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This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Archos Tablet, use our service manual.

  1. Archos 5 and 48 Teardown, Archos 5 and 48 Teardown: step 1, image 1 of 1
    • The Front:

  2. Archos 5 and 48 Teardown: step 2, image 1 of 1
    • The Back: You can see three rubber pads under which you will find screws. The fourth screw is under the plastic arm. After you removed these four screws, you can easily pop the two plastic pieces on each side of the device.

  3. Archos 5 and 48 Teardown: step 3, image 1 of 2 Archos 5 and 48 Teardown: step 3, image 2 of 2
    • The sides: There are two screws on each corner (so eight screws in total), indicated by the red arrows on the picture below. The metal contraption on the first picture is the wifi antenna.

  4. Archos 5 and 48 Teardown: step 4, image 1 of 1
    • After you remove these eight screws, you will be able to pull the screen away from the rest of the device. Tilt the small plastic strip on the connector to release the wire. Separate the screen.

  5. Archos 5 and 48 Teardown: step 5, image 1 of 1
    • Under the screen you will find the top of the motherboard. There are four screws holding the motherboard and the hard drive together. After you remove those, the back of the device will come off.

  6. Archos 5 and 48 Teardown: step 6, image 1 of 2 Archos 5 and 48 Teardown: step 6, image 2 of 2
    • You now have access to the hard drive. Read the page on how to access the hidden partition.

  7. Archos 5 and 48 Teardown: step 7, image 1 of 1
    • This is the bottom of the motherboard, when the hard drive is disconnected.

  8. Archos 5 and 48 Teardown: step 8, image 1 of 1
    • Another picture of the motherboard, it's actually thinner than the hard drive.

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christophermeyer80

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What are the sockets called that plug it into the docking station?

Thanks

Iain Parker - Reply

Is this device dead when I cant get it recognised by the computer with the repair or format function or any combination of resetting with the pin etc?

do I then HAVE to take the HDD out and try to read it to get my files off it or is there some secret way of accessing the files on the HDD without taking it apart?

Amanda Ripanykhazova - Reply

Amanda, Yes, the device is dead and you would have to take it apart to get the HDD out. Sometimes this doesn’t work either. I have experienced both.

christophermeyer80 -

Bonjour, Sur mon archos 5, malgrés plusieurs reset et tentative de repair Disk, il n’affiche que le logo “Archos Entertainment you way” et boucle la dessus. Que pensez-vous de cette panne? Merci d’avance.

CDT

philippe_pacaut - Reply

Hello,

Is it possible to migrate from the HDD drive to an SDD drive, maybe with a higher capacity ? Maybe by cloning the drive to preserve the system ?

If it's possible I will give a second lease of life to my Archos 5 IT !

Broen Guiraldson - Reply

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