Introduction
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Flip the Chromebook onto its back, where there are eleven screws.
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There are two variations of screws on the back panel:
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Six 8.7mm screws.
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Five 6.4mm screws.
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Using your screwdriver with the J00 Phillips Head tip, remove the screws by turning them counter clockwise.
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Once the screws are removed, flip the Chromebook back over.
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Gently remove the keyboard by starting to lift up on one corner with a plastic opening tool.
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Follow around the brim of the keyboard until it pops off.
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Once you remove the keyboard, it will be connected to the CPU with two tabbed connections.
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Release the connections from the tabs gently by flipping the white flaps up until disconnected.
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You can now pull the ribbons out from the board and remove the keyboard.
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Once the keyboard is removed, the battery is located on the bottom portion of the shell.
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The battery is held in with six 6.5mm screws on opposing sides.
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The battery is now held in with a tabbed connection to the CPU on the left side of the board. On the tabbed connection, there is a silver plate.
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Gently push on the silver plate towards the screen until the plastic connection is free.
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The tabbed connection should now slide out backwards.
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The speakers are connected to the CPU via a tabbed connection.
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Using a smaller plastic spudger, gently pull backwards on the plastic clip until it comes loose.
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Next, the speaker is incorporated into two plastic clips which are in the shell of the Chromebook.
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Using a smaller plastic spudger, gently pull upward on the plastic clips from the outer edge of the speaker unit.
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After taking off the speaker unit from both sides, remove the tape holding down the central wiring in the middle of the Chromebook’s shell.
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Using a plastic opening tool or spudger, slide the tool underneath a corner of tape and run the tool until the tape is removed.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
