Difficulty
Easy
Steps
9
Time Required
10 - 15 minutes
- Cover 3 steps
- Motherboard 6 steps
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Introduction
You need plastic prying tools and a 1mm screwdriver. Anticipate roughly 10-15 minutes for this procedure. Be sure to have a cleared out space.
Parts
No parts required.
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Take tablet and rotate on its side, so that the two screws are facing upward.
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Use Phillips #00 Screwdriver to remove two 1mm screws on the left side of the tablet.
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Insert plastic prying tool and pry back case away from the device slowly moving the plastic prying tool along the device.
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Hold positive and negative wires as close as possible to the speaker.
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Use plastic prying tool and fingers to simultaneously lift speaker from cover.
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Use soldering gun to remove the positive and negative wires connecting the battery to the circuit board.
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Grip the ribbon located at the far end of the circuit board with a plastic spudger tool.
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Put pressure on the connector until the clasp comes undone.
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Gently pull up on electrical ribbon until it disconnects from circuit board.
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Remove the second electrical ribbon from the motherboard.
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Using #00 Phillips Screwdriver, remove the four 1mm screws holding the circuit board to the device.
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With fingers, grip the green Wi-Fi connector.
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Gently pull up on connector to remove tape holding the connector in place.
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Using your fingers, gently lift the motherboard.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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