Introduction
This guide will take you through a step-by-step process for the removal of your Chromebook’s screen.
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Use the plastic opening tool to gently work around the edge of the Chromebook until the back panel starts to lift off.
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To disconnect the battery, pinch the multi-color bundle cable with your thumb and forefinger and pull directly back.
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Disconnect the screen cable connector located on the top right of the motherboard.
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Using a spudger, gently pry up the sides of the connector.
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Pull the connector off with your fingers.
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Disconnect the black and white antenna cable connectors for the WiFi card. The connectors look like small buttons on the ends of colored wires.
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Gently pry the cable connectors off with your fingers or a spudger.
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Peel the back the black piece of tape holding the connectors in place
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Remove the three 5.7 mm #0 Phillips screws in the left hinge mount.
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Remove the two 5.7 mm #0 Phillips screws in the right hinge mount.
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Pry up the bigger hinge on the top left of the Chromebook with a plastic spudger.
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With your fingers, bend the hinge all the way back until it is perpendicular to the Chromebook.
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Repeat this process on the smaller hinge on the top right.
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Grab the sides of the Chromebook as if you were opening it.
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Slowly hinge the back of the Chromebook away from the screen.
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Use your middle fingers to push the back of the Chromebook towards you, and away from the hinges. At this point the keyboard and the screen should be completely seperated
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Using the plastic prying tool, pry open the outer non-hinge edges of the screen frame by sliding the tool around the perimeter of the frame.
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Work two fingers under the inside edge of the plastic screen cover then slide them across the screen, unhooking all the connections.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
