OLPC XO-1.5 Screen Replacement

Step 1 Battery

• Place the laptop upside down with the handle away from you.
Step 2

• Slide the tabs out, towards the green edges, to show the open lock symbol.
• The right tab will stay in place, but the left tab must be held in position while you remove the battery.
Step 3
• Lift the middle of the battery to remove it.
Step 4 Screen
• Turn the laptop so it is resting on its bottom.
• Open the laptop by rotating the green wings on the side up, then lifting the top half of the laptop.
• Rotate the top half of the laptop about 90 degrees.
Step 5
• Turn the laptop upside down, so you can see the screws on the bottom of the top half.
• Remove the two 4mm screws with a Phillips #1 screwdriver.
• Rotate the top half 180 degrees.
• Remove the two 4mm screws with a Phillips #1 screwdriver.
Step 6
• Rotate the top of the laptop 90 degrees, so that it is facing you again.
• Slide the green pieces off the device. They should come off easily.
Step 7
• Pull down on the white screen cover. It does not require much force.
• Remove the screen cover.
• The game pad on the left sometimes falls during this step.
Step 8
• Unscrew the four 7.62mm Phillips #1 screws on either side of the screen.
• The screen is still connected by ribbon cables. You can damage the cables if you remove the screen before disconnecting the cables.
• Move the screen down a little to expose the ribbon cables.
Step 9
• Flip up the tab right under the middle top of the screen.
• Pull the black ribbon cable out of the socket.
Step 10
• Flip up the smaller tab under the left side of the screen.
• Remove the small cable to separate the screen from the rest of the laptop.
• Gently remove the screen.

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