Acer Iconia B1-720 Motherboard Replacement

Insert a plastic opening tool into a gap near the charging port at the top of the device. Slide the tool in either direction along the device.

Slide the tool along until you have completely separated the rear cover.

If needed, place the first tool in the gap created to hold this gap open and use a second tool to pry the remaining portion of the rear cover off.

Once all the sides have been separated, you should be able to simply lift the cover off of the device.

Peel back the plastic tape covering the battery connector.

Use the plastic opening tool to lift the battery off of the back panel. The adhesive used is strong so apply force during removal.

Lift the battery off of the panel gently. This will disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard.

Pry the speaker away from the device using the plastic opening tool. This may require a little force due to the adhesive that is on the device.(Battery is not shown in this picture for image

Tug gently on microphone to remove from slot.

Unwind the wire from the running channel.

To remove microphone, follow same steps.

Unplug connector from motherboard.

Follow same procedure to remove microphone.

Unplug the microphone in a similar fashion as with the speaker.

Remove the yellow tape covering both ribbons in the two photos shown.

Use tweezers to lift the small black locking tab off of the orange ribbon

Remove the orange ribbon from the lock using tweezers

Use tweezers to remove rubber black wrap surrounding lock.

Use the tweezers to pull plastic tabs on each side of the black ribbon

Use tweezers to gently remove black ribbon from locking mechanism.

Remove the 5 screws shown in the photograph

Lift the motherboard from the front panel of the device.