HP Tablet
HP ElitePad 900 Disassembly
In this guide, I will explain how to disassemble the HP ElitePad 900 to remove the battery, wireless card, speakers, screen, back cover, front camera, rear camera, and motherboard.
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Remove the two screws on both sides of the data port. Insert a plastic pry tool under the screen. Slide the pry tool to release the clips securing the screen assembly until it fully detaches from the tablet.
Lift the screen. Please be careful, there are still two cables connected to the motherboard.
Use a tool to pry open the black part of the socket to pull out the screen cable, and use the same method to pull out the touch cable.
The HP ElitePad 900 screen has been removed. On the back of the screen, there is a display cable and a touch circuit board.
When the screen is removed, you can access the battery, speakers, motherboard, wireless card, and rear camera.
The HP ElitePad 900 comes with an LG LP101WX2 (SL) (P1) IPS screen. On the left side of the screen, you can see a touch board, and there is an ATMEL touch chip on the board.
Remove the screws and disconnect the battery power cable. You can remove the battery.
The HP ElitePad 900 comes with a 25Wh Li-Polymer battery.
Disconnect the yellow cable and two antennas, and remove the two screws. You can remove the wireless card.
Speaker module
Close-up of the front camera and rear camera
Wireless card antennas
All chips on the motherboard are covered with metal shields. To access the chips, the metal shields must first be removed.
Remove the metal shield. You can find the Samsung 64GB SSD, Samsung 2GB RAM, Intel Atom z2760 processor, and Texas Instruments power management chip.
Next to the Intel Atom Z2760 processor is a Samsung 2GB memory chip.
Light sensor, rear camera, and fill light.
Volume key
HP ElitePad 900 internal parts
Does this tablet have a BIOS chip? I need to remove the BIOS battery to reset the BIOS settings and the password.
I have the same problem. I need to reset the BIOS password. Tell me if you found a solution. Thanks.
“… and then begin to pry up the screen from the black plastic.”
Please give more details. What do you need to pry it up with? Do you need to use plastic spacers or something to stop the magnets from pulling it back down?
Where are the magnets, and can they be depolarised for DIY?
Do you know where I can get the parts? I need a wireless card for my G1.
This is all wrong. The only way to open an Elitepad 900 G1 or 1000 G2 is with the Elitepad service tool, available only to HP-certified centers. The glass of the Elitepad is held with magnets, not screws, and if you do it wrong, you can destroy the glass without the service tool.
You can open it at home without a problem. Just stick a very slim screwdriver between the matte plastic part and the plastic line covering the screen. Then, you can pop open the joints one by one. Again, around the screen, there is a plastic line. And there is the black matte plastic that covers some parts of the back. You start between them, on the screen side.
Is it possible to show the location of the BIOS chip?