How do I disassemble my HP pavilion dv7?

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the correct forum for this (I'm a noob here) so if it's wrong could someone please re-direct me?
I have an HP pavilion dv7 with windows 7. The model number is dv7-3065dx
All I want to do is open it up, dust it, and change something, which I can do myself but I can't open the computer up and I'm afraid I'm going to break it. This is the older black one, NOT the newer silver one, which is the only thing I can find good directions for on google. So I gave up and decided to just try this since it seamed to show up a lot. I'de like to avoid videos all I can which is why I didn't go to youtube.
Any help is apreciated, sorry for my being a totally annoying noob

Hi
Please find the link given below might help you better.
Maintenance and Service Guide
Let us know how it goes!
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