Acer Chromebook C720 2848 Keyboard Replacement Repair Guide

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Difficult

Steps

Time Required

                          30 - 35 minutes

Sections

Back Cover
2 steps
Battery
3 steps
SSD
1 step
Motherboard
5 steps
Keyboard
1 step

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Back Cover

Use a Phillips head screw driver to remove the 13 screws in these locations.

Use a Phillips head screw driver to remove the 13 screws in these locations.

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Step 2

Use a plastic spudger to pry up the bottom cover and remove it.
Be sure to pry along other edges if necessary to avoid damaging the back cover.

Use a plastic spudger to pry up the bottom cover and remove it.

Be sure to pry along other edges if necessary to avoid damaging the back cover.

Step 3

              Battery

Unscrew the 2 battery screws.
Make sure you keep these screws separate from the back cover screws; they are different!

Unscrew the 2 battery screws.

Make sure you keep these screws separate from the back cover screws; they are different!

Step 4

Use two fingers to unplug the battery-to-motherboard connection.

Use two fingers to unplug the battery-to-motherboard connection.

Step 5

Take out battery by lifting it up in the manner pictured.

Take out battery by lifting it up in the manner pictured.

Step 6

SSD

Unscrew screw holding SSD card in place.
Slide out the SSD card towards you to remove it.
The SSD card is the blue chip on the right connected to the motherboard.
Be sure to store this screw apart from the others as it is a different length.

Unscrew screw holding SSD card in place.

Slide out the SSD card towards you to remove it.

The SSD card is the blue chip on the right connected to the motherboard.

Be sure to store this screw apart from the others as it is a different length.

Step 7

              Motherboard

Remove the three ribbon cables connected to the bottom of the motherboard.
Use the plastic spudger to lift the white hinges from on top of the ribbon cables.
Then gently pull the cables out.

Remove the three ribbon cables connected to the bottom of the motherboard.

Use the plastic spudger to lift the white hinges from on top of the ribbon cables.

Then gently pull the cables out.

Step 8

Remove 4 connectors from the right side of the motherboard.
All of these connectors release by simply pulling back.
To disconnect the connector shown in the third picture, you will need to peel back some tape first.

Remove 4 connectors from the right side of the motherboard.

All of these connectors release by simply pulling back.

To disconnect the connector shown in the third picture, you will need to peel back some tape first.

Step 9

On the left side of the motherboard, remove one more connector and two cables.
To remove the cables, lift them up with a plastic spudger.
Take note of which cable connects where.

On the left side of the motherboard, remove one more connector and two cables.

To remove the cables, lift them up with a plastic spudger.

Take note of which cable connects where.

Step 10

Remove the 2 fan screws and the 4 heat sink screws.
The screws don’t necessarily need to be removed from the component, but rather just loosened enough to remove the component from the motherboard.
Now remove the fan/heat sink component.
Once again, make sure to keep these screws separate from all others.

Remove the 2 fan screws and the 4 heat sink screws.

The screws don’t necessarily need to be removed from the component, but rather just loosened enough to remove the component from the motherboard.

Now remove the fan/heat sink component.

Once again, make sure to keep these screws separate from all others.

Step 11

Remove the 2 motherboard screws.
Now you can remove the motherboard.
Be careful not to damage any of the loose connectors and cables you disconnected in the previous steps.

Remove the 2 motherboard screws.

Now you can remove the motherboard.

Be careful not to damage any of the loose connectors and cables you disconnected in the previous steps.

Step 12

              Keyboard

Remove the 4 keyboard screws.
Lastly, remove the keyboard. To do this, slightly hinge open the laptop and pull back.
Make sure to be wary of the cables that connect to the display when removing the keyboard.

Remove the 4 keyboard screws.

Lastly, remove the keyboard. To do this, slightly hinge open the laptop and pull back.

Make sure to be wary of the cables that connect to the display when removing the keyboard.

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

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avarno - Jul 18, 2020

This should really be title keyboard ASSEMBLY replacement. The keyboard involves quite a bit more work on its own.

adrien - Jan 24, 2021

Introduction#

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Introduction

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