HP Pavilion x2 10-n113dx Touch Pad Replacement

Introduction

This guide will show how to replace a touch pad in the HP Pavilion x2 10-n113dx. This guide is moderate in difficulty as one must open up the back of the keyboard. It is important to have a heat pad available so that one can reassemble the gray bumper on the back of the keyboard. The replacement guide requires a Phillips #0 screwdriver and a magnetic board is helpful for keeping track of screws.

What you need

Step 1 Touch Pad

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Separate the screen from the keyboard.

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Step 2

Loosen the adhesive under the gray plastic bar using a heat pad or a heat gun.
Remove the gray plastic bar after 5 minutes of light heat with tweezers by pulling up.

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Step 3

Remove the 4 screws with a Phillips #0 screwdriver.
These 4 screws have a diameter of 4.3 mm and a height of 3.7 mm.

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Step 4

Remove the rubber stoppers at the top left and right with tweezers.
Remove the screws at the top and right with at Phillips #0 screwdriver.
These two screws have a diameter of 5.3 mm and a height of 4.3 mm.

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Step 5

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Pry open the back case with a metal spudger.
Then pry open the back layer with the metal spudger.

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Step 6

Fully take off the back panel by lifting up the panel.

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Step 7

Pop open the ribbon cable piece on the touch pad with the blue plastic spudger.
Remove the ribbon cable with tweezers by pulling it out.

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Step 8

Remove 4 screws with at Phillips #0 screwdriver. All 4 screws have a diameter of 4.3 mm and a height of 3.7 mm.
Lift the tape shown with orange boxes with tweezers.
Remove metal bar with a blue spudger.