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Samsung Chromebook Series 3 Teardown

Written By: Josh Thomas (and 16 other contributors)

Published: January 10, 2013

Comments: 47
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Samsung Chromebook Series 3 Teardown

Written By: Josh Thomas (and 16 other contributors)

Published: January 10, 2013

Comments: 47
Favorites: 38
Views: 123.5k

Teardown

What you need

This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Samsung Chromebook Series 3, use our service manual.

Step 1 Samsung Chromebook Series 3 Teardown

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Ports on the side:
Headphone Jack
SD/SDHC/SDXC card slot
Ports on the Back:
USB 3.0
USB 2.0
HDMI
40W DC in charging port

Step 2

Time to grab the tools and open the case. Nothing fancy needed here, just a simple phillips screwdriver, a knife and a spudger.
Remove the 5 visible Phillips #0 screws.
Remove the 4 hidden screws under the rubber feet (one under each rubber foot). If you only partially pry up each foot enough to get to the screws, you can reuse the feet without having to re-glue them.

Step 3

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Disassemble this back piece, since it will ease a lot the prying of the bottom part
By doing this, you will avoid ending with couple of "clicks" broken, specially during the tear up
If you have the 3G model, be sure to remove the SIM card from this slot before going any further.

Step 4

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Time for some spudger love
Start with all the clicks in the back part, the rest will come out almost without force

Step 5

With the under case set aside, we now have an open case and a preview of the components to come
Remove the 6 battery screws then carefully pry the battery connector straight up to remove it.

Step 6

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Battery removed, it's now time to remove the screen and pull the main board
Disconnect the 2 antennae lines from the main board
Disconnect the screen cable
Remove the 5 screws holding the main board
Probably a good idea to disconnect the remaining 4 cables as well
Keyboard and trackpad ribbon cables
Audio cable
CMOS Battery Cable

Step 7

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We now have a main board with the heatsink attached
Remove the 3 screws and tape
Done!

Step 8

Top of the main board
Samsung Exynos 5250 AEON main proc
SanDisk SDIN7DU2-16G NAND Flash
4 x ELPIDA J2108EDBG-GN-F (4 more on the rear)
MAX 77686 EWE 1237
TPS65090 TI 291
"Servo" dev/debug interface.
Connector for 3G daughterboard.

Step 9

The Embedded Controller, according to Google's documentation is STM32F100R8, although it is marked as "32F100B6"
Trusted Platform Module, Infineon SLB9635
Not much more on the rear but the rest of RAM

Step 10

Not teardown relevant per se, but these are beautiful traces

Step 11

By removing this flexible metal ring sticker, you disable the Write Protect of the bootloader's flash.
This risks making the device unbootable, therefore bricking the device beyond repair. Of course, there are basically no other modifications that can be made to the interior of a Samsung Chromeboook 3 anyways.