Acer Iconia B1-720 Motherboard Replacement

Step 1 Rear Case




• Insert a plastic opening tool into a gap near the charging port at the top of the device. Slide the tool in either direction along the device.
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Step 2




• Slide the tool along until you have completely separated the rear cover.
• If needed, place the first tool in the gap created to hold this gap open and use a second tool to pry the remaining portion of the rear cover off.
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Step 3
• Once all the sides have been separated, you should be able to simply lift the cover off of the device.
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Step 4 Battery
• Peel back the plastic tape covering the battery connector.
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Step 5
• Use the plastic opening tool to lift the battery off of the back panel. The adhesive used is strong so apply force during removal.
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Step 6
• Lift the battery off of the panel gently. This will disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard.
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Step 7 Microphone/Speaker
• Pry the speaker away from the device using the plastic opening tool. This may require a little force due to the adhesive that is on the device.(Battery is not shown in this picture for image
• Tug gently on microphone to remove from slot.
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Step 8
• Unwind the wire from the running channel.
• To remove microphone, follow same steps.
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Step 9
• Unplug connector from motherboard.
• Follow same procedure to remove microphone.
• Unplug the microphone in a similar fashion as with the speaker.
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Step 10 Motherboard
• Remove the yellow tape covering both ribbons in the two photos shown.
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Step 11
• Use tweezers to lift the small black locking tab off of the orange ribbon
• Remove the orange ribbon from the lock using tweezers
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Step 12
• Use tweezers to remove rubber black wrap surrounding lock.
• Use the tweezers to pull plastic tabs on each side of the black ribbon
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Step 13
• Use tweezers to gently remove black ribbon from locking mechanism.
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Step 14
• Remove the 5 screws shown in the photograph
• Lift the motherboard from the front panel of the device.
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