Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

7

Time Required

                          10 - 15 minutes

Sections

2

  • Battery
  • 2 steps
  • Motherboard
  • 5 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Remove the back panel
  • Carefully insert a Spudger into one of the corners of the tablet.
  • Slide the Spudger along the edge popping the tabs out along the way.
  • Be careful not to break the tabs.

Carefully insert a Spudger into one of the corners of the tablet.

Slide the Spudger along the edge popping the tabs out along the way.

Be careful not to break the tabs.

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Step 2

              Remove the battery
  • Slide the Spudger under the battery to lift it off the adhesive.
  • Gently pull the cable connection from the motherboard using tweezers.

Slide the Spudger under the battery to lift it off the adhesive.

Gently pull the cable connection from the motherboard using tweezers.

Step 3

              Remove the large ribbon cable
  • Remove the larger ribbon cable by gently flipping the beige latch and pulling it out with tweezers.

Remove the larger ribbon cable by gently flipping the beige latch and pulling it out with tweezers.

Step 4

              Remove the smaller ribbon cable
  • Remove the smaller ribbon cable by gently flipping the black latch and pulling it out with tweezers.

Remove the smaller ribbon cable by gently flipping the black latch and pulling it out with tweezers.

Step 5

              Unscrew the 7 silver screws from the logic board
  • Remove the following 7 screws:
  • Six 4.17mm Phillips #00 around the motherboard.
  • One 2.67mm Phillips #00 next to the front facing camera.
  • The 2.67mm screw circled in yellow is notably shorter than the other 6 screws circled in red.

Remove the following 7 screws:

Six 4.17mm Phillips #00 around the motherboard.

One 2.67mm Phillips #00 next to the front facing camera.

The 2.67mm screw circled in yellow is notably shorter than the other 6 screws circled in red.

Step 6

              Unplug the front facing camera from the logic board
  • Gently pry the front facing camera plug up and off of the motherboard.

Gently pry the front facing camera plug up and off of the motherboard.

Step 7

              Remove the logic board
  • Carefully lift the motherboard directly up.

Carefully lift the motherboard directly up.

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

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jakehittinger - Jul 2, 2016

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After replacing the motherboard, will is act as a brand new tablet upon next boot? Will the OS and everything already be installed? Or is the main memory module elsewhere in the tablet?