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HP 15-d076nr Onboard Speakers Replacement

Introduction

This guide details how to replace the onboard speakers on an HP 15-d076nr. If your laptop is not producing noise, this may be the guide for you.

What you need

  1. HP 15-d076nr Onboard Speakers Replacement, Battery: step 1, image 1 of 1

    • Orient the laptop upside down so that the back of the laptop, where the battery is located, faces you.

    • Locate the left and right switches at the bottom of the laptop.

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    • Move the right switch to the left so that the orange unlock symbol is showing.

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    • Move the left switch to the right, covering the battery symbol, and hold.

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    • While holding the left switch in place, slide the battery towards you and away from the laptop.

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    • Re-orient the laptop, so that the back of the laptop faces away from you.

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    • Locate the small screw on the panel at the center of the laptop.

    • Loosen the small screw using a Philips # 1 screwdriver.

    • The screw does not come free from the panel. It only needs to be loosened enough so that the panel can be lifted/pried.

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    • Carefully pry the middle panel up using a plastic spudger, or other prying tool .

    • Pull the panel away from the laptop and set it off to the side.

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    • Gently wiggle and lift the black antenna wire away from the wireless card.

    • If there is also a white wire attached, both black and white wires will need to be removed from the wireless card.

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    • Locate the Phillips 2.0x3.0mm screw on the upper left corner of the wireless card.

    • Carefully remove the 2.0x3.0mm screw using a Philips #0 screwdriver.

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    • Slide the wireless card to the left to remove it from the socket.

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    • Locate the RAM in the exposed area.

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    • Locate the latches on the RAM.

    • Slide the latches away from the RAM using a plastic spudger.

    • The RAM might spring out.

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    • Remove the RAM.

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    • Locate the ribbon cables.

    • Pry up the black tabs on the connectors and disconnect both of the ribbon cables.

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    • Locate the DVD drive screw.

    • Remove the Phillips PM2.5×6.5 screw using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.

    • Continue using a Phillips #0 screwdriver for the rest of this guide, and subsequent guides.

    • Take the screw and place it in a container so as to not lose it.

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    • Push down the tab that is located by the DVD drive screw.

    • Take the DVD drive in one hand, and using the plastic spludger, push the tab down, and out.

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    • Remove the fourteen Phillips PM2.5×6.0 screws, and place them in a separate container.

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    • Flip the laptop over, and open it as if you were using it.

    • Gently, remove the laptop cover/keyboard from the laptop using the plastic spudger.

    • When you remove the cover/keyboard, the laptop will become top heavy.

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    • Disconnect the monitor cable, using the plastic spudger, and pry it upwards.

    • Pull the cable from its routing until it is free.

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    • Lift the black tabs, and disconnect the three ribbon cables.

    • Disconnect the red-black-white speaker cable located in the lower left corner.

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    • Remove the three Phillips PM2.5×4.0 screws on the card reader in the bottom left corner.

    • Place the screws in a separate container.

    • Remove the card reader.

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    • Remove the five Phillips PM2.5×5.0 screws on the motherboard.

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    • Remove the Phillips PM2.5×5.0 screw located on the fan, in the upper right corner.

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    • Carefully lift up the motherboard.

    • Do not completely remove the motherboard. Simply lift it. There is a black cable on the bottom of the motherboard that is anchoring it.

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    • Locate the cable on the underside of the motherboard, in its lower right corner.

    • Carefully grip the cable, and pull downward to remove it.

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    • Flip the motherboard over.

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    • Locate the charge port cable connection point on the motherboard.

    • Grab the charge port cable's connector, and wiggle it to remove it.

    • Set the board off to the side.

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    • Disconnect the ribbon cable in the bottom right corner of the laptop.

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    • Remove the Phillips PM2.5×5.0 screw connected to the USB board.

    • Remove the USB board.

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    • Locate the two speaker modules.

    • Remove the two Phillips PM2.5×4.0 screws on the bottom left module.

    • Remove the two Phillips PM2.5×4.0 screws on the bottom right module.

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    • Slowly lift the speakers away from the laptop body.

    • Remove the red and black cable, connecting the two speaker modules, from its routing.

    • Remove the speakers from the laptop body.

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Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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