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Acer Aspire V5-122P-0468 Touchpad Replacement

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The touchpad can become unresponsive or just break all together. This guide will show how to safely remove and replace the touchpad in your Acer Aspire laptop.

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    • Remove the nine 4mm screws with a PH0 screwdriver.

    • Remove the two 6mm screws with a PH0 screwdriver.

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    • Remove the black rubber tab on the back of the computer

    • Remove the 4mm screw hidden underneath the black tab with a PH0 screwdriver.

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    • Orient the computer upside down, with the hinges facing away from you.

    • Find the black plastic piece in the SD card slot on the right side of the computer.

    • Remove the plastic piece by sliding it out of the SD card slot.

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    • Insert a spudger at these eight locations to disengage the plastic tabs from the housing cover, and pry apart.

    • Continue around the entire perimeter of the cover with the spudger.

    • Use a spudger to pry the cover around I/O ports.

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    • Remove the two 4mm screws using a PH0 screwdriver.

    • Depress the tabs holding the battery with a spudger.

    • Disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard using a spudger.

    • Pull the battery up and away from the laptop to remove.

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    • Use the spudger to pop up the latch on the ZIF connector.

    • Pull out the ribbon cable.

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    • Remove the three 2mm PH #0 screws.

    • Lift the metal tape up and off of the mounting bracket.

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    • Remove the metal mounting bracket from the bottom of the touchpad

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    • Carefully remove the foam pad from along the top edge of touchpad using a spudger.

    • This pad can be reused.

    • Remove the four 2mm PH #0 screws.

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    • Remove the touchpad from the laptop using a spudger.

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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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