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Is your camera exhibiting symptoms of a faulty motherboard? This guide will help you access the motherboard to replace it or make necessary repairs.
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Orient the camera so the button panel and LCD are facing you.
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Use a spudger or fingernail to open the battery compartment on the right side of the camera.
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Push the blue trapdoor to the left to release the battery, and remove the battery.
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the 4 mm screw inside the battery compartment.
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Remove the 4 mm Phillips #00 screw hiding in the external flash port.
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Remove the four 5 mm Phillips #00 screws from the lens assembly.
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Remove the metal lens mount by hand or with tweezers.
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Use tweezers to remove the inner metal ring.
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the three 4 mm screws from the bottom of the case.
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Use your hands to slowly pull the front casing away from the camera.
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Gently flip the sensor cover back to expose the screw attaching the sensor cover to the ribbon cable.
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the 3 mm screw from the sensor cover.
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Use tweezers to remove the metal contact cover. Be sure to carefully remove the cover so the gold contacts remain in place.
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Remove the four 4 mm Phillips #00 screws holding the sensor mount in place.
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Remove the four 4 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the battery compartment to the mother board.
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Remove the battery compartment.
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Use a spudger to disconnect the ribbon cable connecting the image sensor to the motherboard.
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Gently remove the sensor mount from the camera case.
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the 3 mm screw located below the wifi antenna.
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Use tweezers to disconnect the wifi antenna from the motherboard.
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Use a spudger to disconnect the LCD ribbon cable by prying it straight up from the motherboard.
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Use a spudger to unlock the topmost ZIF connector by flipping open the black flap.
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Insert the pointed end of a spudger into the hole in the middle of the ribbon cable.
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Gently pull the spudger back to slide the ribbon cable out of its connector.
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Disconnect the blue ribbon cable from the motherboard.
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Insert the pointed end of a spudger into the hole in the top of the ribbon.
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Gently pull the ribbon from the connector.
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Remove the motherboard from the camera.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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