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How to remove the two flash capacitors and the PCB they are attached to. A donor part from another camera will be needed.
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Push down on the screw to depress the spring loaded hinge and release the door.
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Remove six 5.3 mm #00 screws.
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Remove one 3.4 mm #00 screw.
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Remove three 5.3 mm #00 screws (the bottom-most screw is not always present).
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Remove one 7.3 mm #00 screw.
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Remove the remote trigger cover.
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Remove one 3.4 mm #00 screw.
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Remove two 5.3 mm #00 screw.
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Remove two 3.9 mm #00 screws.
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Slide the eye cup up and off to access the screws underneath.
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Remove two 5.3 mm #00 screws by the eyepiece.
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Remove one 6.8 mm #00 screw in the battery compartment.
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Remove one 7.0 mm #00 screw near the take up spool.
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Lift the cover so it is just free of the body. It is still attached by several wires.
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Use a 1kΩ-10kΩ resistor to discharge the capacitor. Place the resistor between the blue wire, exposed in the previous step, and ground.
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De-solder the green, blue, brown and black wires from the flash PCB.
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Move the top cover to the side to access the battery connections. It is still connected by a flex cable.
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De-solder the indicated joints. Use a solder sucker on the tabbed connections.
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Pull the black wire from the battery flex to get more slack in the connection to the top cover.
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Desolder the flex cable connecting the top plate to the camera body.
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The top cover can be completely removed at this point.
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Use a solder sucker to de-solder the four posts from the flex circuit.
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De-solder the marked connections.
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Remove one 4.3 mm #00 screw.
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Gently pry up the plastic carrier under the flex circuit. It may catch slightly on the battery contact tab.
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This metal tab is lightly held in place with lacquer and can easily come loose. Keep an eye on it.
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Remove one 3.3mm #00 screw.
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Remove one 3.9 #00 screw.
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De-solder the red wire.
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Peel off the black tape. Leave it attached to the wires.
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Gently peel the flex circuit from the surface of the capacitor.
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There may be additional adhesive underneath the larger capacitor.
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Lift the two capacitors and the flash PCB out as a single unit.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
