OLPC XO-4 Touch Microphone Replacement

Turn the laptop upside-down, with the handle facing away from you.

Pull the lock tabs towards the green outer edges of the laptop.

Hold the left lock tab in the unlock position until the battery is completely removed in the next step.

Lift up on the middle of the battery to remove it from the device.

Remove the two 4mm Phillips #1 screws underneath the screen on the right-hand side.

Rotate the screen 180° and remove the other two screws.

Remove the green side panel by pressing down on the small green button on the top and sliding the panel up.

Repeat the step above for the panel on the other side.

Gently lift up the lower part of the frame and pull it down to free the screen frame.

Lift the black connector and pull the ribbon cable out by the purple tab, freeing the frame.

Remove the four 7.62mm screws using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

Carefully lift the screen out.

For each ribbon cable, lift up the black connector and gently pull the ribbon cables out by the plastic tabs.

Remove the screen from the laptop.

Remove the four 6mm screws using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

Rotate the top half of the laptop so that the back cover is facing you.

Pull up the tabs on the lower part of the back cover and pull it down and away from the antennas.

Remove the back cover by gently lifting it off of the laptop.

Remove the four black 4mm screws from the metal cover using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

Remove the metal cover from the laptop.

Unplug the three wires connecting the motherboard to the bottom half of the laptop.

Unplug the two speaker wires from the motherboard.

Turn the device over to where the screen used to be.

Pull out ribbon cable by holding the purple plastic tab.

Pull out connector with the black and white wire by holding plastic tab.

Move the motherboard slightly to the left so that the audio input and output jacks are out of the frame.

Pull the motherboard out of the laptop.

Locate the microphone on the front side of the laptop.

Gently, pull the microphone out of its socket.