Difficulty

Easy

Steps

11

Time Required

                          25 - 30 minutes

Sections

3

  • Keyboard
  • 4 steps
  • Battery
  • 4 steps
  • Speakers
  • 3 steps

Flags

2

Needs Better Images

Better photos will improve this guide. Help out by taking, editing, or uploading new ones!

Better Introduction

Improve this guide by completing or revising its introduction.

  • BackHP Chromebook 11-v002dx

  • Full Screen

  • Options

  • History

  • Save to Favorites

  • Download PDF

  • Edit

  • Translate

  • Get Shareable Link

  • Embed This Guide

  • Notify Me of Changes

  • Stop Notifications

Introduction

The speakers of your laptop can be damaged easily by liquids getting into the laptop through the speaker holes, or mechanical shock to the laptop itself.

Indication of failing speakers include muffled or no sound, ranges of sounds not being produced, or a constant output tone.

What you need

Step 1

              Keyboard
  • Working with your device plugged in may result in electric shock. Be sure to power off your device and unplug it from any power source before proceeding with step one.
  • Place your laptop bottom up on your work space.
  • Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the eleven 0.2 mm screws, including the six from underneath the adhesives.

Working with your device plugged in may result in electric shock. Be sure to power off your device and unplug it from any power source before proceeding with step one.

Place your laptop bottom up on your work space.

Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the eleven 0.2 mm screws, including the six from underneath the adhesives.

1024

Step 2

  • Using a sharp tool, remove the six adhesives from the bottom of your laptop to expose the screwheads underneath. Two of the pads are small and four are larger.

Using a sharp tool, remove the six adhesives from the bottom of your laptop to expose the screwheads underneath. Two of the pads are small and four are larger.

Step 3

  • Use a plastic opening tool to loosen the keyboard face from the device.
  • Start prying at one end of the laptop and slowly work your way around so as not to break the keyboard.

Use a plastic opening tool to loosen the keyboard face from the device.

Start prying at one end of the laptop and slowly work your way around so as not to break the keyboard.

Step 4

  • Lift the keyboard so that the inner workings of the laptop are exposed.
  • Gently pull each of the two ribbons connecting the keyboard to the device so that neither ribbon is still connected to the device, only to the keyboard.

Lift the keyboard so that the inner workings of the laptop are exposed.

Gently pull each of the two ribbons connecting the keyboard to the device so that neither ribbon is still connected to the device, only to the keyboard.

Step 5

              Battery
  • Flip up the black tab on the far right of the wire ribbon.
  • Gently pull the wire out of the black holder on its right, then out of the left side as well.

Flip up the black tab on the far right of the wire ribbon.

Gently pull the wire out of the black holder on its right, then out of the left side as well.

Step 6

  • Using your Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove the five 0.2 mm screws from the battery.

Using your Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove the five 0.2 mm screws from the battery.

Step 7

  • Pinch the edges of the white tab with the wires coming out of the end.
  • Gently remove the white tab with the wires from its holder on the motherboard.

Pinch the edges of the white tab with the wires coming out of the end.

Gently remove the white tab with the wires from its holder on the motherboard.

Step 8

  • Gently remove the battery from the laptop completely.
  • You can either clean your battery and connection ports or completely replace it.

Gently remove the battery from the laptop completely.

You can either clean your battery and connection ports or completely replace it.

Step 9

              Speakers
  • Remove the wire connecting the right speaker and motherboard.

Remove the wire connecting the right speaker and motherboard.

Step 10

  • Using a Phillips #0 Screwdriver, remove the single 5mm screw connecting the left and right speakers to the casing.

Using a Phillips #0 Screwdriver, remove the single 5mm screw connecting the left and right speakers to the casing.

Step 11

  • Gently lift the speakers out of the casing.

Gently lift the speakers out of the casing.

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

Cancel: I did not complete this guide.

Author

                                      with 2 other contributors 


                    Nicholas Pohlabeln

Member since: 02/18/2021

337 Reputation

                                      3 Guides authored                  



                       Badges:
                       3

Team

                       The Citadel Military College of South Carolina, Team S3-G7, Eggleston Spring 2021                        

                                                  Member of The Citadel Military College of South Carolina, Team S3-G7, Eggleston Spring 2021 



                    CMCSC-EGGLESTON-S21S3G7                     


                                            1 Member                     


                                            3 Guides authored