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Introduction

Step 1

              Remove Backplate
  • Turn off your computer.
  • Flip the Chromebook over and unscrew the screws securing the backplate.

Turn off your computer.

Flip the Chromebook over and unscrew the screws securing the backplate.

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Step 2

              Removing Screws from under laptop
  • Unplug the Battery
  • Unscrew battery and remove
  • Remove all all circled screws
  • I removed the wireless card. I don’t know if it’s required.

Unplug the Battery

Unscrew battery and remove

Remove all all circled screws

I removed the wireless card. I don’t know if it’s required.

Step 3

              Remove the Keyboard
  • Slide Keyboard up
  • Wedge something under the keyboard
  • flip the keyboard over
  • carefully remove the keyboard ribbon cable

Slide Keyboard up

Wedge something under the keyboard

flip the keyboard over

carefully remove the keyboard ribbon cable

Step 4

              Removing the Bezel
  • Unscrew and disconnect ribbon cables
  • wedge something between the bezel and slide across the edge until the bezel is lifted (like taking off a bike tire)

Unscrew and disconnect ribbon cables

wedge something between the bezel and slide across the edge until the bezel is lifted (like taking off a bike tire)

Step 5

              Remove the write-protect screw
  • The write-protect screw is clearly conducting electricity (compare it to other screws on the board)
  • leave the WP screw out of the laptop and put it back together in reverse order

The write-protect screw is clearly conducting electricity (compare it to other screws on the board)

leave the WP screw out of the laptop and put it back together in reverse order

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

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