Razer Blade 15 2020 Screen Replacement

Allow your laptop's battery to drain below 25% before starting this repair—a charged battery may catch fire if damaged.

Unplug all cables and fully shut down your laptop.

Close the lid and flip your laptop over so the back cover faces up.

Use a T5 Torx driver to remove the ten 3.7 mm-long screws securing the back cover.

The back cover is lightly secured to the motherboard by thermal pads. Depending on the age of your laptop, it may be easier or harder to remove.

Use a finger to pry up the right side of the back cover, starting at the Ethernet port cutout.

Remove the back cover slowly, as to avoid tearing the thermal pads underneath.

Lay the back cover down on its rubber feet to avoid damaging the thermal pads on its underside.

Apply a [guide|25705|heated iOpener|new_window=true] to the battery cable tape for one minute.

You can also use a [guide|157348|hair dryer|new_window=true]—but be careful, as overheating the battery may damage it or cause a fire.

Be careful not to damage the battery with your tool.

Use blunt nose [product|IF145-020|tweezers] or your fingers to peel and remove the battery cable tape.

Use the flat end of a spudger to push the square tab on the battery connector and slide it out of its socket.

In the next two steps, you'll disconnect the Wi-Fi antenna cables to access other components.

The antenna cables look very similar. Label one of them with a piece of tape or marker and remember which socket it connects to.

Insert one arm of [product|IF145-020-5|angled tweezers] under the metal neck of each [guide|25629|antenna cable|stepid=64972|new_window=true] and pry up to disconnect it.

During reassembly, align the connector over its socket and gently press down with the flat end of your spudger or your fingernail until it clicks into place.

Grab the pull tab on the screen connector.

Pull up to disconnect the connector from its socket.

During reassembly, align the [guide|25629|connector|stepid=64971|new_window=true] over its socket and press down until it clicks into place.

Use the point of your spudger to press on alternating sides of the charging port connector to "walk" it out of its socket.

Move the charging cable over the right edge of the laptop.

Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the three 6.7 mm screws securing the right hinge cover.

Remove the right hinge cover.

Hold the charging port cables out of the way of the heatsink.

Use the flat end of your spudger to pry up the top screw mount of the charging port until it clears the hinge.

Rotate the charging port counterclockwise and slide the lower screw mount out from underneath the motherboard.

Remove the charging port.

Grab the pull tab on the neck of the left-side screen connector and pull it straight out of its socket.

Pull the left-side screen cable out from the clips along the left edge of the fan.

Use your Phillips screwdriver to remove the two 6.7 mm screws securing the left hinge cover.

Depending on the condition of your screwdrivers, either a Phillips #1 or Phillips #0 will work.

Remove the left hinge cover.

Unclip the right-side screen and antenna cables from the fan and move them over the right side of the laptop.

Open the screen and stand the laptop on its side, with the motherboard facing you.

If you prefer to lay the laptop flat while you work, [link|https://guide-images.cdn.ifixit.com/igi/CcPUePtwU1EJuGtk.huge|lay it on a table with the screen hanging off|new_window=true] for the next two steps.

Hold the laptop steady with one hand.

Use your Phillips screwdriver to remove the five 4.7 mm screws securing the screen hinges.

Hold both halves of the laptop steady during this step, as they might fall unexpectedly.

Slide the screen hinges away from the frame to free them from their recesses.

Remove the screen.