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Disassembling Creative ZEN Screen and Battery

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Now we'll pop open the LCD connector. The black rectangle on the OPPOSITE side of the ribbon cable flips up, rotating in the middle of the connector. Use your fingernail to gently flip it open, then pull the connector out.

The next thing to do is to disconnect the battery. Using your soldering iron, heat up the positive pad (circled in red in pic 3, surrounded by a white square on the actual PCB). Pull the wire away from the board and wrap it in electrical tape to prevent shorts. Be careful to only touch one pad at a time with the iron, as you may create a short if you touch multiple pads.

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