Lenovo ThinkPad T460 Speakers Replacement

Place the laptop so that the bottom is facing upwards.

Slide the latch on the left side of the battery to the left until it clicks in place.

Slide the latch on the right side of the battery to the right and hold it in place with your thumb.

Use your other hand to slide the battery towards the back of the laptop.

Lift the battery up and away from the laptop.

Loosen the eight captive screws in the bottom cover using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

Insert the flat end of a spudger in between the bottom cover and the rest of the laptop, starting in the lower left corner.

Pry the lower left corner of the bottom cover up by a few millimeters.

Slide the spudger along the bottom of the laptop to release the clips until you reach the lower right corner.

Slide the spudger along the right and top sides of the bottom cover to release the clips.

Use the spudger to pry the upper left corner up by a few millimeters.

Pry up the sections of the bottom cover with printed logos of the ports.

Use the spudger to pry up the bottom cover in the lower portion of the external battery compartment by a few millimeters.

Use both hands to lift the bottom cover up and away from the laptop.

Use a pair of blunt nose tweezers to pull the black connector out of its socket.

Remove the three 3.7 mm screws from the internal battery using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

Use your hands to lift the battery up and away from the laptop.

Use a pair of blunt nose tweezers to pull the white speaker connector out of its socket on the motherboard.

Remove the four 5 mm screws from the left and right speakers using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

Use your hands to lift up the speaker to the left of the hard drive.

Use your fingers to remove the speaker wire from the clips along the bottom of the laptop.

Lift up the speaker to the right of the internal battery compartment with your other hand.

Lift both speakers up and away from the laptop.