Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

15

Time Required

                          25 minutes

Sections

6

  • Back Cover
  • 1 step
  • Speakers
  • 2 steps
  • Battery
  • 2 steps
  • Fan
  • 4 steps
  • Motherboard
  • 4 steps
  • Docking Station
  • 2 steps

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Introduction

In this tutorial, you will be handling the motherboard and its components. For this reason, it is important to be sure that your hands are not wet or oily. Moisture could cause unwanted damage to your device.

Indications of a faulty or broken docking station include,

  • Not registering inputsLoses connection randomlyMoves out of place when touched

Before replacing the battery, refer to the troubleshooting page for the Lenovo ThinkPad Gen 1 Extreme to see if the problem is fixable without purchasing and installing another battery.

The docking station is the port where you might plug in a USB or a cable to charge your phone. These ports are susceptible to debris and other foreign materials that could damage it.

What you need

Step 1

              Back Cover
  • Power off and unplug your device before you begin.
  • Orient the laptop so that it is bottom up, and the trackpad is closest to you.
  • Unscrew the seven captive screws with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
  • These screws will loosen, but stay attached to the cover. Do not attempt to completely remove them.
  • Slide a blue opening pick in the gap between the bottom panel and chassis, and pry off the one clip on each side.
  • Remove the back cover from the device.

Power off and unplug your device before you begin.

Orient the laptop so that it is bottom up, and the trackpad is closest to you.

Unscrew the seven captive screws with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

These screws will loosen, but stay attached to the cover. Do not attempt to completely remove them.

Slide a blue opening pick in the gap between the bottom panel and chassis, and pry off the one clip on each side.

Remove the back cover from the device.

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Step 2

              Speakers
  • Use a Phillips #00 head screwdriver to remove the four 4 mm screws above the battery.

Use a Phillips #00 head screwdriver to remove the four 4 mm screws above the battery.

Step 3

  • Lift the speaker modules on either side of the battery out of its pegs, and unwind the cable from the front of the battery.
  • Set the speaker modules out of the way.

Lift the speaker modules on either side of the battery out of its pegs, and unwind the cable from the front of the battery.

Set the speaker modules out of the way.

Step 4

              Battery
  • Use tweezers to peel the plastic cover off the connector.
  • Use a spudger or your fingernail to pry up the battery straight up from the motherboard.

Use tweezers to peel the plastic cover off the connector.

Use a spudger or your fingernail to pry up the battery straight up from the motherboard.

Step 5

  • Lift the battery out of the frame and remove it from the device.

Lift the battery out of the frame and remove it from the device.

Step 6

              Fan
  • Unscrew the 3mm screw holding down the wireless adapter using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
  • Slide the adapter out of its connector.
  • Detach the black and gray cables and separate them from the frame of the fan by gently pulling upwards.

Unscrew the 3mm screw holding down the wireless adapter using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Slide the adapter out of its connector.

Detach the black and gray cables and separate them from the frame of the fan by gently pulling upwards.

Step 7

  • Unlatch and remove the cable connecting to the frame of the fan by flipping the thin black tab up.
  • Separate the cable from the frame of the fan.

Unlatch and remove the cable connecting to the frame of the fan by flipping the thin black tab up.

Separate the cable from the frame of the fan.

Step 8

  • Loosen the five screws connecting the fan to the motherboard using a Philips #00 head screwdriver.
  • These screws will not come out and will stay connected to the fan.

Loosen the five screws connecting the fan to the motherboard using a Philips #00 head screwdriver.

These screws will not come out and will stay connected to the fan.

Step 9

  • Gently disconnect the two cables located on right and left side of the fan.
  • To identify these, they are labeled “FANR1” and FANL2" on the motherboard.
  • Lift the fan up and out and remove it from the device.

Gently disconnect the two cables located on right and left side of the fan.

To identify these, they are labeled “FANR1” and FANL2" on the motherboard.

Lift the fan up and out and remove it from the device.

Step 10

              Motherboard
  • Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the five 4 mm screws below the charging port.
  • Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the two 3 mm screws.
  • Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the two 5 mm screws securing a silver plate on the charging port, in the top-right.
  • Remove the silver plate on top of the charging port.

Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the five 4 mm screws below the charging port.

Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the two 3 mm screws.

Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the two 5 mm screws securing a silver plate on the charging port, in the top-right.

Remove the silver plate on top of the charging port.

Step 11

  • Disconnect all the ribbon wires from the motherboard.
  • All ribbon wires can be disconnected by flipping up the thin black tab at their connection points, and pulling the ribbon out.

Disconnect all the ribbon wires from the motherboard.

All ribbon wires can be disconnected by flipping up the thin black tab at their connection points, and pulling the ribbon out.

Step 12

  • Disconnect the black attachment at the top right corner of the motherboard.
  • Insert the SIM eject bit into the small hole on the top and apply a small amount of pressure to release the clip.
  • While maintaining pressure, gently pull on the wire that is connected to it to remove it.

Disconnect the black attachment at the top right corner of the motherboard.

Insert the SIM eject bit into the small hole on the top and apply a small amount of pressure to release the clip.

While maintaining pressure, gently pull on the wire that is connected to it to remove it.

Step 13

  • Gently lift the motherboard out of the computer.

Gently lift the motherboard out of the computer.

Step 14

              Docking Station
  • Once you have the motherboard removed, you now have access to the docking stations.

Once you have the motherboard removed, you now have access to the docking stations.

Step 15

  • Gently push the docking station towards the center of the motherboard, lift up to release a lock, then pull it out to remove it from the device.

Gently push the docking station towards the center of the motherboard, lift up to release a lock, then pull it out to remove it from the device.

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

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