Sager NP8677 Tear Down?

Any one know how to remove the bottom cover? Just got the thing yesterday, and cant get the drivers on to the machine because plain-jane windows 7 doesnt support USB3.0. And no network drivers. SO i have no way of getting the drivers on to this thing.

So i am planning on taking the HDD out, connecting it to my other PC, throwing the drivers on the drive and slapping it back it. I'm just afraid to bust a bezel or something taking this bottom off. So any help would be great. I've reached out to Sager support, but have no word back yet.

Thanks in advance,

B

 

It should be fairly simple, just the removal of about 14 screws then gently but firmly pull the bottom panel off.

Here's a video that does it on the older model (NP8671) around the 1:20 mark.



Also here's the owner thread for the older model that talks about it as well http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...672-clevo-p670sg-owners-lounge.766559/page-16

 

You may need to slipstream the appropriate drivers into the Windows 7 setup. But for reference, you should be able to get inside the system by removing every screw on the bottom case assembly, then by lifting it away from the top case assembly (it will give you some resistance, but comes off fairly easily once the screws are out).