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Installing iPod Touch 2nd Generation Logic Board

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On the 2nd generation iPod Touch, a plastic frame is glued to the glass panel’s outer edges. There are black plastic strips at the bottom and top of the device where the frame is also glued. There are rubber strips that encircle the edge of the glass panel.
Wedge the PX 3688 plastic opening tool between the glass front panel and the plastic frame. Start near the top where the volume control buttons are located and stay on one side of iPod.
Turn the tool in a hinge-like rotation away from the iPod and try to pry the glass panel out of its case.
Be careful and don’t be afraid to work at a slow and gentle pace. Try to avoid breaking anything inside the iPod, especially the screen. You do not want to crack the screen.

Continue inserting the PX 3688 plastic tool into the gaps along the iPod and pry the screen up towards you slowly.
Make sure not to slide the tool along the edge once you’ve managed to wedge it between the screen and panel. Instead repeat the process of prying the tool into a point along one of the edges and removing the tool to insert it at another point.

Work your way around the iPod, prying the front panel up until it is completely separated from the clips.
Once it has been completely separated, lift the front panel out of the bottom case.
Be careful of the touch screen connector cable still attached near the upper left corner of the iPod.
If the cable tears, your display will be useless.

Using the PX 3688, pry the touch screen cable connector off the top logic board.
Check the now removed front panel for any damage. Be careful not to scratch the front panel on the underside of the black portions.
Clean the face of the display and the inner face of the front panel. You don’t want dust or fingerprints collecting in the iPod once it has been reassembled.

Remove the Phillips screw in the top left corner attaching the metal tray to the rear panel.

Insert a PX 3688 plastic opening tool with the edge angled up toward the underside of the display between the white plastic backlight and the metal beneath it.
Pry the lower edge of the display up until it's at about a 45 degree angle with the rest of the iPod.
Hold the display in this position with one hand for the next step to avoid damaging the display ribbon cable.

Remove the seven Phillips screws securing the metal display tray to the rear panel with a Phillips 00 screwdriver.
Keep track of them for reassembly. The two darker screws belong in the holes in the tray nearest the bottom edge.

Place the display back in the metal display tray.
Use a PX 3688 plastic opening tool to peel the copper tape off the top edge of the display.
Don’t peel off the copper tape that’s attached to the metal display tray.