HP 7 1800 Display Replacement

Written By: TMD
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HP 7 1800 Display Replacement

Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

11

Time Required

15 - 20 minutes

Introduction

This guide requires you to take apart nearly the entire tablet to get to the display. Be sure to keep track of the screws.

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    • Carefully insert a Spudger into one of the corners of the tablet.

    • Slide the Spudger along the edge popping the tabs out along the way.

    • Be careful not to break the tabs.

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    • Slide the Spudger under the battery to lift it off the adhesive.

    • Gently pull the cable connection from the motherboard using tweezers.

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    • Remove the larger ribbon cable by gently flipping the beige latch and pulling it out with tweezers.

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    • Remove the smaller ribbon cable by gently flipping the black latch and pulling it out with tweezers.

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    • Remove the following 7 screws:

    • Six 4.17mm Phillips #00 around the motherboard.

    • One 2.67mm Phillips #00 next to the front facing camera.

    • The 2.67mm screw circled in yellow is notably shorter than the other 6 screws circled in red.

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    • Gently pry the front facing camera plug up and off of the motherboard.

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    • Carefully lift the motherboard directly up.

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    • On the metal plate inside of the device, there is a ribbon cable in a loop. Flip the white tab and pull the cable out.

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    • Unscrew the following black screws:

    • Seven 2.82mm Phillips #00 around the metal casing.

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    • Gently lift the metal plate directly up.

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    • Gently lift the display directly up.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Author

TMD

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2 comments

I have this same tablet but I cannot find a replacement screen. Do you know where I could find one?

Karen Porter -

I have the same problem

akiel panchan -