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Casio Exilim EX-Z850 Motherboard Replacement

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    • Using the Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the four screws from the side of the speaker.

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    • Using the Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the four long screws from the bottom of the camera.

    • When reassembling the camera, the longer screws go on the bottom of the camera.

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    • Using the Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the four screws from the side opposite of the speaker.

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    • Pry open bottom casing gently after all screws have been removed.

    • With tweezers, carefully remove the ribbon from the LCD screen.

    • Set the bottom casing aside.

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    • Pry apart the top casing using tweezers.

    • Set the top casing aside.

    • The bottom left screw on the board is orange and the longest screw.

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    • Carefully remove the pieces of black tape on the bottom of the LCD screen that attach it to the frame.

    • Use tweezers to pry the LCD screen off from the opening.

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    • Lift the LCD screen and move it to the other side.

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    • Using a pair of tweezers, pry off the LCD casing.

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    • Flip open the connector holding the ribbon.

    • Use the tweezers to carefully pull out the LCD screen with the ribbon from the camera.

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    • Using the Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove two screws on the side where the battery is located.

    • Remove the lanyard loop after the screws come off.

    • Pull the side casing so it becomes dislocated from the top of the camera frame.

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    • On the front of the camera near the flash, flip the connector holding the ribbon.

    • Remove the ribbon from the connector.

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    • Carefully remove the L-shaped frame from the camera.

    • The L shaped frame is being held in by two plastic bumps and a metal tab at the bottom of the camera.

    • Pop the frame off the bumps and tabs.

    • Potential for device damage: Be careful not to pull off the yellow and orange wire soldered onto the camera.

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    • Flip the connector and remove the ribbon cable from the motherboard next to the lens.

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    • Remove the frame on the back side of the camera where the LCD screen was.

    • Use the Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the two screws connecting the frame to the camera.

    • Slowly pry off the frame from the camera.

    • After removing the frame, a plastic piece with two yellow buttons should fall off.

    • Do not pull the plastic piece off as it is soldered to two wires: a yellow and orange one.

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    • On the back of the camera where the LCD screen was, remove the 3 screws located behind the lens using the Phillips #00 screwdriver.

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    • Remove the large orange ribbon previously held in by screws from the camera.

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    • On the backside of the camera where the indicator lamp is located, remove the two screws using the Phillips #00 screwdriver.

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    • On the front side of the indicator lamp remove the screw using the Phillips #00 screwdriver.

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    • Desolder the lens from the motherboard.

    • Desolder the wire from the motherboard.

    • The motherboard is now detached from the rest of the camera.

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

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