Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

23

Time Required

                          30 minutes

Sections

8

  • Keyboard and Touchpad
  • 5 steps
  • Speaker
  • 2 steps
  • Battery
  • 3 steps
  • Bluetooth and Wireless Card
  • 3 steps
  • USB/SD card
  • 2 steps
  • Fan
  • 2 steps
  • Motherboard
  • 3 steps
  • Hard drive
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Keyboard and Touchpad
  • The yellow circle represents the rubber covering that protects the screw. And the red circle represents the screws.
  • Flip the laptop such that the base of the laptop should face you. Remove the rubber covering with help of any sharp pointed object and then unscrew the screw.

The yellow circle represents the rubber covering that protects the screw. And the red circle represents the screws.

Flip the laptop such that the base of the laptop should face you. Remove the rubber covering with help of any sharp pointed object and then unscrew the screw.

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Step 2

  • Using a plastic opening tool or the spudger to separate the keyboard from the frame of the laptop.
  • Gently lower the keyboard towards you to expose the wires attached beneath.

Using a plastic opening tool or the spudger to separate the keyboard from the frame of the laptop.

Gently lower the keyboard towards you to expose the wires attached beneath.

Step 3

  • Lift the black flap in the left black rectangle and pull the blue ribbon gently towards you until it is disconnected.
  • Lift the white flap in the right black rectangle and pull the blue ribbon towards you until it is disconnected.

Lift the black flap in the left black rectangle and pull the blue ribbon gently towards you until it is disconnected.

Lift the white flap in the right black rectangle and pull the blue ribbon towards you until it is disconnected.

Step 4

  • Lift keyboard slightly and remove the strip gently so is not damaging any parts . The tape has no function other than to keep the wire tucked away.

Lift keyboard slightly and remove the strip gently so is not damaging any parts . The tape has no function other than to keep the wire tucked away.

Step 5

  • Keyboard is now detached from the laptop and can be placed to the side.

Keyboard is now detached from the laptop and can be placed to the side.

Step 6

              Speaker
  • Remove the two screws indicated by the red circles.
  • Using fingers or the spudger, slide out the black connector indicated by the orange rectangle on the left.
  • Undo the black tape indicated by the middle orange rectangle from the frame of the laptop

Remove the two screws indicated by the red circles.

Using fingers or the spudger, slide out the black connector indicated by the orange rectangle on the left.

Undo the black tape indicated by the middle orange rectangle from the frame of the laptop

Step 7

  • Gently remove speakers.

Gently remove speakers.

Step 8

              Battery
  • For both parts indicated in the photo by the red rectangles, lift the black flaps and gently pull the strip out. Set the strip aside. Note the shape that this wire strip is resting at and that the blue tip of the strip goes into the right connector for reassembly.

For both parts indicated in the photo by the red rectangles, lift the black flaps and gently pull the strip out. Set the strip aside. Note the shape that this wire strip is resting at and that the blue tip of the strip goes into the right connector for reassembly.

Step 9

  • Remove screw shown by red circle on the right.
  • Use your fingers to pull the white tab out of the black slot above the battery, shown by the orange rectangle.

Remove screw shown by red circle on the right.

Use your fingers to pull the white tab out of the black slot above the battery, shown by the orange rectangle.

Step 10

  • Gently remove battery.

Gently remove battery.

Step 11

              Bluetooth and Wireless Card
  • Using a spudger, remove the white and black cables from the card as indicated by the red circles in the pictures.

Using a spudger, remove the white and black cables from the card as indicated by the red circles in the pictures.

Step 12

  • Remove screw from card.

Remove screw from card.

Step 13

  • Gently remove card at the angle it is resting at.

Gently remove card at the angle it is resting at.

Step 14

              USB/SD card
  • Remove screw indicated by the red circle at the top of the card port.

Remove screw indicated by the red circle at the top of the card port.

Step 15

  • Gently remove the USB/SD card port.

Gently remove the USB/SD card port.

Step 16

              Fan
  • Remove the 3 screws around the fan, indicated by red circles in the picture.
  • Using your fingers or the spudger, disconnect the cable connecting the fan to the motherboard. The connector is indicated by the orange rectangle in the picture.

Remove the 3 screws around the fan, indicated by red circles in the picture.

Using your fingers or the spudger, disconnect the cable connecting the fan to the motherboard. The connector is indicated by the orange rectangle in the picture.

Step 17

  • Gently remove fan.

Gently remove fan.

Step 18

              Motherboard
  • Using your fingers or spudger, pull out the connector in the red rectangle.

Using your fingers or spudger, pull out the connector in the red rectangle.

Step 19

  • Pull up on black strip in top left orange rectangle to remove the monitor cord.
  • Remove the 1 screw on the right from the sensor board as indicated by the red circle.
  • Remove the 3 screws from the mother board as indicated by the red circles.

Pull up on black strip in top left orange rectangle to remove the monitor cord.

Remove the 1 screw on the right from the sensor board as indicated by the red circle.

Remove the 3 screws from the mother board as indicated by the red circles.

Step 20

  • Gently remove motherboard.

Gently remove motherboard.

Step 21

              Hard drive
  • Flip motherboard over.

Flip motherboard over.

Step 22

  • Remove the screw indicated by the red circle.

Remove the screw indicated by the red circle.

Step 23

  • Remove the hard drive by pulling the device from the black slot.

Remove the hard drive by pulling the device from the black slot.

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

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pedro munoz - Nov 19, 2018

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Thanks so much for your clearly , detailed and easy to follow guide, nice job!

chaffa_45 - Feb 27, 2022

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Buenas tarde y despuesnde quitar el disco duro que se hace se cambia por otro igual o que modelo

Fire Alarm Collector - Mar 29, 2022

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Can you add more storage on the HP Chromebook 14 SMB about 500GB. I also want to know if the Chromebook can run Windows 10 without any problems.