I'm not sure about laptops much harder to put together than computers, but in a computer you would just replace the existing video card. You will need to take it completely apart, unscrewing about a million screws and then I guess just replace your existing video card with this one. Make sure you don't **** your laptop up, from first hand experience there are about a million components to a laptop and taking it apart will probably void your warranty if you are still within it. Maybe it would be better to find a local laptop repair shop and get them to fit it, they might cost a lot but at least they won't **** it up for you.