Step 1 Flash Assembly

• With your Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the four screws on the side of the camera.
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Step 2

• With a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the four screws located on the bottom of the camera.
• The bottom screws are longer than the top screws, so label accordingly for easy reassembly.
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Step 3
• With a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the four screws on the opposite side of the camera.
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Step 4

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• Once all screws have been removed, gently pry open bottom casing.
• With tweezers, carefully remove the ribbon from the LCD screen.
• Set bottom casing aside.
• Prying open the camera from the casing could potentially damage the device, so open the casing slowly.
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Step 5
• Using tweezers, gently pry apart the top casing from the camera.
• Set the top casing aside.
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Step 6
• Use tweezers to pry the LCD screen off from the opening.
• The bottom of the LCD screen is attached to the frame by a few pieces of black tape.
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Step 7
• Use tweezers to lift up the LCD screen away from the camera.
• Moving the screen could potentially damage the wire connecting it to the camera, so move the LCD screen slowly.
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Step 8
• Use tweezers to slowly pry off LCD casing by lifting and moving it off the camera.
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Step 9
• Use tweezers to flip open the connector holding the ribbon.
• Gently pull out the LCD screen with the ribbon from the camera.
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Step 10
• Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the two screws on the side where the battery is located.
• Remove the lanyard loop after the screws come off.
• Slowly pull the side casing so it becomes dislocated from the top of the camera frame.
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Step 11
• On the front of the camera, detach the ribbon from the connector.
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Step 12
• Carefully remove the L shaped frame from the camera.
• There is a yellow and orange wire connected to camera. Be careful not to pull them off.
• At the bottom of the camera, the L-shaped frame is connected by two plastic bumps and a metal tab.
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Step 13
• Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the two screws on the front of the flash assembly.
• Remove flash assembly, and replace it with a new flash assembly.
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