Steps: 12
Difficulty: ★☆☆☆
Tools Needed: Plastic Spudger, Tweezers, Phillips Head Screwdriver

1. Remove the Palmrest

• Remove eight screws from around the bottom cover.
• Push the plastic spudger into the space between the palmrest and bottom cover. Push in until you hear a click.
• Run the spudger around the edge of the palmrest until the palmrest and the bottom cover are separated.

2. Remove Palmrest and Touchpad Cables

• Place the plastic spudger under the black tab and gently push up.
• Use the tweezers to gently pull the cable up and away from the motherboard.

3. Remove the Battery Cable

• Use the tweezers to gently pull the battery cable away from the motherboard.

4. Remove the LCD Cable from the Motherboard

• Place the plastic spudger under the black tab and gently push up.
• Use the tweezers to gently pull the LCD cable up and away from the motherboard.

5. Remove the Wi-Fi Card Cables

• Place the plastic spudger under the tab and gently push up.
• Use the tweezers to pull the Wi-Fi cables up and away from the motherboard.

6. Remove the Daughterboard Cable

• Place the plastic spudger under the white tab and gently push up.
• Use the tweezers to gently pull the daughterboard cable up and away from the motherboard.

7. Remove the Speaker and DC Jack cable

• Place the plastic spudger on the right side of the DC Jack cable and slowly push towards the battery.
• Repeat the same process on the left side of the speaker cable until you have separated the cable from the motherboard.

8. Remove Internal Parts

• Remove the thirteen screws from the inside of the Chromebook. It is possible that one of the screws are behind a Lenovo sticker.
• Use your hands to gently pull the daughterboard, motherboard, and battery away.
• Use the plastic spudger to separate the speakers from the bottom cover before removing them.

9. Remove the Bezel

• Remove the four screws from under rubber pads on the top and down left and right sides.
• Press a spudger into the space between the bezel and back cover until you hear a click, then run the spudger around until separate the parts.

10. Remove the Screen and LCD Cable

• Remove ten screws from the screen and hinges. Use your hands to lift the LCD panel away from the back cover.
• Pull the tape off of the connector on the back of the LCD.
• Use the tweezers to pull the cable out of the connector.

11. Remove the hinges

• Use your hands to lift the hinges away from the back cover.

12. Remove the Camera and Microphone

• Remove two screws from the camera.
• Use your hands to lift the hinges away from the back cover.