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Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement

Introduction

To start, you will need to remove the bottom case of the lapdock. Then you will need to unscrew the left speaker of the lapdock in order to unfasten the motherboard in later steps. Then there will be two screws that you will need to remove in order to free the motherboard from the lapdock. Be sure that all connections to the lapdock components are unplugged before removing the motherboard.

What you need

  1. Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement, Lower Case: step 1, image 1 of 2 Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement, Lower Case: step 1, image 2 of 2

    • To take off the Keyboard there are three tabs at the top of the Keyboard in the locations shown in the picture that you must press and unclip. They are located behind each of the keys that are removed.

    • You do not need to remove any keys to unclip the keyboard. We did this for picture purposes only.

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  2. Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 2, image 1 of 1

    • You can use a small metal spudger to depress each tab to avoid scratching the keyboard.

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  3. Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 3, image 1 of 1

    • Lift up keyboard so that you are able to see the ribbon cable connected to the contact.

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  4. Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 4, image 1 of 2 Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 4, image 2 of 2

    • Flip up the ZIF connector holding the ribbon cable on the contact as shown in the two pictures and then gently disconnect the ribbon cable.

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  5. Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 5, image 1 of 2 Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 5, image 2 of 2

    • After we remove the Keyboard, you can clearly see the screws under it. Remove the ten 3mm long phillips head screws.

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  6. Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 6, image 1 of 3 Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 6, image 2 of 3 Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 6, image 3 of 3

    • Flip over the Lapdock and remove the four 3.5mm long phillips head screws from the bottom.

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  8. Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 7, image 1 of 2 Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 7, image 2 of 2

    • Use a plastic prying tool to take off the bottom case. Make sure that all of the clips are unclipped before trying to remove the case.

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  9. Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement, Battery: step 8, image 1 of 2 Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement, Battery: step 8, image 2 of 2

    • Unplug battery from motherboard.

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  10. Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 9, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the battery.

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  11. Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement, Motherboard: step 10, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the two 2mm long phillips head screws from the left speaker and move it away from the motherboard.

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  12. Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 11, image 1 of 1

    • Unplug the speakers from the motherboard

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  13. Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 12, image 1 of 2 Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 12, image 2 of 2

    • Remove the two 2mm long phillips head screws that are holding down the motherboard.

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  14. Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 13, image 1 of 1

    • Disconnect the ribbon cable that attaches to the trackpad from the motherboard.

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  15. Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 14, image 1 of 2 Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 14, image 2 of 2

    • Disconnect the two wires that attach to the screen from the motherboard.

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  16. Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 15, image 1 of 1

    • The motherboard and phone adapter cable should both be free from the lapdock.

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  17. Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 16, image 1 of 2 Motorola Lapdock 100 Motherboard Replacement: step 16, image 2 of 2

    • Unplug the two phone adapter cable connections to the motherboard.

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Conclusion

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

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