When you first open the unit, you want to remove the upper half containing the screen itself. Gently seperating the cover you will note two white wires attached to the screen on one end, and a small daughter board on the other. They are attached to the daughter board via a small two wire connector. DO NOT try to remove the connector, instead just gently lift the entire daughter board (white wires attached) off the the four pins it is spindled on, with a small pocket type screw driver. Now you can lift the screen cover further up. There are two small ribbon cables to the left, near the disk drive. These cables can be removed from their connectors by gently lifting the rectangular cable clamp securing them in their respective connectors. If the cable you have a problem with is one of these you may be able to re-insert the cable, and gently push the clamp back down, resecuring the cable.
There is another daughter board in the upper left hand corner, with a ribbon cable also going to the screen. This cable IS NOT removeable from its connector as the previous were. The daughter board is secured via two small phillips screws, and once removed, the board can be gently lifted unseating a couple connectors under the board. By the way this board does not have to be removed to insert the 4mb memory module into the connector directly adjacant to the disk drive.
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