Insignia Flex 10.1 NS-P10W8100 Motherboard Replacement

Carefully open the laptop and remove the keyboard by disconnecting it.

Place keyboard to the side as you will not need it.

Lay the screen flat on its surface and use the iFixit opening tool to remove the cover by gently prying the back cover from the screen.

Use your fingers and pry the back cover from the screen. You may need to wiggle the cover a bit to separate the pieces.

If the back cover does not come off, work your fingers around the corners and slowly pry the cover off using your fingers.

Gently remove the black tape from each of the three connectors.

With a fingernail, gently remove the yellow tape from across the speaker wires.

Once the pieces of tape are removed the resulting motherboard should look like this picture.

The ZIF connectors will be removed in a clockwise motion.

Secondly, the ribbon cable connectors will be unplugged to isolate the motherboard.

Unplug the smallest ZIF Connector by using you fingernail to flip up the small locking flap. Then safely pull the cable out.

Following a clockwise direction, continue unplugging the ZIF connectors by safely puling the cable out.

Remove the ribbon cables by firstly disconnecting the cable located on the top right of the motherboard,

Remove the remaining two bottom ribbon cables.

Disconnect the three low profile connectors by using a spudger to prop up both sides. Then, lift the connectors straight up from their sockets.

Using a Phillips #2 screwdriver, remove the three 4 mm screws to free the motherboard.

Pull the two pieces of grey tape off the motherboard.

Remove the motherboard by lifting it upward.