Kindle 7th Generation Motherboard Replacement

At each corner, use the blue plastic opening tool to unhook and separate the front panel from the adhesive.

Run the tool along the seams to pry open the front panel.

Peel the front panel off to remove it from the Kindle.

To prevent damaging the front panel, peel the panel from the corners towards the middle of the Kindle.

Remove the ten 5.0 mm T5 Torx screws.

Working evenly along the corners and edges, separate the internal contents from the back panel.

Flip the screen over to face the motherboard and battery pack.

Use the blunted precision tweezers to gently unclip and detach the cable connecting the battery pack and motherboard.

Use the tip of the spudger to flip up the small retaining flap on the copper colored zero insertion force (ZIF) connector.

Pull the cable from the connector.

Similar to the previous step, flip up the retaining flap on the white cable connector.

Pull the white cable from the connection.

Disconnect the touch digitiser bridge cable by using your Spudger to lift up the white tabs on both connectors.

Use tweezers to pull out the cable.

The touch digitiser bridge cable is the one connecting between these two connectors.

Use the T5 Torx screwdriver to remove the eight 3.0 mm Torx screws.

Remove the motherboard.