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Add Note Edit Step 9  ¶ 

  • Use your fingernail to flip up the retaining flap on the Blu-ray ribbon cable socket.

  • Be sure you are prying up on the retaining flap, not the socket itself.

  • Pull the ribbon cable out of its socket.

  • Remove the Blu-ray drive from the PS3.

  • If replacing the Blu-ray drive, transfer the power cable to your new drive.

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Add Note Edit Step 10 — Motherboard Assembly  ¶ 

  • Pull the control board ribbon cable straight up and out of its socket on the motherboard.

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  • Remove the two 12 mm Phillips screws securing the control board to the lower case.

  • Remove the control board and its attached cable from the PS3.

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Add Note Edit Step 12  ¶ 

  • Remove the following eight screws securing the motherboard assembly to the lower case:

    • Seven 12 mm Phillips screws (ph2)

    • One 30 mm Phillips screw

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Add Note Edit Step 13  ¶ 

  • Remove the control board bracket.

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Add Note Edit Step 14  ¶ 

  • Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the hard drive bay cover away from the lower case.

  • Remove the hard drive bay cover.

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Add Note Edit Step 15  ¶ 

  • Lift the motherboard assembly out of the lower case.

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Add Note Edit Step 16 — AC Inlet  ¶ 

  • Remove the 7.7 mm Phillips screw securing the ground strap to the chassis.

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