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HP TouchPad Motherboard Assembly Replacement

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What you need

  1. HP TouchPad Motherboard Assembly Replacement, Motherboard Assembly: step 1, image 1 of 1
    • If present, remove the two pieces of tape boxed in red.

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    • Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to flip up the retaining flap on the volume control/power button ribbon cable socket.

    • Be sure you are prying up on the hinged retaining flap, not the socket itself.

    • Pull the cable out of its socket.

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    • Use a plastic opening tool to lift the camera connector up and out of its socket on the motherboard.

    • Bend the camera cable away from the motherboard.

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    • Carefully flip up the retaining flap on the microphone cable socket.

    • Be sure you are prying up on the hinged retaining flap.

    • Pull the microphone cable out of its socket.

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    • Use your plastic opening tool to pry the upper antenna connector up from its socket on the motherboard.

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    • Pry up the retaining flap on the headphone jack ribbon cable socket.

    • Be sure you are prying up on the hinged retaining flap.

    • Pull the headphone jack ribbon cable out of its socket.

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    • Pry the speaker cable connector up from its socket on the motherboard.

    • Pry up from beneath the wires.

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    • Use a plastic opening tool to flip up the retaining flap on the digitizer board ribbon cable socket.

    • Be sure you are prying up on the hinged retaining flap, not the socket itself.

    • Pull the digitizer ribbon cable out of its socket.

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    • Pry up the lower antenna cable connector from its socket on the motherboard.

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    • De-route the lower antenna cable along the top edge of the battery and carefully pull it out from under its retaining clip near the top right corner of the battery.

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    • Remove the eight 3.2 mm Phillips screws securing both the battery and the motherboard to the rear case.

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    • Use a plastic opening tool to pry the battery up from the tape securing it to the rear case.

    • It is easiest to pry up along the edges of the battery closest to the USB connector and the digitizer board.

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    • Lift the motherboard assembly out of the rear case, minding any cables that may get caught.

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    • Carefully pull the battery away from the L-shaped motherboard to disconnect its cable.

    • Remove the battery from the motherboard.

Conclusion

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

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