Lenovo ThinkPad T500 Speaker Replacement

Step 1 Speaker

• Remove the eight 14mm screws using the Phillips #0 Screwdriver.
Step 2

• Lift the palm rest panel up.
• Be sure to lift the panel slowly; there is a ribbon cable attached to the bottom.
Step 3
• Use the spudger to disconnect the ribbon cable.
Step 4
• With the panel disconnected, lift the keyboard.
• As with the panel, lift the keyboard slowly; there is a ribbon cable attached to the bottom.
Step 5
• Disconnect the ribbon cable with the spudger.
Step 6
• Remove the keyboard and the panel.
• Using the Phillips #0 Screwdriver, remove the three 3 mm screws that are at the bottom sides and near the top-left of the speaker cover.
• Disconnect the orange and blue cables next to the left side of the speaker cover.
Step 7
• Remove the speaker cover by carefully pulling up and towards you.
Step 8
• Remove the four 3mm screws on the speakers with the Phillips #0 Screwdriver.
Step 9
• Using the spudger, lift the tape over the right speaker's wires.
• Although the right speaker is unscrewed, it can't be removed from the laptop yet!
Step 10
• Detach the blue and orange cables from the left speaker's clamps.
Step 11
• Locate the plug in the middle of the laptop that connects both the left and right speakers.
• Use the spudger to unplug the speaker wires.
Step 12
• Remove the speakers.

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