Framework Laptop 13 Pro Bottom Cover Upgrade Kit Installation

Bottom Cover Kit

Keyboard

Input Cover Frame (including the Keyboard Bracket and Fingerprint Reader Cable)

Speaker Kit

Battery

Audio Board Kit

Fastener Kit – Input Cover and Keyboard (only the Keyboard and Keyboard Bracket screws are needed—the rest can be kept as spares)

Separate the Speakers from each other if they're attached.

Place the left Speaker into its slot on the Bottom Cover, making sure it's aligned with its screw posts and threaded through its alignment peg.

Repeat the previous step for the right Speaker.

Use your Framework Screwdriver to tighten the two T5 Torx screws on each Speaker (4 total).

Starting from the right Speaker, press the speaker cable into its metal and plastic clips on the Bottom Cover.

If you're having difficulty pressing the speaker cable into its plastic clips, twist the cable so it's vertical and use the flat end of your Framework Screwdriver to press it down.

Repeat the previous two steps for the section of Speaker Cable near the left Speaker.

Remove the blue liner from the black tape near the left Speaker.

Slide the flat end of your Framework Screwdriver under the black tape and separate one of its long edges from the Chassis.

While holding the tape out of the way, lay the Speaker Cable into the channel underneath it.

Press the tape over the Speaker Cable to adhere it to the Chassis.

Before continuing, check the pins on the Battery socket and make sure they aren't bent.

Grab the Mainboard by its edges and place it into the Bottom Cover and onto its alignment pegs.

Use your Framework Screwdriver to install the five 1.5 mm‑long T5 Torx screws securing the Mainboard.

Angle the left edge of the Audio Board downward and slide the headphone jack through its hole in the Bottom Cover.

Align the screw hole in the Audio Board with its post and press it flat to the Bottom Cover.

Use your Framework Screwdriver to install the 3.0 mm‑long T5 Torx screw securing the Audio Board.

Insert the Battery into its cutout, making sure its plastic tabs are slotted into the Bottom Cover.

Use your Framework Screwdriver to tighten the three captive T5 Torx screws securing the Battery.

Place the Top Cover on its two sets of alignment pegs on the Bottom Cover.

Make sure all of the cables are above the Bottom Cover before continuing.

While supporting the Top Cover with one hand, use your Framework Screwdriver to install two 4.0 mm‑long T5 Torx screws on each Hinge connected to the Bottom Cover (four total).

Place the Display eDP Cable into its slot on the Bottom Cover.

Press the Display eDP Cable connector straight down into its socket to connect it.

Press the grounding tape onto the left Hinge to adhere it.

Slide the Audio Board cable straight into its socket.

Use the flat end of your Framework Screwdriver, or a clean fingernail, to press down the locking tab on the Audio Board ZIF connector.

Slide the Speaker connector straight into its socket.

Use your finger to guide the Webcam Cable into its metal pegs on the Bottom Cover.

Press the Webcam Cable connector straight down into its socket to connect it.

Use your finger to press the Antenna Cables into their metal clip on the Bottom Cover.

Rotate the cables around the raised corner at the top right of the Mainboard so they point towards the Wi-Fi module.

Use your Framework Screwdriver to loosen the captive T5 Torx screw securing the Wi-Fi module cover.

Remove the Wi-Fi module cover.

Align the Wi-Fi module's gold contacts and notch with the socket on the Mainboard.

Insert the Wi-Fi module into the socket at a shallow angle. The gold contacts should mostly be covered by the socket.

Hold the Wi-Fi module down with your finger.

Position the black antenna cable connector over the Wi-Fi module's coaxial socket indicated by the black arrow.

Use your finger to press the connector into place. You should feel a faint click, and the cable will stay attached to the socket by itself.

Repeat the procedure with the white antenna cable.

Use your Framework Screwdriver to tighten the captive T5 Torx screw securing the Wi-Fi module.

Use the flat end of your Framework Screwdriver to press the two Antenna Cables into their rubber clips on the Mainboard.

Use your fingers to align the Battery connector with its socket and slide it straight in to reconnect the Battery.

Place the Keyboard into its cutout in the Top Cover.

Use your Framework Screwdriver to install the forty-six 1.2 mm‑long black PH0 screws securing the Keyboard.

Place the Keyboard Bracket onto its alignment pegs.

Use your Framework Screwdriver to install the twenty 1.3 mm‑long silver PH0 screws securing the Keyboard Bracket.

Use the flat end of your Framework Screwdriver, or a clean fingernail, to lift up the locking tab on the Fingerprint Reader ZIF connector located on the Fingerprint Reader board.

Slide the Fingerprint Reader Cable straight into its socket.

Use the flat end of your Framework Screwdriver, or a clean fingernail, to press down the locking tab on the Fingerprint Reader ZIF connector.

Repeat the previous three steps to connect the Fingerprint Reader Cable on the Hub Board.

Position the Input Cover, keyboard down, on top of the laptop so it just covers the Battery.

Insert your finger into the Touchpad Cable press connector loop.

Align the press connector over its socket and press down with your finger.

Flip the Input Cover over the laptop and align the bottom edges.

Lay the Input Cover over the laptop and let the magnets snap it into place.

Close the laptop and flip it over.

Use your Framework Screwdriver to tighten the five captive T5 Torx screws securing the Input Cover.

Slide an Expansion Card into an Expansion Card slot.

Repeat for the remaining Expansion Cards.

Use your finger to flip both latches and lock the rows of Expansion Cards.

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