Difficulty

Easy

Steps

3

Time Required

                          4 minutes

Sections

1

  • Top Cover
  • 3 steps

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Step 1

              Remove screws
  • Remove six Philips #2 screws from the bottom of the case.
  • REASSEMBLY CAUTION: To prevent thread stripping during reassembly, turn screws backwards slowly until you feel the screw thread drop into the original plastic thread, and only then, tighten screw normally but lightly - you’re working with 20+ year-old plastics.

Remove six Philips #2 screws from the bottom of the case.

REASSEMBLY CAUTION: To prevent thread stripping during reassembly, turn screws backwards slowly until you feel the screw thread drop into the original plastic thread, and only then, tighten screw normally but lightly - you’re working with 20+ year-old plastics.

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Step 2

              Disconnect top cover ribbon cable
  • Carefully fold the top and bottom open, revealing a ribbon cable connecting the two halves.
  • Unlock and disconnect the ribbon cable. Unlock by pulling the lock lever evenly on both sides, parallel to the board surface (not lift/pivot), in the direction of the ribbon cable.
  • When this ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) connector is properly unlocked, the ribbon cable should just fall right out of the socket (no need to pull with any strength).

Carefully fold the top and bottom open, revealing a ribbon cable connecting the two halves.

Unlock and disconnect the ribbon cable. Unlock by pulling the lock lever evenly on both sides, parallel to the board surface (not lift/pivot), in the direction of the ribbon cable.

When this ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) connector is properly unlocked, the ribbon cable should just fall right out of the socket (no need to pull with any strength).

Step 3

              Remove RF shield
  • Simply lift the RF shield off the unit.
  • When reinstalling, take note of the 6 fork-like interlocking clips around the edge of the shield, which should engage with the original positions.

Simply lift the RF shield off the unit.

When reinstalling, take note of the 6 fork-like interlocking clips around the edge of the shield, which should engage with the original positions.

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

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