Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

8

Time Required

                          30 minutes

Sections

3

  • Outer Shell
  • 4 steps
  • Motherboard Removal
  • 2 steps
  • Battery
  • 2 steps

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Introduction

Tech Tip: this Replacement guide will require the use of a soldering iron to remove solders, so check out the soldering guide if you’re unfamiliar with the process.

What you need

Step 1

              Outer Shell
  • Remove three 8mm screws from the left side of the device.
  • Remove four 8mm screws from the right side of the device.

Remove three 8mm screws from the left side of the device.

Remove four 8mm screws from the right side of the device.

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Step 2

  • Apply pressure on the SD card to pop it out of the port.
  • Remove the card by pulling it out.

Apply pressure on the SD card to pop it out of the port.

Remove the card by pulling it out.

Step 3

  • Press down on the top cover of the device and slid it towards you until you see a slight gap created.
  • Lift the top cover off.

Press down on the top cover of the device and slid it towards you until you see a slight gap created.

Lift the top cover off.

Step 4

  • Slide the body case back away from the bottom.
  • Pull up the body case to remove it from the bottom.

Slide the body case back away from the bottom.

Pull up the body case to remove it from the bottom.

Step 5

              Motherboard Removal
  • Remove the four 8mm screws at each corner of the motherboard with a JIS #0 screwdriver.

Remove the four 8mm screws at each corner of the motherboard with a JIS #0 screwdriver.

Step 6

  • Lift the motherboard out of the casing.

Lift the motherboard out of the casing.

Step 7

              Battery
  • Flip the motherboard over.
  • Desolder the two solder joints and remove the melted solder.
  • Beware of over heating the soldering kit will damage the logic board.

Flip the motherboard over.

Desolder the two solder joints and remove the melted solder.

Beware of over heating the soldering kit will damage the logic board.

Step 8

  • Apply the desoldering pump to remove the melted part from the motherboard (press the button to release it).
  • Pull the battery from the motherboard.

Apply the desoldering pump to remove the melted part from the motherboard (press the button to release it).

Pull the battery from the motherboard.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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