the speaker cable.

Use a plastic spuger to press down on the system board where indicated during the next step to safely disconnect the daughter board from the main system board.

To disconnect daughter board from connector. Tilt up from right side and remove up and to the left.

Remove two (2) 5mm scews close to the connector using a T6 Torx bit.

Turn the case around so the back is facing you and remove two (2) 6mm screws from the back holding the connector to the metal stiffener.

Lift off main board.

Using a plastic spudger or a hobby knife, carefully loosen the glue between the speaker and the case.

Remove the speaker and set aside.

Remove the four (4) 8mm screws from the inside frame using a T6 Torx bit.

Lift the inner housing from the bottom. There are 4 clips to dislodge on the edge of the screen.

The top may be glued to the outer frame, so after you release the clips on the side, you'll want to tilt the inner frame away from you.

Lift inner housing out and set aside.

Tilt the display so you can see the under side. Remove the four (4) 7.5mm screws from the bottom using a T6 Torx bit to release the hinges.

Life the hinges out from the top and set aside, along with the metal keyboard guide attached to the left.

You can now tilt out and remove the display from the housing.