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This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Graphics Tablet, use our service manual.

  1. Graphics Tablet Stylus Teardown, Pen: step 1, image 1 of 1
    • First, carefully pull off the little plastic piece number 1. You must use a knife or something with sharp edge to wedge.

    • After this, you are ready to disassemble pen's exterior case, pulling strongly between parts 3 and 4. If it's hard, you can turn pieces 3 and 4 between them, but only a bit because electronics inside has a guide that lock it into the case.

  2. Graphics Tablet Stylus Teardown: step 2, image 1 of 1
    • This is what you are going to find inside. Next step is release primary and secondary buttons (piece nÂș 2) pulling up straightly and softly, being carefull do not break a and b parts that hold the button.

    • Other piece we must take care is piece number 5, which is quite fragile because is glued to the board through 2 thin wires that could brake. This part keeps wet around the wire and we must dry it perfectly keeping it warm.

    • Point number 6 shows how board engages the pen case. This is why we might no turn too much pieces 3 and 4 between them in step 1 to keep us avoid to break the circuit board.

  3. Graphics Tablet Stylus Teardown: step 3, image 1 of 1
    • And here is what's inside a graphic tablet ballpen and what i've broke disassembling.

    • I hope this tutorial helps you, now that you know what's inside a graphic tablet pencil, you'll gess which is your trouble.

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Awesome, just what I needed! It was driving me nuts trying to get this thing apart. I kind of deduced it needed pulling apart, but didn't quite realize I needed to take that one tab thing off there first. Thanks for the information!

MrsDubin - Reply

Thanks a lot, worked like a charm. To go further about fixing the iron core, see this blog :http://abiyasa.com/blog/2008/04/06/fixin...

Leo Grasset - Reply

i'm glad to be helpfull. :)

pelos - Reply

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