+1 to whoever suggested rubbing alcohol to help the glue let go. Also, my mom sacrificed a kitchen implement which resembles these: https://shop.kingarthurbaking.com/items/... It was the perfect combo of thin enough to flex, but stiff enough to apply force to pry the battery cells away.

Has anyone gone through the experience of replacing JUST the keyboard? It looks like they are available as a separate component, e.g. https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-for-Lenovo-... but I haven’t found a tutorial on removing the keyboard from its bezel. Thanks!

I just did this successfully, thanks for the writeup. :) For the record, these were the wire colors and polarities on the set I had:

Left speaker: Blue = negative, white = positive

Right speaker: Brown = negative, yellow = positive

But who knows whether that's consistent? Anyway I reinforced the connections with a combination of heat shrink tubing and Sugru, since the wires are so teensy, and got the exact amp used here from eBay for about $25. Nice to give these speakers a new lease on life. :)