Lenovo Yoga C930-13IKB Hinge Assembly Replacement

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Description: This guide includes all the steps, tools, and...

Steps:

1. Flip the device over so that the underside is facing up.
2. Remove the six 3.5 mm T5 Torx screws.

3. Pry off the back cover using the plastic opening tool.
4. Loosen the back cover in multiple spots using the opening tool, then remove the whole back.
5. You may have to run the plastic tool along the edges until you find a small gap to separate the back cover from the laptop.
6. Do not use a metal tool when working with your device.

7. Carefully lift the cover off with your hands.

8. Unplug the battery from the motherboard by pinching the cables with your fingers and tugging out with force.
9. Use the spudger for assistance.

10. Unscrew the four 3mm screws with a Phillips screwdriver.

11. The battery is still held in place with two stretch-release adhesive strips, similar to ones found in an iPhone.
12. Use your fingers to pry up the clear plastic pull-tab for one of the stretch release adhesives.
13. Grasp the pull-tab and slowly pull away from the battery at a shallow angle. The adhesive strip will stretch to many times its length and slowly release from underneath the battery.
14. Repeat the procedure for the second strip on the opposite side of the battery.
15. Be careful not to bend the battery. Breaking the battery is dangerous.
16. Remove the battery with your hands.

17. Remove the four 3 mm Phillips #0 screws from the fan assembly.

18. Remove the four 2 mm Phillips #00 screws from the fans themselves.

19. Unscrew the three 3 mm Phillips #0 screws on the heatsink.

20. Use a plastic opening tool to remove the two small, white power cable connectors for each of the two fans.

21. Gently lift the fan assembly out of the laptop.
22. Be sure to clean and reapply thermal paste to the heatsink during reassembly.

23. Using the Halberd Spudger, gently lift the black tab on top of each of the five ZIF connectors for the ribbon cables. Then pull the cables out from the connectors.

24. Using the reverse tweezers, gently pull out the small black cable towards the top right of the motherboard.

25. Using two plastic opening tools gently unplug the white speaker cable connector from the bottom left of the motherboard.

26. Using the plastic opening tool, gently pry up on the metal tabs of the two display cables to remove the cables from the top right corner of the motherboard.

27. Remove the fourteen 3 mm Phillips #00 screws that hold in the motherboard.

28. While gently grasping each side of the motherboard, carefully lift the assembly out.

29. Using a halberd spudger, gently lift up the metal bezel that lines the lower edge of the display.

30. Remove the ten 3 mm screws along the bottom edge of the display with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

31. Gently wedge two opening picks underneath the display.
32. Slowly work the opening picks around the display.
33. Add opening picks as needed to keep display separated from the frame.
34. Use caution if dealing with broken glass.
35. The iFixit suction cup tool can be used to add some extra leverage to the mix when removing the display.

36. Gently flip the display assembly to rest on top of the keyboard.

37. Use the halberd spudger to lift the locking tab of the ZIF connector holding the black ribbon cable that runs vertically across the display.
38. Pull out the black ribbon cable from the connector.

39. Use the halberd spudger to lift the latch on the ZIF connector of the horizontal black ribbon cable.
40. Pull out the horizontal black ribbon cable from the connector.
41. Gently pull the rest of the horizontal black ribbon cable from the back of the display.

42. Use the halberd spudger to flip the metal latch of the display cable up.
43. Using the halberd spudger, gently pull the connector out of the display.

44. Gently lift the display away from the laptop frame.

45. Remove the eight 3 mm screws from the hinge attachments on the back cover using the Phillips #00 screwdriver.
46. Carefully detach the hinge assembly connectors from the LCD cover to detach it from the back cover.

47. Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the two 3 mm screws from the hinge attachment on the LCD cover.
48. Detach the two hinge retention brackets using the angled ESD tweezers.

49. Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver remove the six 3 mm screws from the corners of the LCD cover.
50. Carefully lift the hinge assembly, detaching it from the LCD cover.