Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Trackpad Replacement

Escrito Por: Ryleigh Jenkins

Comentários: 7

Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Trackpad Replacement

Dificuldade

Easy

Passos

Tempo necessário

6 - 10 minutes

Introdução

This guide will lead you through the steps to replace the trackpad on the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Generation 1. The trackpad is used to control the device and may get worn down with age.

The removal of the trackpad requires you to first remove the battery, then proceed to remove four screws. Make sure the device is turned off before you begin these steps.

Ferramentas

Peças

01LX662 - Lenovo Laptop Touchpad - Genuine

Passo 1

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.

Passo 2

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

Passo 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.

Passo 4

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

This does not mention the wire that connects the speakers entwined with the battery nor the screws that hold the battery down. This is not a huge deal, just pointing it out

José B. -

Also doesn't mention the 4x screws to remove along the top of the battery

Wes Baynham -

Passo 5

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

Before the next step, I switched to this guide to remove the fans - Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Extreme Fan Replacement

Wendy Wildshape -

This guide also does not mention the speakers at all, but they are pretty easy to carefully remove

Wendy Wildshape -

Oh also this guide doesn't even mention removing the four screws which hold in the battery! Don't miss those!

Wendy Wildshape -

The four screws which hold the battery in place are not all the same, so keep track of which one goes where.

Wendy Wildshape -

The original battery had strips of compression foam adhered to the underside, which squish between the battery and the chassis plate. The replacement I got (from here at iFixIt) didn't come with these pieces of foam. So I removed the strips from the original battery and stuck them onto the new part. When I took off the first strip of foam, I ripped it off it's own adhering strip, so I had to glue it onto the new battery. I was more careful removing the other strips, using a metal shim from a fix kit to loosen a corner, and then slowly pulling the whole strip up and off. A razor blade, or even knife, would work fine to get at a corner of the adhesive.

Nick Novelli -