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Follow this guide to replace one or both adaptive triggers in your Sony DualSense controller.
Note: This guide is for current DualSense controllers with FCC IDs that end with A. Check the back of your controller to verify your model. If yours ends in a 1, it is an early model and there will be internal differences. Follow these guides for the earlier version.
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Insert an opening pick underneath the middle trim at the bottom-right corner of the controller to release the clips securing it to the case.
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Slide the opening pick along the lower-right edge of the middle trim to release the clips securing it to the case.
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Insert an opening pick underneath the middle trim at the bottom-left corner of the controller to release the clips securing it to the case.
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Slide the opening pick along the lower-left edge of the middle trim to release the clips securing it to the case.
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Use your fingers to lift up the bottom edge of the middle trim to release the remaining clips.
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Lift the middle trim over the joysticks to remove it.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger into the gap above the L1 button.
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Pry the spudger upward to remove the L1 button.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger into the gap above the R1 button.
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Pry the spudger upward to remove the R1 button.
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Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the two 6.5 mm screws securing the bottom corners of the lower case.
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Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the two 6.5 mm screws behind the L1 and R1 buttons.
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Use the pointed edge of a spudger to unclip the two clips on either side of the headset jack.
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Use your hands to carefully pull the rear case off of the controller.
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Lift the battery out of its bracket and reposition it to the right for better access to the battery connector.
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Use a pair of tweezers or your fingers to disconnect the battery from the motherboard.
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Use the pointed end of a spudger to remove the lower microphone from its bracket next to the battery.
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Grab the lower microphone ribbon cable pull tab with your fingers or a pair of tweezers and disconnect it from the motherboard.
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Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the 6.5 mm screw securing the battery bracket.
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Lift the battery bracket off of the motherboard.
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Grip the right trigger assembly cable with a pair of tweezers or your fingers and disconnect it from the motherboard.
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Don't completely remove the ribbon cable yet.
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Grip the right trigger assembly cable with a pair of tweezers or your fingers, and disconnect it from the trigger assembly.
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Grip the left trigger assembly cable with a pair of tweezers or your fingers to disconnect it from the motherboard.
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Don't completely remove the ribbon cable yet.
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Grip the left trigger assembly cable with a pair of tweezers or your fingers to disconnect it from the trigger assembly.
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Use a pair of tweezers or your fingers to disconnect the upper microphone from the motherboard.
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Use a pair of tweezers or your fingers to disconnect the touchpad cable from the motherboard.
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Carefully guide the joysticks through the front case and lift the motherboard out.
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Use the pointed end of your spudger to lift the center of the light guide out of the controller.
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Remove the light guide.
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Use your Phillips driver to remove the two 6.5 mm screws securing the midframe to the front case.
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Carefully lift the midframe and motherboard up and out of the front case.
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Use your Phillips screwdriver to remove the four 6.5 mm screws securing the adaptive triggers to the midframe.
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Lift the midframe off of the adaptive triggers.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Anyone knows where to buy the Adaptive Triggers for this controller model, CFI-ZCT1W? Thanks in advance.
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This is wrong. Not the instructions for V2 as V2 removed the screws that hold the adaptive triggers so now it's impossible to remove them.
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Does anyone know how to replace the l2 and r2 bumpers? I need to remove for a controller mod
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For a BDM-020 controller, extremerate has a video about installing a clicky kit that requires you to take off the trigger caps. They also have mods for other controller versions, so I assume they have videos for those controller variations too.
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