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Prereq for disconnecting the motherboard for the motherboard removal guide itself in the Kobo Libra Colour eReader.
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Unplug all cables and fully shut down your eReader.
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Your screen should be black and say Powered off.
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Flip your eReader over so the screen is facing down.
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Angle an opening pick straight down, and insert its tip under the top right corner of the back cover, near the power button.
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Push downward and pry up with the pick until you feel it slide between one of the clips and the frame.
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Slide the pick toward the bottom right corner to release the clips along the right edge.
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Angle the pick flat under the back cover and rotate it around the bottom right corner to release its clips.
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Slide the pick toward the bottom left corner to release the clips along the bottom edge.
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Grip the right edge of the back cover and lift it away from the eReader to release the remaining clips.
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Remove the back cover.
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The coating is brittle and can flake into many small pieces. Heating the coating helps, but working with it is still a time-consuming process.
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Depending on your repair, you might have to remove the coating from ZIF connectors and their cables.
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Use a spudger to pry up and disconnect the battery press connector.
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Heat an iOpener and lay it on the digitizer cable ZIF connectors for 90 seconds to soften the coating.
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Use the tip of a spudger to scrape the coating along the ZIF connectors' black locking tabs—enough so you can grab clumps of it with pointed tweezers.
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Use pointed tweezers to peel off the coating around the black locking tabs and their hinges on the ZIF connector.
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Use the point of a spudger to lift up the locking tabs on the ZIF connectors.
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Apply a heated iOpener to the digitizer cable ZIF connectors for 90 seconds to soften the coating.
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Slide one arm of a pair of pointed tweezers underneath the cables to separate the coating securing them to the motherboard.
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Use blunt nose tweezers to pull the cables away from their ZIF connectors slowly and steadily at a level angle to separate the coating.
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Keep pulling on the cables until they're completely disconnected.
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Inspect the ends of the cables and the ZIF connectors for any remaining coating that could prevent a good connection.
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Peel off the coating, heating the cable and the ZIF connectors when the coating becomes too brittle.
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Apply a heated iOpener to the display cable ZIF connector for 90 seconds to soften the coating.
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Use the tip of a spudger to scrape the coating along the ZIF connector's black locking tab—enough so you can grab clumps of it with pointed tweezers.
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Use pointed tweezers to peel off the coating around the locking tab and its hinge on the ZIF connector.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to gently pry along the length of the locking tab to separate any remaining coating.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger under the middle of the locking tab and lift to unlock it.
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Use blunt nose tweezers to grip the corner of the display cable closest to the charging port.
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Pull the cable away from the ZIF connector slowly and steadily at a level angle to separate the coating at the corner.
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Repeat the previous step for the other corner until the entire cable is disconnected.
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Lift up the cable and peel off any remaining coating holding it to the motherboard.
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Inspect the ends of the cable and the ZIF connectors for any remaining coating that could prevent a good connection.
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Peel off the coating, heating the cable and the ZIF connector when the coating becomes too brittle.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
