Nintendo DS Disassembling procedure – How to remove the battery – How to remove the case – How to remove the mother board

Nintendo DS:  DISASSEMBLING PROCEDURE 

Unscrew the Phillips screw securing the battery cover to the lower case. The screw remains captive to the battery cover. Pry the battery cover upward with a spudger or fingernail, and lift out of the lower case.

Wedge the edge of a spudger in between the side of the battery and the lower case housing and pry upward to dislodge the battery. Remove the battery from the DS Lite.

Use the tip of a spudger to pry both rubber feet off the DS Lite.

Remove the following screws securing the lower case to the body of the DS Lite:

Two 4.3 mm gold Phillips screws
One 3.9 mm black Tri-Wing screw
One 3.3 mm silver Phillips screw Three 5.5 mm silver Tri-Wing screws

Insert the edge of a spudger in between the lower and upper case near the top right corner of the DS Lite. Carefully run the spudger along the right edge of the DS Lite, creating an opening in the process. Continue running the spudger along the backside of the DS Lite until the majority of the lower case has been separated from the upper case.

Lift the lower case away from the rest of the DS Lite.

Lift both trigger buttons out of the DS Lite. The trigger buttons are held in very loosely by small metal pegs and springs. Don't lose track of these pieces. The second picture shows the correct configuration of the trigger assembly for reassembly purposes.

Use the flat edge of a spudger to pry the Wi-Fi antenna connector straight up from its socket on the Wi-Fi board.

Use the flat edge of a spudger to pry the Wi-Fi board connector straight up from its socket on the motherboard.Use the flat edge of a spudger to separate the right edge of the Wi-Fi board from the motherboard. The Wi-Fi board is secured to the motherboard with a layer of adhesive. Remove the Wi-Fi board from the DS Lite.

Use the flat edge of a spudger to pry the microphone connector straight up from its socket on the motherboard.

In the following steps you must pull the antenna cable between the DS Lite game cartridge reader and motherboard. Pull slowly and stop when you feel resistance to avoid damaging the cable or motherboard.

Position the antenna cable with its connector facing up and away from the motherboard using a spudger to hold it down lightly in the gap between chips on the motherboard. Slowly and carefully pull the antenna cable until the cable connector is under the DS Lite game cartridge reader.
Continue pulling the cable until the cable connector comes out from under the game cartridge reader on the right side.
When reassembling and attempting to feed the antenna cable back under the game cartridge reader, the cable may kink or become difficult to feed through. If so, try feeding a piece of thread through first; then, tie the thread to one end of the cable connector and pull it through, guiding it past any obstructions.

Use your fingernail or the edge of a spudger to carefully flip up the touchscreen ribbon cable retaining flap. Make sure you are flipping up the retaining flap, not the socket itself. Use the tip of a spudger to pull the touchscreen ribbon cable straight out of its socket.

Remove the two 3.4 mm Phillips screws securing the motherboard to the upper case.

Open the display enough to use your finger to push the front edge of the motherboard up and away from the upper case. Do not try to remove the motherboard, as it is still connected to the upper display via the upper LCD ribbon cable.

Use your fingernail or the flat edge of a spudger to carefully flip up the upper LCD ribbon cable retaining flap.

Make sure you are flipping up the retaining flap, not the socket itself. Pull the motherboard away from the DS Lite to separate the upper LCD ribbon cable from its socket on the motherboard.
Remove the motherboard from the DS Lite. Now you may open the retaining flap for the lower LCD screen in the same way and separate the lower LCD screen from the motherboard.

Repairing a Nintendo DS that is not charging

The EM10 charging filter is located next to the power connector on the motherboard. If the filter is missing or obviously broken, move on to STEP 18 Use a multimeter to test the EM10 filter - measure the resistance between each of the yellow solder pads, and then between each of the cyan solder pads. If everything is OK you should have close to 0 Ohms between each set of pads. You should NOT have any connection between the cyan pads and yellow pads. If the filter fails either test it needs to be replaced.

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Sony PlayStation 3 – Disassembling procedure – How to remove the case – How to remove the bluray drive

Use the tip of a spudger to remove the black rubber screw cover from the side of the PS3. The screw cover may be underneath a warranty sticker. This sticker will change appearance, and show "VOID" after it has been removed.

Remove the single 8.5 mm T10 Security Torx screw from the smart plate.

Pull the smart plate toward the hard drive bay, then lift it off the body of the PS3.

Be sure to keep track of the small metal bracket loosely held in the top cover, if equipped.

Remove the following seven screws:
Six 52 mm Phillips screws
One 30 mm Phillips screw

Lift the top cover from its rear edge and rotate it toward the front of the PS3. Remove the top cover.

Disconnect the Blu-ray power cable from the motherboard. Pull the connector straight up and out of its socket.

Lift the Blu-ray drive from the edge nearest the power supply and rotate it away from the chassis enough to access its ribbon cable.

Use your fingernail to flip up the retaining flap on the Blu-ray ribbon cable socket. Be sure you are prying up on the retaining flap, not the socket itself. Pull the ribbon cable out of its socket. Remove the Blu-ray drive from the PS3. If replacing the Blu-ray drive, transfer the power cable to your new drive.

Using your fingernail, lift the flap on the ZIF connector holding the Blu-ray lens motor cable to the Blu-ray control daughterboard. Pull the ribbon cable straight away from its socket on the daughterboard.

Using your fingernail, lift the flap on the ZIF connector holding the Blu-ray lens Data cable to the Blu-ray control daughterboard. Pull the ribbon cable straight away from its socket on the daughterboard.

Using your fingernail, lift the flap on the ZIF connector holding the Blu-ray drive motor cable to the Blu-ray control daughterboard.

Pull the ribbon cable straight away from its socket on the daughterboard.

Using your fingernail, lift the flap on the ZIF connector holding the Blu-ray IR sensor cable to the Blu-ray control daughterboard. Pull the ribbon cable straight away from its socket on the daughterboard.

Remove the five 8.4mm phillips screws securing the Blu-ray control board to the Blu-ray drive. Be sure to also remove the metal ground springs from under the screws in the corners.

Carefully lift the daughterboard from the rear edge. Slide the daughterboard out from under the top case. Do not try to remove the daughterboard yet, as it is still connected by a cable on the underside of the board.

Carefully turn the daughterboard over, making sure to not tear the attached cable.

Pull the IR Sensor cable straight away from its socket on the board.
Besure that you are not pulling on the cables as you remove the plug from its socket.
Blu-Ray drive remains. If you are replacing the Blu-ray drive, you must use the same daughterboard that came with your PlayStation 3. The daughterboard is paired to the motherboard, and the Blu-ray drive will not work with a different board.

HTC One Mini 2 – Disassembling procedure – How to remove the case – How to remove the battery

Insert the end of a paper clip into the holes on each side of the phone to eject the SIM card and Micro SD card. Set the cardholders aside.

Heat up the top grey speaker plate for two minutes.

Use a metal spudger to pry up the left edge of the upper grey front plate. Place the spudger between the inside white plastic edge and the grey plate. Do not pry between the two white plastic frames.
Don’t pry against the glass. Pry against only the left side as there is a delicate antenna under the plate.
Us e the narrow plastic pry tool to carefully separate the black ribbon antenna from the grey plate.

Remove the 2mm screw with a T5 torx screwdriver head from the iFixit tool kit.

Use the plastic pry tool to pry around the edge of the phone.

Pry carefully around the card slots.
Slowly pull up from the right side of the screen like opening a book.
The plastic piece for the power button may fall out. Set it aside for reassembly. Use the plastic spudger to peel the foam adhesive around the camera away from the back plate.

Peel off the long yellow pieces of tape on the right and left side of the copper plate.

Starting from the copper plate, peel up all three woven, silver colored tapes using the spudger or narrow pry tool.

Using the flat end of the spudger, pop up the white tabs on all ribbon cable connectors located to the left and right of the copper plate.

On the left side, pop the white tab up to the left. On the right, pop up to the right.
Carefully pull out the ribbon cables.

Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, unscrew the two 1 mm screws from the bottom right corner of the motherboard that hold the power connector down. Pop up the battery connector using the flat end of the spudger.

Use the pointed end of the spudger to pop off the four antenna connectors. Three are located on the top left corner of the motherboard and one on the bottom right.

Using the pointed end of the spudger, pull the wires for the rumble motor to the left to pull the connector out of the board. The connector is very small and easy to break so take caution when pulling it out. Wiggling the wires as you pull to the left helps.

Using a T5 torx screwdriver, remove four 2mm screws from the four corners of the motherboard. Once the screws are removed, carefully pull the copper plated motherboard out.

Use the narrow plastic pry tool to pop off the two ribbon cable connectors located at the bottom of the upper circuit board.

Use a prying motion on each side of the battery with the narrow plastic pry tool to lift the battery from the frame and remove it. There is an adhesive under the battery. This may take some extra work to pry off.

HP EliteBook 8570p Notebook PC – Disassembling procedure – Hw to remove the service door – How to replace the HDD – How to remove RTC battery – How to replace the battery

HP EliteBook 8570p:  DISASSEMBLING PROCEDURE 

How to remove the Battery

Before disassembling the computer, follow these steps:
1. Turn off the computer. If you are unsure whether the computer is off or in Hibernation, turn the computer on, and then shut it down through the operating system.
2. Disconnect the power from the computer by unplugging the power cord from the computer.
3. Disconnect all external devices from the computer.
Remove the battery:
1. Position the computer upside-down on a flat surface, with the battery bay toward you.
2. Slide the battery release latch  to release the battery.
3. Remove the battery from the computer.

How to remove the Service cover

Before removing the service cover, follow these steps:
1. Turn off the computer. If you are unsure whether the computer is off or in Hibernation, turn the computer on, and then shut it down through the operating system.
2. Disconnect the power from the computer by unplugging the power cord from the computer.
3. Disconnect all external devices from the computer.
4. Remove the battery
Remove the service cover:
1. Slide the release latch  and remove the locking screw (if installed) .
2. Slide the release latch to disengage the door from the computer.
3. Slide the door toward the front of the computer , and then lift the door off the computer 

How to remove the Optical drive

Before removing the optical drive, follow these steps:
1. Turn off the computer. If you are unsure whether the computer is off or in Hibernation, turn the computer on, and then shut it down through the operating system.
2. Disconnect the power from the computer by unplugging the power cord from the computer.
3. Disconnect all external devices from the computer.
4. Remove the battery
5. Remove the service cover
Remove the optical drive:
1. Position the computer upside-down with the right side toward you.
2. Loosen the captive Phillips screw  that secures the optical drive to the computer.
3. Use a flat-blade screw driver or similar tool to press on the optical drive bracket tab  to release the optical drive.

4. Remove the optical drive  from the computer.

How to remove the Hard drive

Before removing the hard drive, follow these steps:
1. Turn off the computer. If you are unsure whether the computer is off or in Hibernation, turn the computer on, and then shut it down through the operating system.
2. Disconnect the power from the computer by unplugging the power cord from the computer.
3. Disconnect all external devices from the computer.
4. Remove the battery
5. Remove the service cover

Remove the hard drive:
1. Loosen the three Phillips screws  that secure the hard drive to the computer.
2. Use the hard drive tab  to slide the hard drive to the right to disconnect it from the system board.
3. Remove the hard drive  from the hard drive bay.

How to remove the RTC battery

Before removing the RTC battery, follow these steps:
1. Turn off the computer. If you are unsure whether the computer is off or in Hibernation, turn the computer on, and then shut it down through the operating system.
2. Disconnect the power from the computer by unplugging the power cord from the computer.
3. Disconnect all external devices from the computer.
4. Remove the battery
5. Remove the service cover
Remove the RTC battery:
1. Disconnect the RTC battery cable  from the system board.
2. Detach the RTC battery  from the base enclosure. (The RTC battery is attached to the base enclosure with double-sided tape.)

How to remove the Bluetooth module

Before removing the Bluetooth module, follow these steps:
1. Turn off the computer. If you are unsure whether the computer is off or in Hibernation, turn the computer on, and then shut it down through the operating system.
2. Disconnect the power from the computer by unplugging the power cord from the computer.
3. Disconnect all external devices from the computer.
4. Remove the battery
5. Remove the service cover
Remove the Bluetooth module:
1. Release the Bluetooth module from the clip built into the base enclosure.

2. Disconnect the Bluetooth module cable  from the Bluetooth module.

Apple MacBook Pro 17 - How to remove and replace the display of Apple MacBook Pro

Apple MacBook Pro 17 - How to remove and replace the display of Apple MacBook Pro – How to remove the case – How to remove and isolate the battery – How to remove display connections

Apple MacBook Pro 17:  DISPLAY DISASSEMBLING PROCEDURE 

Removing the bottom cover  

Remove the following ten screws securing the lower case to the upper case:
Three 13.5 mm Phillips screws.
Seven 3 mm Phillips screws.

Wedge your fingers between the lower case and the vent, and lift upward to release the clips holding the lower case to the upper case. Remove the lower case.

Removing the Battery 

Whenever working near the logic board, it is always wise to first disconnect the battery to avoid short circuits. If present, grab the plastic tab attached to the battery connector and pull it toward the front edge of the device. For Late-2011 models the battery connector will not have a tab and is simply a plug that inserts straight down into the motherboard--to remove pry the plug straight up. If the plastic tab is missing, use a spudger to pry the connector up from its socket. Pull the tab parallel to the face of the logic board.

Removing Display

Before disconnecting the camera cable, a small plastic retainer stuck to the logic board must first be moved out of the way. In late-2011 models you can skip this step because there is not a plastic retainer on the camera cable connector. Use the tip of a spudger to push the small plastic cable retainer away from the camera cable socket for enough clearance to remove the camera cable.

Pull the camera cable toward the optical drive opening to disconnect it from the logic board. The camera cable socket is very fragile. Do not apply any upward force to this socket, as it may break off the logic board. Pull the camera cable parallel to the face of the logic board.

Carefully pull the Bluetooth cable toward the fans to disconnect it from the Bluetooth board. Pull the cable parallel to the face of the optical drive.

Use the flat end of a spudger to peel the thin plastic cover off the top and sides of the Bluetooth board housing. For late-2011 models check out the other picture because the connector location is in a totally different location.

Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the Bluetooth antenna connector up and off its socket on the Bluetooth board.

 If present, remove the small piece of EMI foam near the Bluetooth board. De-route the camera cable from the slot molded into the Bluetooth board housing.

 Remove the two 7.1 mm Phillips screws securing the camera cable retainer to the upper case. Remove the camera cable retainer from the upper case.

 Lift the black plastic flap attached to the display data cable retainer and rotate it toward the DC-In side of the MacBook. Pull the display data cable out of its socket. The display data cable socket is very fragile. Do not lift the connector upward as you disconnect it, as the socket may break off the logic board. Pull the cable parallel to the face of the logic board.

 Remove the two 7.1 mm Phillips screws securing the display data cable retainer to the upper case. Remove the display data cable retainer.

 Remove the two outer 6.8 mm T6 Torx screws from each of the two display brackets (four screws total). We purposely have you leave one screw attaching each display bracket to the upper case o aid in future steps.

 Open your MacBook Pro so the display is perpendicular to the upper case. Place your opened MacBook Pro on a table as pictured. While holding the display and upper case together with your left hand, remove the remaining T6 Torx screw from the lower display bracket.

Be sure to hold the display and upper case together with your left hand. Failure to do so may cause he freed display/upper case to fall, potentially damaging each component. Remove the last remaining T6 Torx screw securing the display to the upper case.

 Grab the upper case with your right hand and rotate it slightly toward the top of the display so the upper display bracket clears the edge of the upper case. Rotate the display slightly away from the upper case. Lift the display up and away from the upper case, minding any brackets or cables that may get caught.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 - Disassembling procedure – How to remove the case – How to remove the battery – how to dismantle the motherboard

Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0:  DISASSEMBLING PROCEDURE 

How to remove the battery Battery

With a plastic opening tool, gently insert the prying end in between the glass digitizer and the silver frame from the front of the device.

Working slowly and carefully, move around the entirety of the face of the device. Small plastic clips should release, if not, apply gentle outwards pressure until you hear the clips popping off.

 To begin actual removal of the battery itself, remove the four designated screws with your screwdriver. Once the screws are removed, use either the tip of your screwdriver or a pair of tweezers to pull up the battery connector. Pull directly up and the connector should pop out. Once the battery is removed, it should look as it does in the third picture.

 To finish battery replacement, place your new battery where the old battery was in your device, as shown in the picture.

 Begin replacement of the motherboard by releasing all connections holding down the motherboard, shown in the first picture. To do this, use your spudger, tweezers, or a plastic opening tool and gently lift the connections up from their ports. Once you separate all connections, the back of your device should look as it does in the third picture.

 Once all connections have been released, begin removing the screws shown in the first two pictures. Once all screws have been removed, the motherboard can now be removed and replaced with a new one.