Service Teardown: OMEN by HP 17-cb0000 Laptop PC
How to Replace the Base Enclosure
Removal -
Remove the six 16 mm P1 Phillips-head screws that secure the base enclosure to the top cover.
Remove the four 3 mm P1 Phillips-head screws that secure the base enclosure to the top cover.
Starting with the rear edge, carefully separate the edges of the base enclosure from the top cover.
Remove the base enclosure.
Reverse this procedure to install the base enclosure.
How to Replace the Battery
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure.
WARNING: To avoid personal injury and damage to the product, use extreme care not to puncture, twist, or crack the battery.
An internal puncture or rupture to the battery has the potential to cause a short which may result in a thermal event.
Removal -
Remove the four 5 mm P1 Phillips-head screws that secure the battery to the top cover.
While supporting the battery with both hands, lift the rear edge of the battery to disconnect it from the connector on the mother board.
Slide the battery out of the notches in the top cover and remove.
Reverse this procedure to install the battery.
How to Replace the Memory Module(s)
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure and battery.
Removal -
Push both arms outward simultaneously to release the memory module to the spring tension position.
Grasp the memory module by the edges and pull gently to remove it.
Reverse this procedure to install the memory module.
How to Replace the M.2 Solid State Drive
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure and battery.
Removal -
Remove the two 3 mm P1 Phillips-head screws that secure the solid state drive bracket to the mother board.
Remove the bracket from the solid state drive.
Grasp the solid state drive by the edges and pull gently to remove it.
Reverse this procedure to install the solid state drive.
How to Replace the Wireless Module
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure and battery.
Removal -
Remove the mylar that covers the wireless module connectors.
CAUTION! Use care when disconnecting the wireless antenna cables from the wireless module.
A damaged cable or connector can degrade notebook performance.
Carefully disconnect the wireless antenna cables from the wireless module by grasping the connectors with a small pair of needle nose pliers or tweezers.
by grasping the connectors with a small pair of needle nose pliers or tweezers.
Remove the 3 mm P1 Phillips-head screw that secures the wireless module to the mother board
and allow it to raise to the spring-tension position.
Grasp the wireless module by the edges and pull gently to remove it.
Reverse this procedure to install the wireless module.
How to Replace the Hard Disk Drive Assembly
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure and battery.
Removal -
Using minimal force, lift the locking bar up on the hard disk drive ZIF connector
and disconnect the hard disk drive ribbon cable from the mother board.
Remove the four 3 mm P1 Phillips-head screws that secure the hard disk drive assembly to the top cover.
Lift the hard disk drive assembly off the alignment pins on the top cover and remove.
Reverse this procedure to install the hard disk drive assembly.
How to Replace the Speakers
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure and battery.
Removal -
IMPORTANT: Make careful note of the routing of the speaker cable for later replacement.
Disconnect the speaker cable from the connector on the mother board.
Remove the speaker cable from the routing channel on the top cover.
Remove the four 2 mm P1 Phillips broad-head screws that secure the speakers to the top cover.
Lift the speakers off the alignment pins on the top cover and remove.
Reverse this procedure to install the speakers.
How to Replace the Touchpad Button Board
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure and battery.
Removal -
Using minimal force, lift the locking bar up on the touchpad board ZIF connector and
disconnect the touchpad board ribbon cable from the touchpad board.
Using minimal force, lift the locking bar up on the touchpad button board ZIF connector
and disconnect the touchpad button board ribbon cable from the mother board.
Remove the touchpad button board from the adhesive that secures it to the touchpad board.
Remove the five 3 mm P1 Phillips broad-head screws that secure the touchpad bracket to the top cover.
Lift the touchpad button board off the alignment pins on the top cover and remove.
Reverse this procedure to install the touchpad button board.
How to Replace the DC-in Module
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure and battery.
Removal -
Disconnect the DC-in cable from its connector on the mother board.
Remove the DC-in cable from the routing channel on the mother board.
Remove the 3 mm P1 Phillips-head screw that secures the DC-in connector bracket to the top cover.
Lift the DC-in bracket off the DC-in module and remove.
Carefully release the DC-in module from the retention tabs on the top cover and remove.
Reverse this procedure to install the DC-in module.
How to Replace the Thermal Module
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure, battery, wireless module, and DC-in module.
Removal -
Disconnect the right fan cable from the connector on the mother board.
Disconnect the left fan cable from the connector on the mother board.
Remove the four 5 mm P1 Phillips-head screws that secure the fans to the mother board.
Note: The thermal module has numbers adjacent to the following six screws.
Remove the eight 3 mm P1 Phillips-head head screws that secure the thermal module over the processor components in numerical order.
Note: Due to the adhesive quality of the thermal grease located between the thermal module and processor components,
it may be necessary to move the thermal module from side to side to detach it from the mother board.
Carefully lift the thermal module off the mother board and remove.
Note: Before replacing the thermal module sink, the thermal grease should be replaced.
The thermal grease should be replaced every time the thermal module is removed.
Reverse this procedure to install the thermal module.
How to Replace the SD Card Reader Board
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure, battery, wireless module, DC-in module, and thermal module.
Removal -
Using minimal force, lift the locking bar up on the card reader board ZIF connector
and disconnect the card reader board ribbon cable from the card reader board.
Remove the 3 mm P1 Phillips-head screw that secures the card reader board to the top cover.
Lift the right edge of the card reader board off the alignment pins,
slide the external connectors out of the cutouts in the top cover, and remove.
Reverse this procedure to install the card reader board.
How to Replace the Power Button Board
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure, battery, wireless module, DC-in module, and thermal module.
Removal -
Using minimal force, lift the locking bar up on the power button board ZIF connector
and disconnect the power button board ribbon cable from the mother board.
Remove the power button board ribbon cable from the adhesive that secures it to the top cover.
Remove the two 3 mm P1 Phillips broad-head screws that secure the power button board to the top cover.
Lift the power button board off the alignment pins on the top cover and remove.
Reverse this procedure to install the power button board.
How to Replace the Mother Board
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure, battery, M.2 solid state drive,
wireless module, hard disk drive assembly, DC-in module, and thermal module.
Removal -
IMPORTANT: Make careful note of the routing of all the cables for later replacement.
Using minimal force, lift the locking bar up on the card reader board ZIF connector
and disconnect the card reader board ribbon cable from the mother board.
Remove the card reader board ribbon cable from the adhesive that secures it to the top cover.
Using minimal force, lift the locking bar up on the keyboard backlight ZIF connector
and disconnect the keyboard backlight ribbon cable from the mother board.
Using minimal force, lift the locking bar up on the keyboard ZIF connector
and disconnect the keyboard ribbon cable from the mother board.
Using minimal force, lift the locking bar up on the touchpad button board ZIF connector
and disconnect the touchpad button board ribbon cable from the mother board.
Disconnect the speaker cable from the connector on the mother board.
Using minimal force, lift the locking bar up on the power button board ZIF connector
and disconnect the power button board ribbon cable from the mother board.
Using minimal force, lift the locking bar up on the thermal sensor ZIF connector
and disconnect the thermal sensor ribbon cable from the mother board.
Using minimal force, lift the locking bar up on the display panel cable ZIF connector.
and disconnect the display panel cable from the mother board.
Remove the five 3.5 mm P1 Phillips-head screws that secure the mother board to the top cover.
Grasping the mother board near the center, lift the left edge off the alignment pins,
slide the external connectors out of the cut outs in the top cover, and remove.
NOTE: Before installing a new mother board, remove all components from the old mother board
and install them onto the new mother board.
Reverse this procedure to install the mother board.
How to Replace the Thermal Sensor Board
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure, battery, M.2 solid state drive,
wireless module, hard disk drive assembly, DC-in module, thermal module, and mother board.
Removal -
Remove the two 3 mm P1 Phillips head screws that secure the thermal sensor board to the top cover.
Lift the thermal sensor board off the alignment pins on the top cover and remove.
Reverse this procedure to install the thermal sensor board.
How to Replace the Display Panel Assembly/Top Cover
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure, battery, M.2 solid state drive,
wireless module, hard disk drive assembly, DC-in module, thermal module, and mother board.
Removal -
IMPORTANT: Make careful note of the routing of wireless antenna and display panel cables for later replacement.
Remove the wireless antenna cables from the retention tape and routing channel on the top cover.
Remove the display panel cable from the routing channel on the top cover.
Grasp the top cover near the display panel hinges and open the display panel hinges.
While supporting the top cover,
remove the four 5 mm P1 Phillips-head screws that secure the left and right display panel hinges to the top cover.
Slide the top cover off the display panel hinges and remove.
NOTE: Before installing a new top cover, remove all components from the old top cover and install them onto the new top cover.
Reverse this procedure to install the display panel assembly or top cover.
How to Replace the Display Bezel
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure, battery, M.2 solid state drive,
wireless module, hard disk drive assembly, DC-in module, thermal module, mother board, and display panel assembly.
and display panel assembly. Removal -
Carefully separate the inside edges of the display bezel from the top, sides, and bottom to disengage it from the display enclosure.
IMPORTANT: The edges of the display bezel are held in place with adhesive.
Take care when removing them from the display enclosure.
It may be necessary to use a non-metallic flat-bladed tool to aid in the removal.
Lift the display bezel off the display enclosure and remove.
Reverse this procedure to install the display bezel.
How to Replace the Webcam
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure, battery, M.2 solid state drive, wireless module,
hard disk drive assembly, DC-in module, thermal module, mother board, display panel assembly, and display bezel.
Removal -
Peel back the retention tape and disconnect the webcam cable from its connector on the webcam board.
Using a flat, non-conductive tool, carefully remove the webcam board from the adhesive and alignment pins
that secure it to the display enclosure.
Remove the webcam board.
Reverse this procedure to install the webcam board.
How to Replace the Display Panel Hinges
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure, battery, M.2 solid state drive, wireless module,
hard disk drive assembly, DC-in module, thermal module, mother board, display panel assembly, and display bezel.
Remove the four 2.5 mm P0 Phillips broad-head screws that secure the left display panel hinge to the display enclosure.
Lift the left display panel hinge off the alignment pins on the display enclosure and remove.
The right display panel hinge is removed in the same manner.
Reverse this procedure to install the display panel hinges.
How to Remove the Display Panel
Before you begin: Remove the base enclosure, battery, M.2 solid state drive, wireless module, hard disk drive assembly,
DC-in module, thermal module, mother board, display panel assembly, display bezel, and left display panel hinge.
Removal -
IMPORTANT: The display panel is held in place by two strips of stretch-release tape.
Each tape strip has a plastic pull-tab attached to one end.
One at a time, grasp the pull-tab of each strip of tape
and carefully wrap it around the end of a cylindrical tool such as a screw driver.
Slowly twist the tool to release the tape. Continue twisting until the entire strip has been removed.
IMPORTANT: If the stretch-release tape strips are pulled too quickly or at an extreme angle,
they will break before releasing the display panel.
NOTE: The removed stretch-release tape is not reusable.
Remove the display panel cable from the display enclosure.
Peel back the retention tape and disconnect the webcam cable from the connector on the webcam board.
Lift the display panel off the display enclosure and remove.
IMPORTANT: Please refer to the maintenance and service guide for instructions on replacing the display panel.
The stretch-release tape strips that secure the display panel to the display enclosure must to be placed in a specific orientation.