Lenovo ThinkPad T480 Trackpad Replacement
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Generally, trackpads are pretty durable. If you are having problems with your trackpad, first check to make sure that it is enabled as well as its other settings. If they are okay, you may need a new driver. If none of these things fix your issue it may be time to replace your trackpad.
Prior to beginning your repair, disable the internal battery, power off the laptop and finally unplug it from any external power source.
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Use a Phillips #1 screwdriver to remove the two 4.6 mm screws that secure the internal battery to the frame.
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Using the Phillips #1 screwdriver remove the four 3.1 mm screws from the chassis.
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To reassemble your device, follow the above steps in reverse order.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
To reassemble your device, follow the above steps in reverse order.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
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Hi, I just tested with my T480, and the replacement looks exactly like this T580 guide, and is very easy in fact.
Open the shell, remove the battery (3 screws), see 3 of the 4 screws of the trackpad.
The fourth one is below the black plastic that you can see on the guide, and you can just lift it up. So you can move from step 11 to the end, the 4 screws are in fact directly accessible and changing the trackpad takes 1mn.
I don’t think I have a special T480 model, so if you are frightened by this guide, don’t hesitate to open yours to look… you may have to spend only 5 to 10mn on this operation :)
Hi Den, thank you for letting me know the procedure can be simplified. I appreciate the reference to the T580 guide too! We always strive to make better guides :)
According to the T480 Hardware Maintenance Manual page 84 "1160 Trackpad and trackpad cable" only the following steps need to be performed to remove the trackpad:
- "1010 Removable battery" on page 64
- 1030 Base cover assembly" on page 65
- 1040 Memory module" on page 68
This is much easier than the steps described here.
Thanks Den and John! I finally got a chance to edit the steps. It's not perfect because I wasn't able to reshoot the photos but I removed the prerequisite guides that were unnecessary. I hope this helps.
