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Warning: The flash capacitors located under the front grip contain dangerous amounts of stored charge and will need to be safely discharged before removing the motherboard. Use a Capacitor Discharging Tool to do so.
The motherboard is crucial for the function of both the software and hardware of the Sony a6500 camera; its failure will result in an inoperable device. If your camera is failing to turn on despite having a functional battery, the motherboard may need replacing. This guide will walk you through the replacement of the motherboard; it requires more steps than the other guides because it is embedded deep inside the camera. This guide will require opening tools, spudger, tweezers, JIS 0 screwdriver, JIS 00 screwdriver, and JIS 000 screwdriver.
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Verify the camera is powered off by setting the switch to OFF.
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Flip the camera upside down.
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Slide the battery compartment lock to OPEN to unlock it.
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Push the blue lever aside to release the battery.
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Remove the released battery from the compartment.
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Remove four 3 mm JIS 000 screws.
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Remove one 3 mm JIS 00 screw.
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Grasp the viewfinder eyecup; slide it up and off the viewfinder.
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Press the flash popup button on the back of the camera.
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Remove one 5 mm JIS 00 screw from inside the flash compartment.
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Remove one 4 mm JIS 00 screw.
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Remove the 2.5 mm JIS 00 screw from the side of the camera near the viewfinder.
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Use the opening tool to pry off the small cover.
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Remove two 2.5 mm JIS 00 screws from underneath the cover.
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Remove a 5 mm JIS 00 screw from underneath the cover.
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Remove three 2.5 mm JIS 0 screws from the back face of the camera.
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Remove one 4 mm JIS 00 screw from the underside of the lip that overhangs the back of the camera.
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Remove four 4 mm JIS 0 screws from the bottom of the camera.
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Flip the battery lock switch to open and open the battery compartment.
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Remove three 2.5 mm JIS 00 screws from the top of the battery compartment.
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Use the plastic opening tool to begin prying off the back of the camera from the side.
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Continue to loosen the back until you can open it from the bottom.
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Open the back of the camera.
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Use tweezers to remove two ribbon connectors from underneath the back. One connects to the LCD display and the other connects to the right side behind the battery compartment.
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Use the plastic opening tool to peel down the rubber grip around the handle at least 1 cm.
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Remove one 3 mm JIS 000 screw from underneath the rubber grip on the right side.
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Remove one 4 mm JIS 000 screw from the left side.
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Remove one 2.5 mm JIS 00 screw from the top next to the flash mount.
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Insert a long, thin JIS 00 screwdriver through the two holes and into the battery compartment; remove the two 5mm JIS 00 screws inside it.
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Use the long, thin, screwdriver to remove one 5 mm JIS 00 screw inside the camera accessible below the dials from the back.
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Use the plastic opening tool to gently lift up the shutter button assembly.
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Grasp the front grip from the top and bottom and pull it off. It should come off easily with the shutter button out of the way.
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Remove one 2.5 mm JIS 00 screw from where the shutter button assembly used to be.
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Remove one 3 mm JIS 00 screw from the side of the camera.
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Carefully unplug the two ribbon connectors attaching the top assembly to the rest of the camera.
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From the top of the camera remove one 4mm JIS 00 screw.
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Remove one 5mm JIS 00 screw and the plastic bushing around it.
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Remove the viewfinder's protective cover.
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Use the spudger to pry the light sensor off the side of the viewfinder.
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Remove one 2.5mm JIS 000 screw on the side of the viewfinder to release it.
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Lift the viewfinder out and flip up the tab to release the wire ribbon where it is connected to the motherboard.
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Remove two 2.5mm JIS 00 screws from the left side and bottom of the copper shielding.
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Remove two 2mm JIS 000 screws from the right side of the copper shielding.
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Pull the entire copper shielding piece off.
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Remove one 4mm JIS 00 screw holding down a plastic spacer on the bottom left of the motherboard.
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Use tweezers to carefully pull out the first wire ribbon on the left side of the motherboard.
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Use the spudger to flip up the tab locking in the wire ribbons at the bottom of the motherboard, then pull them out with tweezers.
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Carefully use tweezers to remove four wire ribbons on the right side of the motherboard.
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Remove the last two wire ribbons on the top of the motherboard by flipping up the locking tab and pulling them out.
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Pull the blue coaxial cable up off the board.
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Remove one 4mm JIS 00 screw from the upper right of the motherboard and another from the far left.
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Remove the plastic housing for the power and HDMI ports.
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Grasp the motherboard from the sides and lift it up. It is still connected by two wires on the bottom right side.
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Pull the wire ribbon on the underside off with tweezers.
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After you have discharged the capacitor, pull the yellow wire harness out using tweezers.
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Disconnect the wire ribbon connecting the power port to the board.
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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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