Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

11

Time Required

                          20 minutes

Sections

3

  • Rear Panel
  • 3 steps
  • Speaker
  • 1 step
  • Motherboard
  • 7 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Rear Panel
  • Remove the 4.6mm Phillips #00 screw at the base of the device.

Remove the 4.6mm Phillips #00 screw at the base of the device.

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Step 2

  • Slide the rear panel away from the base parallel to the screen.

Slide the rear panel away from the base parallel to the screen.

Step 3

  • Carefully remove the speakers from the rear panel.
  • Pull the speakers off of the rear panel.

Carefully remove the speakers from the rear panel.

Pull the speakers off of the rear panel.

Step 4

              Speaker
  • Desolder the 4 speaker wire connections.
  • See ifixit’s guide to soldering and desoldering for help: How to Solder and Desolder Connections

Desolder the 4 speaker wire connections.

See ifixit’s guide to soldering and desoldering for help: How to Solder and Desolder Connections

Step 5

              Motherboard
  • Slide the grey ribbon wire connector clip away from the ribbon wire port on the motherboard using the pointed tip of a spudger.
  • You do not need to fully disconnect the ribbon wire clip from the ribbon wire port: the clip will stay attached in a loose fit.
  • Remove the gold ribbon wire from the ribbon wire port on the motherboard.

Slide the grey ribbon wire connector clip away from the ribbon wire port on the motherboard using the pointed tip of a spudger.

You do not need to fully disconnect the ribbon wire clip from the ribbon wire port: the clip will stay attached in a loose fit.

Remove the gold ribbon wire from the ribbon wire port on the motherboard.

Step 6

  • Slide the grey ribbon wire connector clip away from the white ribbon wire port on the screen board using the pointed tip of a spudger.
  • You do not need to fully disconnect the ribbon wire clip from the ribbon wire port: the clip will stay attached in a loose fit.
  • Remove the ribbon wire from the ribbon wire port on the screen board.

Slide the grey ribbon wire connector clip away from the white ribbon wire port on the screen board using the pointed tip of a spudger.

Remove the ribbon wire from the ribbon wire port on the screen board.

Step 7

  • Slide the grey ribbon wire connector clip away from the ribbon wire port using the pointed tip of a spudger.
  • You do not need to fully disconnect the ribbon wire clip from the ribbon wire port: the clip will stay attached in a loose fit.
  • Remove the ribbon wire from the ribbon wire port.
  • If you have already removed the side button array you do not need to do this step.

Slide the grey ribbon wire connector clip away from the ribbon wire port using the pointed tip of a spudger.

Remove the ribbon wire from the ribbon wire port.

If you have already removed the side button array you do not need to do this step.

Step 8

  • Remove the 2 Phillips #00 4.5 mm screws from the motherboard.

Remove the 2 Phillips #00 4.5 mm screws from the motherboard.

Step 9

  • Desolder the Wi-Fi Adaptor
  • If not replacing the motherboard or Wi-Fi Adaptor, omit this step
  • See ifixit’s guide to soldering and desoldering for help: How to Solder and Desolder Connections

Desolder the Wi-Fi Adaptor

If not replacing the motherboard or Wi-Fi Adaptor, omit this step

Step 10

  • Desolder the battery connections
  • If not replacing the motherboard or battery, omit this step
  • See ifixit’s guide to soldering and desoldering for help: How to Solder and Desolder Connections

Desolder the battery connections

If not replacing the motherboard or battery, omit this step

Step 11

  • Slide and pull the motherboard out of its current position, so that the ports disconnect from the device.
  • Lift the motherboard out of the device.

Slide and pull the motherboard out of its current position, so that the ports disconnect from the device.

Lift the motherboard out of the device.

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

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