HP Chromebook X360 14b-cb0002na LCD Removal guide

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Morning, in the interest of sharing as much data as possible, I suspect there might be a few folk with these in the community!

 

We had 2 of them, one with a broken case & hinge but intact LCD, and one with a broken LCD. Should be an easy swap right?

Right?

HP's take on right to repair is relatively decent but video guides such as the below fall into the common trap of making it look far easier than it actually is.

 

I come with easier ways!

The adhesive is stronger than Superman and heat barely touches it, so no amount of "careful prying" is going to get the LCD and touch panel away from the case without damage.

And a bonus, you do not need to remove the whole assembly from the chromebook prior to doing this.

Unclip the touch surround from the case with a pry tool but don't go pulling too hard. As the adhesive only starts about 5-6cm down, there's enough room to pull the top away from the case quite easily - but not too much! Enough to see the blue release tab for the adhesive at each corner. You should be able to get a decent pair of tweezers or better still, narrow long nose pliers down to grab those tabs and pull them CAREFULLY.

Once all the way out, it's all good and you have a loose, replaceable panel and/or touchscreen digitizer.