Introduction
Taking out old Zune battery or replacing it with a new one. (Requires soldering)
Parts
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Use a metal spudger or Zune opening tool to remove the small silver plastic cap on top of the device.
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Remove the silver tape from the bottom center and the top right. This allows access to the hard drive and the battery.
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Unclick the black bar connecting the orange hard drive cable to the bottom of the hard drive. Gently push towards the bottom of the device on the black bar until you hear a click sound, it is now disengaged from the hard drive.
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Now gently pull the orange hard drive cable to remove it from the hard drive.
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Lift the hard drive from the device.
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Hard Drive Replacement Only: Check to make sure the hard drive cable is in good condition and then connect the new hard drive in the same place, following the steps in reverse order.
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Remove two more pieces of silver tape from the bottom of the device. One of these pieces is below the other.
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Remove the battery from the device with the cables still connected.
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Carefully lift up the mother board located at the base of the Zune. Unclip the orange ribbon cable in the same manner as in the previous steps.
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Remove the mother board from the Zune, leaving the black wire connected.
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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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Where can you get a zune battery? Model 1376 120GB
Where can you get a battery?
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On the 120 GB model, the cap in Step 1 is one complete unit. You should follow step 2 first.
So if the black bar in the last step snaps in half, and you discover that ribbon cable is already half-severed, you’re screwed?