HP 15-f009wm Hard Drive Replacement

Written By: Alex Birchler

Comments: 4

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

10 minutes

Introduction

This guide explains how to remove the Hard Drive from the HP 15-f009wm notebook computer. This could be done to either replace a corrupt Hard Drive or to upgrade to a larger Hard Drive.

Tools

Parts

Step 1

Turn laptop upside down.
Flip the lock switch to the unlocked setting.

Step 2

Flip the release switch.
Once the flip is switched, the battery should pop out.

Step 4

Remove the two Phillips #1 screws from the RAM panel.

Step 5

Use the plastic opening tool to pop the panel off.

Step 6

Release the tabs on each side of the chip by simultaneously pushing each tab away from the RAM.
These tabs lock the chip in place and releasing them will cause the chip to "pop" up.

Step 8

Remove the sixteen 7mm Phillips #1 screws from the bottom panel.

Step 10

Remove the three 2mm Phillips #00 screws found underneath the disk drive.

Step 11

Remove the single 4mm Phillips #1 screw from the Wi-Fi card.
Pull the Wi-Fi card out of the motherboard.

Step 12

Open the laptop.
Use a plastic opening tool to pop out the keyboard by starting at the top and working your way around the perimeter.

Step 13

Open the screen up until it lays flat and rotate the laptop until the screen is closest to you.
Lift the keyboard from the laptop.
Use a spudger to lift up the black latch on the ZIF connector and remove the ribbon cable.

Step 14

Remove the five 7mm Phillips #1 screws found underneath the keyboard.

Step 15

Use a spudger to lift the black tabs on the ZIF connectors.
Remove the ribbon cables from the ZIF connectors.

Step 16

Use a plastic opening tool to pop the palm rest off of the laptop.
Lift and remove the palm rest.

Step 16 - Note

This repair guide is “almost perfect” for HP model 15-f100dx EXCEPT - removal of the Palm Rest - MUST REMOVE BACK (under Display Panel) FIRST! Attempting to remove using - the “Begin at front corner” method “WILL LIKELY CAUSE DAMAGE”. HP is generally pretty good about supplying service manuals. I find it interesting that many of the models within 15-xxxxdx series - no “online” manuals are available. I cannot say if these manuals were ever available and HP removed them from the support site, or they never existed. This genre was during the time HP was having heat issues and conflicts with “nVidia” over “WHO was actually to blame for the heat issues”. Nonetheless, at the end of the day it was and still is us lowly consumers (and repair Techs) that were and still are the MOST affected & damaged parties. Just my humble opinion…

Hope this helps,

Doug

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