Lenovo IdeaTab A2109 Speakers Replacement

Look at the back of the tablet and locate the speakers on top of the rear cover.

There is a smaller indentation in the plastic cover that runs across the top of the device.

Wedge the plastic opening tool, under the middle of the cover as shown, then push up and the cover will pop off.

Remove the following two screws:

• M3.0 x 3.0 mm #00 phillips screws (black)

Pry open cover using a plastic opening tool.

• Leave plastic opening tool in place to maintain the separation.
• It may take a little force to separate from the front face of the device

Slide the plastic opening tool to one corner.

• Place another plastic opening tool into the gap and slide it to the opposite corner.

Pull the rear cover up and back to separate it from front face of the device.

Disconnect battery power connector by pinching the connector with tweezers, and sliding it out of the housing.

Remove the following seven screws:

• M3.0 x 3.0 mm #00 phillips screws (black).

Now you can take the battery out in order to either replace it or continue disassembling the device.

Remove the following five screws:

• Two M 3.0 x 3.0 mm #00 phillips screws (black)
• Three M 5.3 x 1.75 mm #00 phillips screws (silver)

There are four connections that you must disconnect in order to remove the system board

Use tweezers to flip up the small black plastic locks on all four connections

• Carefully remove each of the exposed ribbons

Disconnect the two speaker connectors by pinching them with tweezers and sliding them out from the system board housing.

Use tweezers or your finger nail to disconnect the camera attachment by flipping up the black rectangular connector.

Disconnect the HDMI connection with the system board

• Use a plastic opening tool to pry up the system board, and you will hear a pop as it comes free

Slide out the system board from its housing tab on the upper right corner

Pull the board slowly away from the tab, and it will pop out.

Remove the following two screws:

• M 5.3 x 1.75 mm #00 phillips screws (silver)

Once the screws are out, use the tweezers to pull the board straight out.

Use the tweezer tool to flip up the three small plastic locks attached to the digital board.

Then, slide newly exposed ribbons out.

Remove the following two screws:

• M5.3 x 1.75 mm #00 phillips screws (silver)

Once it is unscrewed, use the tweezer tool to pull the digital board straight out.

Once the IO board and digital board have been removed you can access the speakers.

Using the tweezers, put on end underneath the speaker, and pull up. They will pop off fairly easily.

Repeat previous step for the other side.