HP Chromebook 11a-nb0013dx Motherboard Replacement

Introdução

If the cooling system in your HP Chromebook 11a-nb0013dx is not functioning properly your Chromebook may be hot to the touch, have performance issues, or shutdown unexpectedly.

In this Chromebook the cooling system is located inside the motherboard. Because of this, a damaged motherboard can cause overheating. If reapplying the thermal paste does not solve the overheating problem in your Chromebook, the mother board may be damaged and needs to be relaced.

Before begining this guide make sure to power off your Chromebook completely.

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Passo 1 Motherboard

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Position the Chromebook with the bottom facing up.
Locate the 8 screws on the back of the Chromebook.
Next, remove the 8 (8mm) screws using the phillips screw driver with the #0 bit.

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Passo 2

Locate the 4 rubber feet on the bottom of the laptop.
Pry them off with the metal spudger or an iFixit opening pick.

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Passo 3

Flip over and open the Chromebook.
Locate the seem surrounding the keyboard and track pad.
Use an iFixit opening pick to pry the keyboard from the laptop

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Passo 4

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Gentally lift up the keyboard and locate the two ribbons attatched to the motherboard.
Use the IFixit Opening Tool to lift the two tabs located on the zero insertion force (ZIF) connectors.
To do this, use the tip of the IFixit Opening Tool to flip up the small locking flap and gently pull the ribbon out.
Then, fully remove the keyboard and set aside.

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Passo 5

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Locate the bundled cable connector connecting the battery to the motherboard.
Use the precision tweezers to peel back the black tape covering the bundled cable connector.
Next, use the precision tweezers to grab the edge of the connector and slowly pull the cable towards you.

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Passo 6

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Locate the bundled cable connector connecting the speakers to the motherboard.
Using the precision tweezers, peel back the plastic that is covering the bundled cable connector.
Then, use the precision tweezers to grab the edges of the bundled cable connector and remove by pulling towards the battery.

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Passo 7

Locate the LDC cable connecting the screen to the motherboard.
Using the precision tweezers, peel back the plastic covering the LDC cable connector.
Then, use the precision tweezers to gently pull back the LDC cable towards the screen.

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Passo 8

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Locate the ribbons and their ZIF connectors connecting the motherboard and the daughterboard.
Use the precision tweezers to peel back the plastic and uncover the ZIF connectors located at the end of each ribbon.
Use the IFixit Opening Tool to flip up the locking flap holding the ribons in place.
Then, gently pull out each ribon.
On the top left corner of the motherboard, gently unplug the bundled cable from the motherboard.

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Passo 9

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Locate the 6 screws holding the motherboard in place.
Using the philips screw driver with the #0 bit, unscrew the 6 (4mm) screws and set them aside.
After all the screws are removed, remove the USB-C bracket in the top right hand corner and set aside.

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Passo 10

Once the motherboard is not connected to any other components of the Chromebook, gentely remove.
When removing the motherboard, lift up and to the left.

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