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This guide shows how to remove and replace a speaker assembly for the Meta Quest 2.
The speaker assembly includes the speaker and the arm, which guides the sound to the ear.
This guide is written with the left speaker, oriented as you wear the headset. If you’re replacing the right speaker (or both), you can use the same procedure.
Removing the speaker assembly requires significant disassembly of your headset. If your battery is worn, consider taking this opportunity to replace it—it's normally hard to reach but is easily accessible during this repair.
Note: You'll need a long PH00 bit or a dedicated PH00 screwdriver to remove some recessed screws.
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Hold the power button for three seconds to fully turn off your headset.
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Grasp and pull on the nose section of the facial interface to unclip it from the headset.
Photos of each step and interim made this guide so easy to follow.
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Grasp and pull on the top section of the facial interface to unclip it from the headset.
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Use your fingers to grasp the right strap near the headset.
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Peel the right strap away from the headset arm to unclip it.
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Repeat the procedure to peel the left strap away from the arm to unclip it.
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Separate the hook and loop strip on the top strap.
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Unthread the top strap from its bracket.
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Remove the head strap.
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Use a Torx T2 driver to remove the six 3.5 mm‑long screws securing the eyepiece trim.
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Insert an opening pick into the seam between the eyepiece trim and white outer shell, near the nose cutout.
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Slide the opening pick to the right along the seam to release the clips securing the eyepiece trim.
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Pry with the opening pick to release the clips securing the right side of the eyepiece trim.
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Leave the opening pick in the seam to prevent the clips from reengaging.
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Repeat the prying procedure along the left edge to release the clips securing the eyepiece trim.
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Lift the eyepiece trim slightly and tilt it towards the top edge of the headset.
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Set the trim down on your work surface, making sure not to strain the cable.
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Use the point of a spudger to flip open the black lock tab on the ZIF connector securing the face sensor cable.
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Use tweezers to pull the face sensor cable out of the ZIF connector.
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Remove the eyepiece trim.
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Make sure the lens spacing matches the spacing indicator. This allows the indicator peg to sit correctly in its notch.
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If the lens spacing doesn't match the indicator, manually adjust the lens with your fingers.
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Thread your fingers through the eyepiece trim’s eyeholes and grasp the edges of the sensor cable.
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Slide the sensor cable into the socket until the first set of tabs rests in the socket. This should flip the lock tab down partially.
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Use a spudger to press the lock tab down towards the cable to lock it in place.
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Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the five 7.7 mm‑long screws securing the front cover to the headset:
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One recessed in the top-left corner
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One recessed in the top-right corner
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Three along the lower edge
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Insert an opening pick into the seam between the bottom edge of the front cover and the headset.
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Pry with the opening pick to release the front cover clips.
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Slide the opening clip along the seam and pry to release all the clips securing the front cover.
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Remove the front cover.
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Use a pair of tweezers to grasp the metal neck of the top-right antenna cable.
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Lift the antenna connector straight up to disconnect it.
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Guide the antenna cable out of its metal clip holding it in place.
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Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the three screws securing the battery cable bracket:
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One 4.4 mm‑long screw
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Two 2.3 mm‑long screws
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Use tweezers or your fingers to grasp the battery cable bracket.
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Twist the cable bracket slightly so that its bottom left corner unclips from the motherboard.
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Remove the battery cable bracket.
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Use a spudger to pry up and disconnect the battery press connector from the motherboard.
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Insert one arm of a pair of tweezers under the metal neck of the black antenna cable near the fan assembly.
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Lift the antenna connector straight up to disconnect it.
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Guide the antenna cable out of its metal clip holding it in place.
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Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the eight screws securing the antenna assembly to the headset:
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Four 4.4 mm‑long screws
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Two 4.8 mm‑long screws
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Two 10.7 mm‑long screws
I love the way you color-coded each set of screws to help with organization!
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Use your fingers to flip up the antenna assembly enough to access the cable underneath it.
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Use tweezers to unclip the antenna cable from its metal clip.
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Remove the front antenna assembly.
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Use tweezers to grab the fan connector and carefully slide it out of its socket.
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Use the point of an opening pick to loosen the adhesive securing the LED flex cable from the top of the fan assembly.
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Remove the two screws securing the fan assembly to the headset:
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One 4.4 mm‑long Phillips screw
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One 3.6 mm‑long Torx T2 screw
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Lift the fan assembly and remove it.
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Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the four 2.3 mm‑long screws securing the heat sink to the motherboard.
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Use your fingers to lift the heat sink and remove it.
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Two speaker connectors
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Seven ZIF connectors
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Two press connectors
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One antenna connector
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Use tweezers to grip the left speaker cables at the base of their motherboard connector.
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Lift the connector gently straight up to disconnect it.
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Repeat the disconnection procedure for the right speaker connector.
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Use tweezers to gently peel the black tape covering the two top flex cables.
Be careful not to pull the cable from the connector. Take extra care on this step.
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Use a clean fingernail or a spudger to pry up the lock tab securing the top left camera cable.
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Grasp the top left camera cable with tweezers and slide it out of its ZIF connector.
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Move counter-clockwise around the motherboard and disconnect the remaining six ZIF connectors:
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Power button and LED board
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Bottom left camera
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Bottom right camera
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Top right camera
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Face sensor interconnect cable
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Indicator LED cable
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Use a spudger to pry up and disconnect the display cable.
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Use a spudger to pry up and disconnect the USB‑C and headphone jack cable.
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Insert one arm of a pair of tweezers under the metal neck of the side antenna cable.
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Lift the antenna connector straight up to disconnect it.
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Remove the five screws securing the motherboard to the headset:
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Four 3.8 mm‑long Phillips screws
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One 6 mm‑long 3.5 mm hex standoff screw
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Use a spudger to pry up and separate the motherboard from the headset.
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Use your fingers or tweezers to peel and remove the two camera covers from the top cameras.
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Peel and remove the black tape covering the antenna cable.
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Use tweezers to lift and unclip the black antenna cable from the metal grounding clips.
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Use a spudger to pry up the black lock tab securing the left microphone flex cable to the left interconnect cable.
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Use your fingers or tweezers to slide the microphone cable out of the ZIF connector.
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Repeat the procedure to disconnect the right microphone cable.
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Slide the point of an opening pick underneath the battery flex cable to loosen the adhesive securing it from the headset.
Tried this and the display cable broke because it probably wasn't adhesive
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Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the four screws securing the screen and lens assembly to the frame:
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Two 6.5 mm‑long screws
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Two 7.7 mm‑long screws
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Grasp the screen and lens assembly with your fingers.
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Slowly lift and separate the assembly from the outer shell, taking care to reposition any cables that get in the way.
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Remove the screen and lens assembly.
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Three cables along the top edge—two flex cables and one LED flex cable
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Two cables in the top right corner—the battery connector and an antenna cable
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Two cables along the right edge—an antenna cable and a wide flex cable
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Two flex cables along the bottom edge
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Three cables along the left edge—one antenna cable, one flex cable, and one speaker cable
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Use tweezers or your fingers to guide the speaker cable out of its two plastic clips.
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Clip this cable neatly into the guide clips to prevent it from getting pinched by the screen and lens assembly.
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Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the four 4.5 mm‑long screws securing the outer speaker bracket to the outer shell.
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Use a spudger to pry the outer speaker bracket off of the gaskets securing it to the speaker assembly.
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Remove the outer speaker bracket.
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Insert one arm of a pair of tweezers under the lip of a metal clip.
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Use tweezers to grasp the clip by the lip and pull out the clip from its recess.
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Repeat the process for the three remaining clips.
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Grasp the inner speaker bracket with your fingers and twist it counterclockwise to unlock it from the speaker assembly.
The brackets for the two speakers are threaded in opposite directions. For the left speaker you need to rotate the bracket clockwise.
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Thread the speaker assembly wire through the inner speaker bracket.
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Remove the speaker assembly.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
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thank so much
I followed these directions which were amazing and very helpful, but after reassembling the headset it won’t turn on. Any ideas on why? I rechecked the power flex & it’s in there.
The directions were amazing was able to do this fairly quick only thing was is the volume buttons wouldn’t work went back through a second time. Made sure all connections were secure. Turned VR back on after reassembling and volume button still don’t work. It was not my main issue before.😔 please help
