Creative Zen Vision W Motherboard Replacement
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Introduction
Go to step 1 ↓This guide will show you how to access the motherboard and speaker on your device.
What you need
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Spudger4.9
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Push the black button and slide the battery casing to the left simultaneously, until the battery is completely separated from the device.
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Remove the two screws (2.5 mm) on the top and bottom of the device using a Phillips #0 screwdriver.
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Run the spudger along the cover and pry.
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The button pad may fall off when the cover is removed.
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Use a spudger to separate the metal tabs that hold the screen in place on the right side.
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Put the screen face down so you can see where the ribbon cables are attached.
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Remove the red sticker that covers the ribbon cable connections.
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Use a plastic opening tool to get underneath the black flap on the larger ribbon cable connection and lift it.
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Use a spudger to slide the two small gray tabs away from the ribbon cable connection.
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Remove the screen from the device.
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Tool used on this step:Tweezers$4.99
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Lift the keypad from the left side and use tweezers to slide it out to the left.
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Use a small flat head screw driver to slide the white tabs away from the ribbon cable connection.
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Remove the ribbon cable from the keypad.
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Remove the 2 screws (3.5 mm) on the Compact Flash insert, located on the left hand side, with a Phillips #000 screwdriver.
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Remove the 5 screws (5.5 mm), circled in red, using a Phillips #0. Use a flashlight if necessary.
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Peel off the sticker that says "Creative warranty void if broken" and remove the screw (5.5 mm) underneath with a Phillips #0.
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Carefully pull the back cover off of the rest of the device.
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The volume control buttons and power slider may fall off when removing the cover, do not lose these small pieces.
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The USB input cover on the bottom of the device may also fall off.
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Remove 4 screws (3.5 mm) on the metal cover with a Phillips #0.
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Lift the metal cover off.
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Lift the white and black ribbon connection off of the motherboard.
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The hard drive can now be removed.
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Remove 2 screws (3.5 mm) on the black compact flash input using a Phillips #0.
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Use a small flat head screwdriver to bend the plastic tab holding the compact flash input in place.
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The compact flash input should pop off easily, be careful not to break it.
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Turn the device over so the side where the screen was is facing up.
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Push on the motherboard lightly to separate it from the casing.
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Turn the device over again and pull on the motherboard very lightly.
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The speaker will be covered in a black glue and you must cut through this in order to remove the motherboard.
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Turn the speaker on its side so it can fit through the casing and the motherboard can be removed.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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If the main board on vision w hard disk connector has 44 pins as vision m has but the vision w has a zif 40 pin ribbon in to the hard disk.it make me belive that it is possible to use a zif connector style hard disk on vision M to with the hard disk cable from vision w?Or does i miss something?i want to try to use a 1.8 hard disk with around 100 GB capacity on vision M if possible
