Motherboard Desoldering

Scritto Da: Sam Omiotek
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Motherboard Desoldering

Difficoltà

Moderate

Passi

26

Tempo Necessario

Nessuna stima

Introduzione

Follow this guide to desolder the motherboard from the vibration motors on your Sony DualSense controller.

This is a prerequisite-only guide! This guide is part of another procedure and isn't meant to be used alone.

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    • Disconnect and power down your controller before you begin.

    • Insert an opening pick underneath the middle trim at the bottom-right corner of the controller to release the clips securing it to the case.

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    • Slide the opening pick along the lower-right edge of the middle trim to release the clips securing it to the case.

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    • Insert an opening pick underneath the middle trim at the bottom-left corner of the controller to release the clips securing it to the case.

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    • Slide the opening pick along the lower-left edge of the middle trim to release the clips securing it to the case.

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    • Use your fingers to lift up the bottom edge of the middle trim to release the remaining clips.

    • Lift the middle trim over the joysticks to remove it.

    • During reassembly, position the middle trim into place and press along all edges to engage the clips securing it to the controller.

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    • Insert the flat end of your spudger into the gap above the L1 button.

    • Cover the button with your thumb to prevent it from ejecting across the room.

    • Pry the spudger upward to remove the L1 button.

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    • Insert the flat end of your spudger into the gap above the R1 button.

    • Cover the button with your thumb to prevent it from ejecting across the room.

    • Pry the spudger upward to remove the R1 button.

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    • Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the two 6.5 mm screws securing the bottom corners of the lower case.

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    • Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the two 6.5 mm screws behind the L1 and R1 buttons.

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    • Use the pointed edge of a spudger to unclip the two clips on either side of the headset jack.

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    • Use your hands to carefully pull the rear case off of the controller.

    • During reassembly, make sure the red and black vibration motor wires are not pinched between the front and rear case.

    You can´t just grab both ends and expect it to open flawlessly, first you gotta travel the spudger around the seam at the outer edges of the controller, there are multiples clips in that area, there a couple really hard to get out at the outer edges of the R1 and L1 buttons, for those you need to insert the spudger bending outwards the bottom piece of the controller (a fairly amount, like 1.5mm) and while bending outwards use the same inserted spudger to lever them apart carefully, the plastic will bend quite a bit so be very careful with the motion of the spudger.

    Yet again, that was my personal experience opening it up, try first as the guide says, if you feel the upper and bottom pieces glued around the R1 and L1, then try this.

    Carlos Santana -

    I had the same experience, the best way to reach these for me was to place the spunger from L1 R1 side whilst using a spunger to press outwards from the side like in Carlos's comment. Thank you Carlos I was struggling with this!

    Remco geuze -

    This did not work for me. Finally I just pulled the two parts apart at the bottom side, carefully twisting and manipulating until the parts clicked loose at the top side

    Gilian Mischker -

    This is the biggest hassle in the whole process. It seems that all controllers now come with those extra clips that other people mentioned here. I, however, didn't have the same success with their steps of running a spudger on the sides to undo the clip. Looking around, I found this Youtube video showing that you can undo the clips simply by twisting up from the bottom. Do it carefully because it pops off easily using this method - when I did, I used some force and the back just flew from my table.

    I found it easier like that and was able to continue the process.

    Rodrigo Castro -

    +1 to this. None of the suggestions worked well enough for me, but this video clip got this step done for me nearly instantly. note the position of the tech's fingers and thumbs - I copied that exactly and had no issue.

    Nathan K -

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    • Lift the battery out of its bracket and reposition it to the right for better access to the battery connector.

    • Don't strain the battery cables.

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    • Use a pair of tweezers or your fingers to disconnect the battery from the motherboard.

    • Don't pull on the wires to disconnect the battery.

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    • Remove the battery.

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    • Use the pointed end of your spudger to remove the lower microphone from its bracket next to the battery.

    • During reassembly, make sure the end of the microphone's ribbon cable is slotted into the bracket.

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    • Grab the lower microphone ribbon cable pull tab with your fingers or a pair of tweezers and disconnect it from the motherboard.

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    • Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the 6.5 mm screw securing the battery bracket.

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    • Lift the battery bracket off of the motherboard.

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    • Grip the right trigger assembly cable with a pair of tweezers or your fingers and disconnect it from the motherboard.

    • Use the pull tab to disconnect the cable. Don't pull on the cable itself.

    • Don't completely remove the ribbon cable yet.

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    • Grip the right trigger assembly cable with a pair of tweezers or your fingers, and disconnect it from the trigger assembly.

    • Use the pull tab to disconnect the cable. Don't pull on the cable itself.

    • Remove the ribbon cable.

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    • Grip the left trigger assembly cable with a pair of tweezers or your fingers to disconnect it from the motherboard.

    • Use the pull tab to disconnect the cable. Don't pull on the cable itself.

    • Don't completely remove the ribbon cable yet.

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    • Grip the left trigger assembly cable with a pair of tweezers or your fingers to disconnect it from the trigger assembly.

    • Use the pull tab to disconnect the cable. Don't pull on the cable itself.

    • Remove the ribbon cable.

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    • Use a pair of tweezers or your fingers to disconnect the upper microphone from the motherboard.

    • Use the pull tab to disconnect the cable. Don't pull on the cable itself.

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    • Use a pair of tweezers or your fingers to disconnect the touchpad cable from the motherboard.

    • Use the pull tab to disconnect the cable. Don't pull on the cable itself.

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    • Carefully guide the joysticks through the front case and lift the motherboard out.

    • Don't strain the four soldered wires tethering the motherboard to the vibration motors.

    There's small tabs holding the board in place along the side.

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    • Flip the motherboard and midframe over to access the red and black vibration motor wires.

    • Use a soldering iron to disconnect the vibration motor wires from the motherboard.

    • During reassembly, refer to this photo to ensure the wires are soldered back to their correct positions.

Conclusione

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

Autore

Sam Omiotek

Membro da: 25/02/19

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