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This guide will help to locate and remove the motherboard for replacement. This will involve removing a significant portion of the camera and wiring.
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            Locate the slider labeled "BATT" and pull it back from the battery with your thumb. 
 
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            At this point, you should be able to remove the battery by simply lifting it from the camera. 
 
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            Use the Phillips #00 head to remove the following 5.5mm screws on the left-hand side. 
 
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            Use the Phillips #00 head to remove the following 5.5mm screws on the empty battery socket. 
 
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            Use the Phillips #00 head to remove the following 5.5mm screws on the bottom. 
 
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            Fold back the hinging panel on the top of the camera located near the lens. 
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            Use the Phillips #00 head to remove the following 5.5mm screws on the top under the hinging panel. 
 
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            Slide back the cover for the DC and A/V ports on the right-hand side. 
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            Use the Phillips #00 head to remove the following 5.5mm screws underneath the cover and on the right-hand side. 
 
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            Use the plastic opener tool to loosen the casing on the bottom and the right-hand side. 
 
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            Carefully remove the bottom casing with your fingers. 
 
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            Look at the right side of the camera (the side with the recording button) while holding back the detached casing. 
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            Use the Phillips #00 head to remove the following 5.5mm screws near the recording button. 
 
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            Use the curved tweezers to carefully detach the blue ribbon cable connector from the body of the camera. 
 
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            Pull off the top casing by lightly grabbing either side and pulling towards the back of the camera. 
 
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            Use the Phillips #00 head to remove the following 5.5mm screws on the inside of the top casing. 
 
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            Carefully remove the metal frame from the top casing. 
 
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            You are now free to remove the recording button, as well as its connection strip. 
 
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            Use the Phillips #00 head to remove the following 5.5mm screws on the right-hand side near the lens. 
 
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            Use the Phillips #00 head to remove the following 5.5mm screws on the top near the lens. 
 
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            Carefully pop off the casing strip on the camera's left-hand side near the lens. 
 
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            Use the Phillips #00 head to remove the following 5.5mm screws underneath the casing strip. 
 
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            Carefully pull the lens cover and shutter assembly off of the front of the camera. 
 
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            Use the Phillips #00 head to remove the following 5.5mm screws on the lens shell. 
 
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            Carefully remove the lens from the body of the camera. 
 
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            To begin removing the metal casing, use the Phillips #00 head to remove the following 5.5mm screws. 
 
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            Hold the camera so you can see the motherboard on its bottom. 
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            With a pair of straight tweezers, carefully remove the hanging panel by the following bundled cable connectors and ribbon cable connector attached to the motherboard. 
 
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            The camcorder's chip and part of the motherboard should naturally fall off at this point and should carefully be removed and placed to the side. 
 
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            Use the Phillips #00 head to remove the following 5.5mm screws from the side of the motherboard. 
 
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            Use the Phillips #00 head to remove the following 5.5mm screws and remove the lens compartment by carefully pulling it out of the metal casing. 
 
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            Use the Phillips #00 head to remove the 5.5mm screw inside the metal casing. 
 
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            Using a pair of tweezers, remove the ribbon cable connector attached to the metal casing and the motherboard. 
 
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            Using a pair of tweezers, remove the following ribbon cable connectors to remove the motherboard from the camcorder. 
 
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            Carefully remove the motherboard by hand. 
 
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