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It is a bit tricky but with practice it gets easy.
Continuing on… Upon pulling the top and sides outward, I will insert my finger (you can use a pry
tool or pick) in between the screen and the front bezel bottom portion of the frame… Then I will slide
my finger across from right to left while pulling outward slightly, this should ―popǁ the tabs and it
will pull the 2 pieces apart if they are being secured with any double sided tape strips.
Note here that with some front bezels, you will need to gently pull upward while at the same time
―poppingǁ the tab by wedging the pick between the screen and bezel and prying outward…
Note that Front Bezels/Frames do not have any attached wires or cables. Also note that certain
models like DELL will have a hinge extension piece that extends into the hinge cover. So if you are
removing the bezel without first removing the screen away from the laptop, you will need to pull this
extension piece out of the hinge area, do this carefully but you will be able to with some patience…
Hopefully you have removed the front bezel, I will now move on.
You should have the screen in front of you, the hinges and hinge rails should still be connected.
You will first want to remove the retaining screws that secure the screen side rails to the screen.
These side rails are almost always directly connected to the hinges. Typically there are 2 to 4 screws
on both sides of the screen, magnetize your Micro sized Phillips head screwdriver and remove all
screws on both sides of the screen, set aside.
Make Sure you separate your Upper Half Screen Parts from your Lower Half Parts, this includes all
screws and covers.
Some hinge rails will also have screws at the top that you will be removing and on the bottom you
will remove to allow the screen to be removed. I will typically leave the bottom screws – securing
the hinge to the lid – unscrewed, and I will pull the screen away from the rear lid (the only tricky part
doing it this way is the bottom – side rail screw, it can be difficult to remove this one without
loosening or removing the bottom hinge screws).
Now, before you pull the screen from the rear lid, unplug the Webcam (if applicable), and unplug
the CCFL bulb wires/plug from the power inverter. If able to, unplug the display cable wire set that
runs to the power inverter.