Archos 97 Carbon Speakers Replacement

  • Step 1 Speakers

    • To start, lay your tablet upwards facing you. Begin to pry your tablet open in the corner using a prying tool. Start in the top left corner, near the volume and power button, working your way around clockwise

  • Step 2

    • Once you have pryed the screen open, you will see two cables connecting the sreen and the interior of the tablet together. On the right side, you will see a white tab that the cable is taped to. Remove the tape and plug connecting the cable to the tab, and it will come loose.

  • Step 3

    • On the left side of the tablet, you will see a silver cable connecting the screen to the motherboard (green square). Remove the black tape that is connecting the cable and screen and the gold plug will come loose.

  • Step 4

    • Once you have separated the the screen from the tablet, you can place the screen to the side. You should be looking at this part of the tablet.

    • The speakers are the two components circled.

  • Step 5

    • To begin removing the speakers, you will need a soldering kit.

    • There are 3 wires that you will solder from the motherboard. One is red, one is black, and the other is right.

    • To begin, solder each of the wires. We recommend that you use a solder sucker to suck up any of the residue that the solder produces.

  • Step 6

    • After the wires have been soldered, you can proceed with removing the speakers.

    • Begin by using a prying tool and pry each of the speakers up.

  • Step 7

    • Once you have completed the soldering and prying, you will be left with a final product like the one seen here.

    • Both of the speakers have been removed and their wires have been soldered.