Lenovo IdeaPad A1-07 Motherboard Replacement

With the blue plastic opening tool, use the lock screen switch by the volume button as an access point to gently lift the back cover off.

Wedge the opening tool until you start hearing the back cover popping off the body of the device.

Slide the opening tool down the length of the device.

Using a Phillips #000 screwdriver, remove all 18 of the 4mm screws.

With the blue plastic opening tool, gently wedge the tool between the screen and the gray frame until you feel resistance.

Push in the teeth with the blue plastic opening tool, towards the center of the device, and gently pull off the frame.

Disconnect the speaker by separating the two sides of the speaker connector.

Use a plastic opening tool to push the white battery connector out of its socket on the motherboard.

Lift the battery away from the device.

Remove the three, 3mm screws holding the motherboard to the screen using the PH #000 screwdriver.

The first connector to remove is in the center of the motherboard.

Use the blue plastic opening tool to slide the little black retainer, relieving pressure on the brown ribbon cable.

Use the blue opening tool to pull the brown ribbon cable out of the connector.

On the top left of the motherboard, to the right of the back camera is another connector.

To disconnect, use a blue plastic opening tool to lift and pry it up.

Once it snaps up out of place, it has been disconnected.

Using the same process as the previous connector, disconnect a similar connector just to the left of the back camera.

Once it snaps up out of place, it has been disconnected.

On the top left of the motherboard, just next to the volume button, is another connector.

Use a blue plastic opening tool to lift up on the black lever.

Once it is pushed up, the brown ribbon can be pulled out using the spudger.

The final connector is a grey cable with a gold tip called the coaxial cable.

To disconnect, slide the blue plastic opening tool up to the base of the tip.

Twist the opening tool to gently lift up the coaxial cable.

While lifting the motherboard, you need to push the connector heads down through the holes that they come through.

Simply lift the motherboard on the left side and flip it over to the right like turning a page.

Once all the connectors are pushed through, the last thing still connecting the motherboard to the screen is the motherboard battery.

Using the black spudger, gently pry up the connector by pulling at the base of the battery.

With the device face down, you can pull up on the top left side of the metal frame while pushing out a plastic tooth using two metal spudgers.

Gently lift until you feel the tension of the adhesive on the right side.

Once you feel tension, slide a metal spudger tool down the length of the right side to remove the adhesive.

The motherboard is soldered to the black screen frame by an orange film tab.