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Step 1
Tools required:
Small Phillips Screw Driver
Small Flathead or exacto razor
A Safe Open Tool (maybe 2-3)
Complete Toolkit available HERE
Start by removing the bottom dock port spacer with your razor or flathead. Make
sure to insert on one of the long ends and not in the middle of the dock. This
should pop off fairly easy.
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Step 2
After the Dock port spacer is removed you
will have access to both screws. Remove these with the Phillips +
driver. Now we can crack the shell open. |
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Step 3
Insert your safe open case tool in between the
small gap. You will have to insert this fairly hard and work it up and won until
the bottom of the shell is open. Make sure not to force the case open near the
headphone jack or you will tear it off the board. |
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Step 4
Now that we have the backing off of the front
panel we can remove the battery and hard drive panels. Remove the 4 screws
holding the drive case on the board as well as the clip for the battery. Take
the battery out now. |
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Step 5
Remove both clips for the clickwheel and battery
now if you haven't done so. |
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Step 6
After you remove the battery and 4 screws for the
hard drive case lift up and put the drive with casing above the top part of the
Zune (by the headphone jack). Remove the drive cable clip (black part) and then
take the sticky tape off the label side of the drive. After the tape is lifted
up we can remove the hard drive to replace. |
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Step 7
Now that the drive is out we can remove the rest
of the screws to get to the LCD screen and clickwheel. Remove the 6 screws and
pull the board out of the front panel. |
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Step 8
We see the board with screen attached free from
the front panel. |
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Step 9
Remove the 4 clips holding the LCD screen to
the board. Now you can gently lift up on the screen to expose the clip holding
it to the board. Make sure not to force the screen out until the clip cable has
been removed. |
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Step 10
We can move to the front panel and replace the
clickwheel components now. These should be lifted up easily and taken out of the
front panel now. There are no screws holding this in place. |
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Step 11
Front panel is now free from the main unit. We are all done, just go backwards to reassemble.
Let us know if anything else should be added to this guide. |
