Dell Chromebook 11 3180 Back Cover Replacement

Written By: Devon Paul

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Dell Chromebook 11 3180 Back Cover Replacement

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

Time Required

2 minutes

Introduction

This prerequisite guide will instruct you on how to remove the back cover of your laptop. This is a very straightforward process and will not be a significant time consumer. Once the back cover is removed, you will have access to almost all of the internal components of the computer, so this will be the first thing to do before replacing most, if not all, other components.

Tools

Step 1

Set your laptop upside down on your work space.

I usually skip most all of this and start with the bezel, disconnecting the screen wire AT THE SCREEN, and not at the motherboard. 4 screws around the bezel, and 4 screws in the screen. Leave everything connected and skip to step 12.

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Step 2

Using tweezers, remove the circular stickers that are covering the two screws near the middle of the back cover. Stick them to the laptop next to the screws.

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Step 3

Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, loosen all seven 2.5mm screws on the back cover of the device.
These screws will stay attached to the back cover, so just loosen them until they rattle around.

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Step 4

Using a plastic opening tool, begin to separate the back cover from the body of the computer.
If you have trouble prying a particular part of the back cover off, make sure that the nearest screws are fully loosened.