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Olympus Pen E-PL7 LCD Screen Replacement

Introduction

Is your LCD Screen cracked or unresponsive? Use this guide to replace it and get back to taking awesome photos.

We highly suggest you use a magnetic project mat or an organization tray. This camera has many different types of screws and keeping them organized is key to proper reassembly.

What you need

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    • Turn the camera upside down.

    • Push the grey tab to the right to open the battery compartment.

    • Pull out the battery.

    • The battery is not shown in these photos.

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  2. Olympus Pen E-PL7 LCD Screen Replacement, LCD Screen: step 2, image 1 of 1

    • Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the three 2.3 mm screws from the base of the LCD screen.

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    • Fully extend the LCD assembly.

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    • Remove the two 2.2 mm Phillips screws located on the back of the LCD screen.

    • Use tweezers to remove the top LCD bracket.

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    • Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the four 1.4 mm screws from the back of the LCD screen.

    • Remove the LCD ribbon cable with a pair of tweezers.

    • The cover may fall off after the screws have been removed.

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    • Carefully lift the LCD screen up and away from the assembly.

    • Do not attempt to fully remove the screen, as it is attached to the assembly by a ribbon cable.

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    • Use tweezers to peel back the plastic cover.

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    Be very careful i destroyed the wrong cables in that step.

    christoph hütt - Reply

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    • Use a spudger to flip back the black bar on the LCD Ribbon ZIF connector.

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    • Gently pull the ribbon cable out with tweezers.

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    • Remove the LCD Screen.

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    Thank you so much. Just fixed my cam!

    Ingo - Reply

    There is more to it than shown here. You must remove the circuit board from the back of the old LCD screen, unplug those ribbon cables, transfer the circuit board to the new screen, and plug in the cables.

    Steve Reynolds - Reply

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Magnifico

Great Work!!

apuntotres - Reply

Where can I buy a replacement LCD screen?

Joshua Almeida - Reply

You don't show the final part taking the glass away from outer and the board, as the screen replacements don't come with connector board

josollis - Reply

@josollis: Thanks for the hint! I got the missing info from the E-P5 LCD exchange instructions (on ifixit).

Stephan Fagerer - Reply

I have reassembled the unit after replacing the broken Ribbon, however my LCD images are inverted in normal mode not selfie mode. Do anyone know why ?

Thanks in advance

ah to lee - Reply

Same problem, stuck in selfie mode. Upside down display in normal mode. Hope somebody could help. Thanks!

Rick Velasquez - Reply

Je rencontre le même problème d'image inversé. Pas trouvé de solution ailleurs pour le moment...

Olivier Piebourg - Reply

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