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Razer Barracuda X Motherboard Replacement

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    • Remove the cushion by pulling it off from the edge and out from the grooves, Continue to pull the cushion away from the speaker until the cushion is fully separated.

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    • Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver to unscrew the four screws that attach the two pieces of the right speaker together.

    • Gently lift the plastic plate away from the housing, with care not to damage the connected wire.

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    • Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove the single screw attaching the volume spinner to the motherboard.

    • Remove the spinner.

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    • Remove the Phillips #0 screws securing the I/O board from the bottom shell of the right speaker.

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    Tweezers
    $4.99
    • To fully remove the I/O board from the right speaker, use tweezers to unplug the ribbon cable attaching the I/O board to the main motherboard.

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    • Using the same Philips #0 screwdriver, remove the four screws attaching the motherboard to the plastic housing. Once those screws are removed, remove the main motherboard and replace it.

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    • Desolder all of the remaining motherboard connections.

    • Do not hold the iron by the barrel as depicted in the images.

    • Remove the motherboard.

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To reassemble your device, follow the above steps in reverse order.
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Now if I could just find somewhere to buy the I/O board. My volume slider is crackling and sometimes one cup is louder than the other.

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You ever find a replacement?

Gaelan Garrett -

i found that submerging the volume dial in Isopropyl alcohol and moving the volume up and down cleans the wheel internal contacts and it no longer has this issue.

Mexicanskynet -

@michaelnugent My volume wheel just broke too! Must be a weak point in the design.

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