HP 7 1800 Front Facing Camera Replacement

Carefully insert a Spudger into one of the corners of the tablet.

Slide the Spudger along the edge popping the tabs out along the way.

Slide the Spudger under the battery to lift it off the adhesive.

Gently pull the cable connection from the motherboard using tweezers.

Remove the larger ribbon cable by gently flipping the beige latch and pulling it out with tweezers.

Remove the smaller ribbon cable by gently flipping the black latch and pulling it out with tweezers.

Remove the following 7 screws:

Six 4.17mm Phillips #00 around the motherboard.

One 2.67mm Phillips #00 next to the front facing camera.

Gently pry the front facing camera plug up and off of the motherboard.

Carefully lift the motherboard directly up.

On the metal plate inside of the device, there is a ribbon cable in a loop. Flip the white tab and pull the cable out.

Unscrew the following black screws:

Seven 2.82mm Phillips #00 around the metal casing.

Gently lift the metal plate directly up.

Gently remove the camera from the device with tweezers by lifting it up and out of its square hole.