Acer Iconia Tab 8 A1-840 Speaker Replacement

Power off the device

Remove any cables that might be connected to your device

Make sure the device is placed on a flat surface with the display screen facing up

Wedge the plastic opening tool in between the display screen and back panel

Carefully separate the display from the back panel

Use your fingers to pull back and remove the yellow plastic tape covering the battery cable.

Use the flat end of the spudger to pry up and remove the battery cable.

Use the flat side of the heavy duty spudger to lift the small black plastic flap.

Use fingers to pull the Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) cable from the motherboard.

Use fingers to remove the smaller adjacent ZIF cable from the motherboard.

Use the flat end of the spudger to pry the battery up from all edges, and remove it from the back panel.

Use tweezers or the flat end of the spudger to carefully pull the connection loose.

Use the pointy end of the spudger to remove the black tape holding the wires in place and completely free the wires.

Use a 5mm nut driver and Philips#000 bit to remove the four 1.5mm screws.

Remove the speakers after unscrewing the screws.

Use spudger to loosen the wire and free the speaker.