What you need
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Flip the device to the backside, and locate the metal tab at the center of the back cover.
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With the wedge side of a spudger (or a small, flat head screwdriver), remove the black rubber case support from the device body.
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The motherboard should look like this. If it is dirty, gently use a small paintbrush to clean it of dust.
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With the pointed end of a spudger (or the small end of a Philips #00 screwdriver), gently unhook the small black tabs by pressing into the interlocking hooks that are sunk into the white wire connector.
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Gently pull the wire ribbon from the white connector.
It is easy to pull the ribbon cable off, but reinserting the ribbon cable back into the wire connector is very challenging. Any tips?
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Hello, friend. Name’s Arthur. I have this old Garmin Etrex H GPS device (the yellow one) and it looks very similar to your Etrex Vista H, but it has no stick button. The disassembling method suited just fine here, so I thank you Sir for this tutorial. I was trying to disassembly my Garmin because I am having a problem with its display. There’s a vertical line that its not displaying, so I decided to take a look. However, there was something strange. The display contacts were not locked by a connector, but by something like a durex tape. Seemed very precarious. Have you ever disassembled this yellow Etrex H model? Any ideas on how to solve my problem?
I forgot to remove battery for years and the battery chamber got damaged. So chamber was cleaned and repaired but now I cannot on it.