Introduction
Installing a new motherboard takes quite a bit of disassembling. However, if you follow the steps in this guide, you should have no trouble at all.
What you need
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Lay the Kindle face down on a soft cloth to protect its screen.
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Wedge the plastic opening tool in the small opening between the grey plastic and the metal casing.
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Move the plastic opening tool across the opening while pressing down to separate the grey plastic from the metal casing.
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Slide the gray plastic top piece away from the Kindle's metal casing.
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Once the gray plastic top piece is detached from the metal back cover, remove it.
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the two 2mm screws from the wireless card.
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Use the plastic opening tool to wedge underneath the connection and gently pop off the wire cap.
STEP 7.5 Remove Plastic Protector. There are 16 2.5mm screws keeping it in place. Remove them and the protector will come off easily. I used this guide a few months ago and it had a step here explaining this that now seems to be missing.
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Push your finger down on the last plastic ribbon.
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Slide your finger away from the connector to remove the last ribbon.
This cable's connector also has a hinge that must be opened to put the cable back in properly.
You don't have to remove this connector to look at the keyboard. Remove it only if you are looking to replace screen.
Also the black connector can be popped open like the other brown ones, before you pull out the connector cable.
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Grab the bottom corner of the motherboard and safely remove it from the Kindle.
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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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I had a heck of time using the spudger. I have found that grabbing the corners and using my thumbs to push the plastic away worked like a champ.
teamhudson - Reply
Thanks for this tip, was successful using the thumb method :)
Rosie A. -
to help get enough grip with my thumbs, I used a piece of old yoga mat to increase friction between thumbs and the top plastic piece
Rosie A. -
For anyone still looking for this in 2020, see my comment here for how to properly remove the back.
Kindle 2 Teardown
Dave76 - Reply