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HP TouchPad: Teardown and hardware analysis

like this touch pad, especially that some of the parts can be remove and replace by self.

Hi. Loved the article. Is it possible to remove the battery and have a functional tablet always plugged in? I'm having issues with my battery (it doesn't charge) and was wondering if that was possible before trying it myself.

Thanks

I recently replaced my cracked HP Touchpad digitizer screen. I could only buy the glass digitizer panel. It did not come attached to the plastic support bezel so I had to reuse the bezel. I removed the cracked digitizer from the bezel with heat from a hair dryer to soften the double back tape used to attach the digitizer to the bezel. I used double back tape to attach the new digitizer to the bezel. After reassembling the Touchpad, I noticed the new panel does not respond to touch like the original, is erractic and the majority of the digitizer is not responsive to touch.

Therefore, I was hoping someone could help me troubleshoot this problem.
1. Could the replacement digitizer be defective?
2. Is there a special double back tape I should have used to attach the digitizer to the bezel?
3. Could I have damaged something during disassembly/reassembly?
4. Do you know where I can buy a complete digitizer assembly (digitizer and bezel together)?