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Use your fingernail to carefully flip up the retaining flaps on the two digitizer ribbon cable ZIF sockets.

Be sure you are prying up on the hinged retaining flaps, not the sockets themselves.

Pull the digitizer ribbon cable straight out of its two sockets on the motherboard.

Remove the front panel assembly from the rear case assembly.

Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to flip up the retaining flap on the control button cable ZIF socket.

Be sure you are prying up on the hinged retaining flap, not the socket itself.

Pull the control button ribbon cable straight out of its socket on the motherboard.

Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to peel the ambient light sensor off the body of the control button assembly, revealing a hidden screw.

Remove the following four screws securing the control button assembly to the rear case:

• Two 3.1 mm Phillips screws
• Two 2.7 mm Phillips screws

Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to lift the control button assembly up from its housing in the rear case.

Remove the control button assembly from the TouchPad.