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Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown

Written By: geekinthebasement (and 2 other contributors)
Published: November 9, 2012
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Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown

Written By: geekinthebasement (and 2 other contributors)
Published: November 9, 2012
  • Comments: 4
  • Favorites: 8
  • Views: 21k

Teardown

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This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Sony VAIO PCG-61411L, use our service manual.

  1. Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown, Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown: step 1, image 1 of 3 Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown, Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown: step 1, image 2 of 3 Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown, Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown: step 1, image 3 of 3

    • In this guide I'll be doing a full disassembly of a Sony VAIO PCG-61411L laptop. My hope is that you will find some helpful information here and possibly save some money! lets get started!

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  2. Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown: step 2, image 1 of 1

    • First unlock the battery with the sliding locks (marked with orange indicators), and lift battery up and out.

    • When working with laptops always remove batteries or charging cords first, if possible, as powering the unit while touching the components can be fatal to you or the device!

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  3. Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown: step 3, image 1 of 3 Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown: step 3, image 2 of 3 Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown: step 3, image 3 of 3

    • Next loosen the hard drive cover screws as shown (marked with red indicators picture 1) And remove the hard drive bay cover.

    • Remove screws from indicated areas (picture 2).

    • place screws in a safe location or container (I use powerade bottle caps to separate screws from different parts of a project)

    • Use the tab (indicated in picture 3) to pull the hard drive to the side and lift it free.

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  5. Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown: step 4, image 1 of 3 Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown: step 4, image 2 of 3 Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown: step 4, image 3 of 3

    • Loosen the screw marked (indicated in the red circle) and pull the RAM bay cover free. (the cover has plastic tabs on the sides and may take a few tries to free it.)

    • push the metal tabs on either side of the RAM chips, making them lean up slightly, and pull both chips free

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  6. Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown: step 5, image 1 of 2 Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown: step 5, image 2 of 2

    • Remove 2 screws (indicated in first picture).

    • Pull CD drive from the laptop.

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  7. Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown: step 6, image 1 of 3 Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown: step 6, image 2 of 3 Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown: step 6, image 3 of 3

    • Remove the 15 screws indicated by red circles setting them aside in their own container

    • Remove the 3 screws indicated by yellow circles setting them aside in their own container as well

    • Pull up on tab in the RAM bay as indicated. (the black pull tab may detach, don't worry it will not affect performance)

    • Gently begin to pull the bottom casing free

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  8. Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown: step 7, image 1 of 2 Sony VAIO PCG-61411L Teardown: step 7, image 2 of 2

    • Begin unplugging cords from the motherboard in designated locations

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4 Comments

I would have to say a partial disassembly, unless I'm missing pages somewhere?

Colm - Reply

As a matter of fact there are 20 (not 15) small black screws (in addition to the 3 silver ones) that hold down the bottom casing. Also, I could not pull the tab in the RAM bay, but was able to rotate the bottom casing around that cable to access the fan, which needed cleaning.

xjekeli - Reply

I have same model of this laptop and the same colore I need motherboard where I can find it and how buy it by laptop model or motherboard have model number.

Hossam Thapit - Reply

How about an actual Sony part number for the hard drive caddy that this model used? User removed the drive and tray, then lost both. I can fit an SSD into place but have to use some high-density packing foam to keep it from sliding off the connector. Can't find a service manual for this unit anywhere, let alone a drive caddy, and especially not when I have no idea what it really looks like, except from the 2 pics you have of it, but there's a number of them that look the same. Thx.

Giulio Moro - Reply

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