Acer Iconia Tab A501 Speaker Replacement

ID: 124942

Description: Good sound is very important to device...

Steps:

  1. Turn off your device before opening it.
  2. Use a plastic opening tool to carefully separate the back cover, starting at the volume buttons.
  3. Continue separating the back cover along the short side closest to the camera and around the device.
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  5. When separated enough, a little more than halfway around the device, the back cover will be easy to take off.
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  7. In the next step, be careful not to squeeze too hard or scratch the motherboard.
  8. Use the angled tweezers to disconnect the white motherboard-battery connector in the middle of the side opposite the docking port.
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  10. In this step, be careful not to squeeze too hard or scratch the motherboard.
  11. Use the angled tweezers to disconnect the cable with red, white and green wires from the beige connector slightly toward the side with the Micro-HDMI port relative to the docking port.
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  13. Unscrew the 3.0 mm Phillips head screw on each speaker using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.
  14. Unscrew the 4.0 mm Phillips head screw on each speaker using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.
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  16. Remove the speakers.
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