How to Replace a Touchpad on a Chromebook
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Caution!
- Avoid puncturing, crushing, dropping, mutilating, or penetrating the battery with foreign objects.
- Refrain from using tools to pry or apply pressure to the battery.
- If a battery becomes stuck due to swelling, do not attempt to free it as punching, bending, or crushing a Lithium-ion battery can pose serious risks.
- Using a Philips #1 screwdriver, remove all nine 5mm screws securing the back cover
- Gently pry the back cover off the device using an opening tool
- Disconnect the battery cable from the connector on the system or Main Logic board
- Using the Philips #1 screwdriver, remove the three 4mm screws that hold the battery in place
- Carefully remove the battery from the device
- Using the same Philips #1 screwdriver, remove the 6 Philips head screws securing the touchpad
- With the screws removed, lift and remove the metal bracket securing the touchpad
- Next, unplug the ribbon cable connecting to the touchpad
(To do this: gently flip the black tab up and pull out the ribbon using the blue handle)
- Finally, grab the touchpad along its edges and lift it off of the Chromebook
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Fortune Adams
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