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HP Spectre X360 30th September 2015

by Larry

PennEngineering®

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HP Spectre X360

Details & Findings

Pictures and Description of the

HP Spectre X360 and the

Disassembly Process.


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HP Spectre X360

Teardown – Bottom cover Total eight M2 screws with T5 Torx drivers are removed from bottom cover of the notebook. These 8 screws are engaged in female threads on middle main chassis. Two screws located in hinge corners area are longer than others. The screw details are as below: •Thread: M2 •QTY: 2pcs •OAL: 7.9mm

•QTY: 6pcs •OAL: 3.9mm

•Head Thickness: 0.4mm •Head Diameter: 3.35mm •Nylok: Yes (Blue) •Plating: Pearl Nickel •Driver: T5 Torx •Material: Carbon steel



HP Spectre X360

Teardown – Bottom cover

Aluminum bottom cover

After remove the bottom cover, all components of battery, speakers, fan, hinges and integrated main PCB can be seen on main chassis.



HP Spectre X360

Teardown – Battery Total four M2 screws with Phillips drivers are removed from female thread in main chassis, then remove the connector between main PCB and battery, the battery can be disassembled. The screw details are as below •Thread: M2 •QTY: 4pcs •OAL: 4.13mm •Head Thickness: 0.74mm •Head Diameter: 4.36mm •Nylok: Yes (Blue) •Plating: Black Nickel •Material: Carbon steel •Driver: Phillips



HP Spectre X360

Teardown – Battery

After remove the battery, we can see the touch unit on main chassis. A soft PCB is used to connect mail PCB with touch unit.



HP Spectre X360

Teardown – Speakers

Total three M2 screws with Phillips drivers are removed from female thread in main chassis, then remove the connector between main PCB and speakers, the two speakers can be disassembled. The screw details are as below •Thread: M2 •QTY: 3pcs •OAL: 2.8mm •Head Thickness: 0.44mm •Head Diameter: 4.34mm •Plating: Black Nickel •Driver: Phillips •Material: Carbon steel


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Teardown – Touch unit Total five M1.6 screws with Phillips drivers are removed from female thread in main chassis, then remove the soft PCB between main PCB and touch unit, the touch unit can be disassembled. The screw details are as below •Thread: M1.6 •QTY: 5pcs •OAL: 2.42mm •Head Thickness: 0.35mm •Head Diameter: 3.8mm •Nylok: Yes (Blue) •Plating: Bright Nickel •Driver: Phillips •Material: Carbon steel


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HP Spectre X360

Teardown – Fan Total two M2 screws with Phillips drivers are removed from standoffs (see page22) on keyboard then remove the connector between main PCB and fan, the fan can be disassembled. On the fan, two M1.6 self-tapping screws are used to fix the top sheet in plastic body. The screw details are as below

• Thread: M2 • QTY: 2pcs • OAL: 4.13mm • Head Thickness: 0.73mm • Head Diameter: 4.34mm • Nylok: Yes (Blue) • Plating: Black Nickel • Driver: Phillips • Material: Carbon steel

• Thread: M1.6 Remform self-tapping • QTY: 2pcs • OAL: 2.5mm • Head Thickness: 0.26mm • Head Diameter: 2.4mm • Nylok: Yes (Blue) • Plating: Black Zinc • Driver: Phillips • Material: Carbon steel



HP Spectre X360

Teardown – SD card reader One M2 screw with Phillips driver is removed from female thread in main chassis then remove the soft PCB between main PCB and SD card reader, the SD card reader can be disassembled. The screw details are as below •Thread: M2 •QTY: 1pcs •OAL: 2.71mm •Head Thickness: 0.34mm •Head Diameter: 4.46mm •Nylok: Yes (Blue) •Plating: Black Nickel •Driver: Phillips •Material: Carbon steel



HP Spectre X360

Teardown

Above picture is taken after remove bottom cover, battery, speakers, touch unit, fan and SD card reader.


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HP Spectre X360

Teardown – Heat Sink

Total four M2 screw with Phillips driver is removed from stainless steel standoffs (see page19) , then the heat sink can be disassembled. The screw details are as below •Thread: M2 •QTY: 4pcs •OAL: 2.70mm •Head Thickness: 0.34mm •Head Diameter: 4.32mm •Plating: Black Nickel •Driver: Phillips •Material: Carbon steel



HP Spectre X360

Teardown – Main PCB



HP Spectre X360


Total two M2 screws with Phillips driver are removed female thread in main chassis and keyboard, then the main PCB can be disassembled.

The screw details are as below •Thread: M2 •QTY: 1pcs •OAL: 2.53mm •Head Thickness: 0.59mm •Head Diameter: 7.0mm •Plating: Black Nickel •Driver: Phillips •Material: Carbon steel

The screw details are as below •Thread: M2 •QTY: 1pcs •OAL: 4.1mm •Head Thickness: 0.74mm •Head Diameter: 4.26mm •Plating: Black Nickel •Driver: Phillips •Material: Carbon steel


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HP Spectre X360


Total two M2 screws with Phillips drivers are removed from two blind SMT standoffs (see page18) to disassembly two sub-PCB’s. The screw details are as below •Thread: M2 •QTY: 2pcs •OAL: 2.76mm •Head Thickness: 0.41mm •Head Diameter: 4.34mm •Plating: Black Nickel •Driver: Phillips •Material: Carbon steel



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Two blind SMT standoffs are installed in mail PCB to attach two sub-PCB’s. The standoff details are as below •Thread: M2 •QTY: 1pcs •OAL: 3mm •Shank Diameter: 3.05mm •Barrel Diameter: 2.84mm •Flange thickness: 0.38mm •Shank Height: 0.5mm •Plating: Tin plating •Material: Brass

The standoff details are as below •Thread: M2 •QTY: 1pcs •OAL: 4mm •Shank Diameter: 3.05mm •Barrel Diameter: 3.48mm •Flange thickness: 0.38mm •Shank Height: 0.5mm •Plating: Tin plating •Material: Brass



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Total four standoffs are installed in 0.5mm panel then the panel is adhered with main PCB. The standoff details are as below •Thread: M2 •QTY: 4pcs •OAL: 2.9mm •Hex: 4.0mm •Barrel Diameter: 3.45mm •Panel thickness: 0.5mm •Material: 303 Stainless steel


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HP Spectre X360

Teardown – Keyboard

Hinges &

Earplug

Hinges &

Power plug

After remove main PCB, we can see the keyboard is fixed in main chassis by screws.



HP Spectre X360

Teardown – Keyboard Keyboard front side view

Total 56 screws with Phillips drivers are used to fix keyboard into male thread in main chassis. The female threads are tapped in aluminum chassis. The screw details are as below •Thread: M1.2 •QTY: 56pcs •OAL: 1.45mm •Head Thickness: 0.37mm •Head Diameter: 2.33mm •Barrel Diameter: 3.45mm •Plating: Black Nickel •Driver: Phillips •Material: Carbon steel



HP Spectre X360

Teardown – Keyboard

Total 5 standoffs are installed in 0.2mm thickness keyboard cover panel by flaring installation. The standoff details are as right

•Thread: M2 •QTY: 5pcs •OAL: 2.5mm •Flange Thickness: 1mm •Flange Diameter: 5mm •Barrel Diameter: 3.45mm •Barrel Height: 1.05mm •Material: 303 Stainless steel



HP Spectre X360

Teardown – Hinge & Earplug & Power Plug

Total 6 screws with Phillips drivers are used to fix hinges, earplug unit and power plug unit with main chassis.

•Thread: M2 •QTY: 1pcs •OAL: 4.15mm •Head Thickness: 0.76mm •Head Diameter: 4.35mm •Nylok: Yes (Blue) •Plating: Black Nickel •Material: Carbon steel

•Thread: M2 •QTY: 1pcs •OAL: 2.15mm •Head Thickness: 0.46mm •Head Diameter: 4.91mm •Nylok: Yes (Blue) •Plating: Bright Nickel •Material: Carbon steel

•Thread: M2.5 •QTY: 4pcs •OAL: 4.1mm •Head Thickness: 0.76mm •Head Diameter: 6.74mm •Nylok: Yes (Blue) •Plating: Bright Nickel •Material: Carbon steel



Fasteners Summary

The notebook of HP Spectre X360 has a very beautiful cosmetic design and the design is easy to do teardown and repair. Total 106 fasteners are used in it. The list is as below: • Clinch Standoffs: 4pcs

• Self-Tapping Thread Screws: 2pcs

• Machine Thread Screws: 93pcs

• SMT Standoffs: 2pcs

• Flaring Standoffs: 5pcs



Alternate Solutions

PennEngineering® recommendations of alternate hardware and cost savings

opportunities.

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Alternate Solutions


Total 56pcs M1.2 screws are used to fix the keyboard with main chassis. The screw driver is #00 Phillips. The following pages are to introduce PEM TackPin parts with advantage and capability to replace the screws.



Alternate Solutions


Low-

profile

head

Interference

fit eliminates

hole

tolerance

Tapered

tip assists

location

Positive engagement,

360˚ metal contact.

Will not loosen.

With Screw

Typical screw related issues include

costly tapping, cross-threading,

torque control and vibration backout.

With TackPin™ Fastener

TACKPIN™

How to work?



Alternate Solutions


TACKPIN™

What’s the benefits? Tackpin vs. Screws

Ease of Use • No cross threading

• No risk of driver bit

“cam out”

Cost Savings • Locking thread patch

not required.

• Faster assembly -

Just press - Automation

• Reduce scrap

Performance • Stronger in pullout than

the thread strength of a screw

of the same length.

• Less weight than a screw.

• Full metal contact for

grounding/conductivity.

• Smaller head footprint



Alternate Solutions


Where can use TackPin? The TackPin application needs ductility bottom panel material like as aluminum and copper. The top panel can be any material. Below two pictures are typical applications. PEM believes the TackPin parts can be used to replace 56 screws with excellent advantages.



Alternate Solutions


PEM TackSert Parts:

As below, the top panel of fan is fixed in bottom plastic case by self-tapping screw.

In the case, PEM TackSert parts can be used in the application. The installation will be more

easy and fast by press-in. The total cost will be low by high efficiency and no driver bit cost, also

there is no driver bit “cam-out” issue.



Alternate Solutions


Clinch standoffs alternate solution:

PEM can provide standard MSO4 clinching standoffs made by

different materials and sizes to meet more limited application area,

and the minimum sheet thickness could be 0.3mm.



Alternate Solutions


SMT standoffs alternate solution:

To two used SMT standoffs, PEM can provide two options. One is to use

snap SMT part, this can save one component and remove sub-PCB by

manual. Another is to use PEM design hex standoffs, this can achieve

much higher Torque-out performance.



Alternate Solutions


Flaring standoffs alternate solution:

To five flaring standoffs for 0.2mm panel thickness, PEM MSOFS product

line also can be used in the application or even thinner to 0.1mm.



Alternate Solutions


Micro Screws alternate solution:

PEM can provide all off these screws of both machine thread and self-

tapping thread with different design solutions. PEM has license with Torx

and Torx Plus driver and self-tapping thread patent as like TAPTITE,

FASTITE, REMFORM and REMFORM “F”.

TAPTITE 2000® "SP"™


http://www.reminc.net/taptite/taptite2000sp.asp

http://www.reminc.net/taptite/fastite.asp


Conclusions and Summary


The HP Spectre X360 is notebook with excellent design.

Cosmetically, the full solid aluminum body is perfect. The

design also provides easy repair. Most fasteners are

screws and the mated female threads are tapped in the

main chassis. Most screws are used to fix the keyboard

with the main chassis.

PEM has provided alternative solutions to these fasteners,

and we believe our solutions can help our customers

recoup their costs.


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