Lenovo Yoga C930-13IKB Hinge Assembly Replacement

Passo 1

Flip the device over so that the underside is facing up.
Remove the six 3.5 mm T5 Torx screws.

From a shaky, vision impaired, 78-year-old. Provided tool kit is a must. READ ALL DIRECTIONS AND COMMENTS BEFORE STARTING! Lots of good advice. Remove stickers from top of old battery and pull to release battery adhesion. SLOWLY pull battery up and it will come out. Unplug harness AFTER freeing battery. I had most trouble installing the new battery on the two small posts under upper screw holes. Just be patient and it will work. Took me a total of 30 minutes to remove and install. Very happy with new battery and battery performance.

TVB -

Passo 2

Pry off the back cover using the plastic opening tool.
Loosen the back cover in multiple spots using the opening tool, then remove the whole back.
You may have to run the plastic tool along the edges until you find a small gap to separate the back cover from the laptop.
Do not use a metal tool when working with your device.

The gap is so small that I wasn’t able to insert anything to pry the cover up. The suction cup tool lifted the cover off easily.

Thomas Capobianco -

There is a very convenient spot to begin the prying process. Up by the hinge, where the metal back turns in perpendicular to the edge to get around the hinge mechanism, there is a gap between the cover and the rest of the laptop where it can be pried up easily. From there it is easy to run a tool and widen the gap all the way around.

Alex Yantis -

I tried Thomas's suggestion first, and it worked like a charm: the suction cup took it right off.
Instead of pushing the cup against the laptop I "pulled it flat" and placed it against the back, so it'd just suck onto it. (Didn't want to deform the laptop cover)

Panopticon -

Opening this up again to re-seat the SSD ...and find that Alex's suggestion is also very good. I would start with his suggestion and then move to Thomas's if the back doesn't just jump off.

Panopticon -

Passo 3

Carefully lift the cover off with your hands.

Passo 4

Unplug the battery from the motherboard by pinching the cables with your fingers and tugging out with force.
Use the spudger for assistance.

Pull cables toward yourself.

Delphine Jacquet - 23/02/21

I was not able to grasp the wires with the battery mounted. Once I removed the battery from the case, the connector was easy to remove

Thomas Capobianco -

I suggest waiting until you have unscrewed and un-stuck the battery from the laptop before removing the cable. It makes it much easier to get a hold of the wiring harness/plug so as to pull it out.

ALSO, if you're reading this, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you stop now and read all of the comments below, including the ones at the very end, after the CONCLUSION section. There's stuff that's not covered in the main steps.

Panopticon -

Passo 5

Unscrew the four 3mm screws with a Phillips screwdriver.

I used a PH000 for this

Matt Orienter -

Passo 6

The battery is still held in place with two stretch-release adhesive strips, similar to ones found in an iPhone.
Use your fingers to pry up the clear plastic pull-tab for one of the stretch release adhesives.
Grasp the pull-tab and slowly pull away from the battery at a shallow angle. The adhesive strip will stretch to many times its length and slowly release from underneath the battery.
Repeat the procedure for the second strip on the opposite side of the battery.
Be careful not to bend the battery. Breaking the battery is dangerous.
Remove the battery with your hands.

There are two clear plastic tabs wrapped around the sides of the battery that connect to the glue strips between the battery and the backlight cover. All you have to do is peel the clear strips from the battery and pull them away. The glue under the battery pulls out like a Command Strip. No need to wreck your backlit cover and possibly the cabling underneath with tools.

Brian Storm - 15/10/20

Oh man I really wish I would have expanded the comments before continuing; something that took me an hour of painstaking prying could have been taken care of in 30 seconds. USE THE PULL TABS TO REMOVE THE ADHESIVE STRIPS!

Ben Borgert -

Hi Brian,

Thanks for the tips! I’ll amend the guide to include this info.

Arthur Shi -

I still don’t understand Step 6. Also does the new battery stick to the existing adhesive strip?

Allen Michael Cohen -

@BenBorgert - agree 100%!! I would also add that I had to give the cover a nudge towards the hinge (something seemed to click into place) to get the screw holes lined up

Thomas Capobianco -

Did you replacement battery come with replacement adhesive strips? Mine didn't.

If you want to re-use the existing strips, you'll want to remove them carefully. As noted in the instructions, pull those clear tabs slowly and at a shallow angle. If possible, use one hand to pull and the other to hold the lengthening strip as it emerges. The goal here is to NOT LET THE STRIP SNAP OUT when it breaks free. If it does, it might snap together in a sticky, un-reusable mess.

So, take it slow, gather the excess as it emerges, and then you can stick the strips onto your new battery.

Put them in the same spot on the new one as they were on the old one (just below the top screw-bracket). And when you put the new battery in place, try not to let it stick hard to the laptop. You will need some wiggle to line up the screw holes. More on that below.

Panopticon -

FYI, there are two very tiny metal posts in the laptop, immediately below the upper left and right screw holes. These are meant to align with some holes on the screw-brackets on the battery. So there are 3x things that hold the battery in place:

1) the screws

2) the "command strips"

3) the 2x tiny metal posts

When you put the battery in, you'll need to get both of those little posts to thread through the corresponding holes on the screw-brackets on the battery. For me, it was a matter of connecting the battery cable, gently placing the battery into the laptop, being careful NOT to press it into the sticky strip. (I pressed it in the first time and needed to take it out again, because I could not line up the 2xposts or the 4x screw holes. ) So put it in there and hover it above the screw-holes, taking care to line them up as best you can. Line up the 2x posts as well, and thread them through the little holes. Once these are threaded, check to be sure that your screw-holes are lined up and screw it in.

Panopticon -

Great instructions. Just replaced battery on my Yoga C930 without any issues although it took a little longer than expected. Thanks for the step by step guide!

Tim J. -

Is there a video portion anywhere of removing the battery? I'm new to this and unsure of how much force to use/if I'm pulling off something crucial to another part. Doing my best, but I'm terrified that I'm going to wreck my whole laptop.

tlex3079 -

Passo 7

Remove the four 3 mm Phillips #0 screws from the fan assembly.

Passo 8

Remove the four 2 mm Phillips #00 screws from the fans themselves.

This is another redundant step since this is only to secure the fans to the heat pipe fan housing. And really tiny screws to lose.

imark7777777 - 23/03/21

Passo 9

Unscrew the three 3 mm Phillips #0 screws on the heatsink.

Passo 10

Use a plastic opening tool to remove the two small, white power cable connectors for each of the two fans.

Passo 11

Gently lift the fan assembly out of the laptop.
Be sure to clean and reapply thermal paste to the heatsink during reassembly.

Passo 12

Using the Halberd Spudger, gently lift the black tab on top of each of the five ZIF connectors for the ribbon cables. Then pull the cables out from the connectors.

Passo 13

Using the reverse tweezers, gently pull out the small black cable towards the top right of the motherboard.

Passo 14

Using two plastic opening tools gently unplug the white speaker cable connector from the bottom left of the motherboard.

Passo 15

Using the plastic opening tool, gently pry up on the metal tabs of the two display cables to remove the cables from the top right corner of the motherboard.

Passo 16

Remove the fourteen 3 mm Phillips #00 screws that hold in the motherboard.

Passo 17

While gently grasping each side of the motherboard, carefully lift the assembly out.

Passo 18

Using a halberd spudger, gently lift up the metal bezel that lines the lower edge of the display.

Passo 19

Remove the ten 3 mm screws along the bottom edge of the display with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Passo 20

Gently wedge two opening picks underneath the display.
Slowly work the opening picks around the display.
Add opening picks as needed to keep display separated from the frame.
Use caution if dealing with broken glass.
The iFixit suction cup tool can be used to add some extra leverage to the mix when removing the display.

Hi everyone, please be VERY careful on this step. I used the opening picks as depicted, and I ended up cracking my screen and will have to buy another one. The glass is very fragile. I also believe that this guide is potentially missing a step. Just as the battery has double-sided adhesive tape holding it in place, the touchscreen display also has that tape behind it as well. If you look closely at where both the opening picks are in the first picture on the guide, you will see little white tabs that help pull out the tape before taking the screen off. I don't know if this contributed to me breaking my screen, but I thought I would leave a warning so no one else forgets to remove the tape beforehand just in case. Look up "Lenovo Yoga C930 LCD Removal Tips" uploaded by PC 911 Computer & Cell Phone Repair on Youtube to get a better look at the adhesive tabs. Happy fixing everyone.

Daniel Way -

Passo 21

Gently flip the display assembly to rest on top of the keyboard.

Passo 22

Use the halberd spudger to lift the locking tab of the ZIF connector holding the black ribbon cable that runs vertically across the display.
Pull out the black ribbon cable from the connector.

Passo 23

Use the halberd spudger to lift the latch on the ZIF connector of the horizontal black ribbon cable.
Pull out the horizontal black ribbon cable from the connector.
Gently pull the rest of the horizontal black ribbon cable from the back of the display.

Passo 24

Use the halberd spudger to flip the metal latch of the display cable up.
Using the halberd spudger, gently pull the connector out of the display.

Passo 25

Gently lift the display away from the laptop frame.

Passo 26

Remove the eight 3 mm screws from the hinge attachments on the back cover using the Phillips #00 screwdriver.
Carefully detach the hinge assembly connectors from the LCD cover to detach it from the back cover.

Passo 27

Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the two 3 mm screws from the hinge attachment on the LCD cover.
Detach the two hinge retention brackets using the angled ESD tweezers.

Passo 28

Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver remove the six 3 mm screws from the corners of the LCD cover.
Carefully lift the hinge assembly, detaching it from the LCD cover.

Lenovo Yoga C930-13IKB Hinge Assembly Replacement

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Elizabeth Miller

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