Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

11

Time Required

                          20 - 30 minutes

Sections

2

  • Case Separation
  • 8 steps
  • Wireless Card
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Case Separation
  • Power off and remove the memory card.
  • Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the four 6.4mm screws on the back casing.

Power off and remove the memory card.

Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the four 6.4mm screws on the back casing.

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Step 2

  • Using your fingernail or a spudger, pry open the accessory port cover on the top of the device.
  • Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the two 5.4mm screws hidden beneath the accessory port cover.

Using your fingernail or a spudger, pry open the accessory port cover on the top of the device.

Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the two 5.4mm screws hidden beneath the accessory port cover.

Step 3

  • Remove the two 5.4mm Phillips #00 screws on the bottom of the device near the charging port.

Remove the two 5.4mm Phillips #00 screws on the bottom of the device near the charging port.

Step 4

  • Beginning at the sides of the device, use a plastic opening tool to separate the front and rear cases.
  • Continue working your way around the device gently prying it open.
  • There are still wires holding the front and rear cases together. You may damage the connections if you yank the cases completely apart.

Beginning at the sides of the device, use a plastic opening tool to separate the front and rear cases.

Continue working your way around the device gently prying it open.

There are still wires holding the front and rear cases together. You may damage the connections if you yank the cases completely apart.

Step 5

  • Gently separate the two cases, minding the battery and the touch screen controller connectors holding the two cases together.

Gently separate the two cases, minding the battery and the touch screen controller connectors holding the two cases together.

Step 6

  • Using a spudger, free the touch screen controller flex cable by gently prying up the connection.

Using a spudger, free the touch screen controller flex cable by gently prying up the connection.

Step 7

  • Free the battery cable by gently prying up on the connection with a spudger.

Free the battery cable by gently prying up on the connection with a spudger.

Step 8

  • Separate the front and rear cases.

Separate the front and rear cases.

Step 9

              Wireless Card
  • Using the pointy end of the spudger, disconnect the three antenna cable connectors on top of the wireless card.
  • Deroute the antenna cables so that they are out of the wireless card casing. Rest the wires out of the way.

Using the pointy end of the spudger, disconnect the three antenna cable connectors on top of the wireless card.

Deroute the antenna cables so that they are out of the wireless card casing. Rest the wires out of the way.

Step 10

  • Hook the spudger beneath the tab on the wireless card casing and release the tab.
  • Peel up and remove the wireless card casing.

Hook the spudger beneath the tab on the wireless card casing and release the tab.

Peel up and remove the wireless card casing.

Step 11

  • Remove the two 4.4mm Phillips #00 screws on the wireless card.
  • The wireless card will naturally pop out at an angle.
  • Pull out the wireless card.

Remove the two 4.4mm Phillips #00 screws on the wireless card.

The wireless card will naturally pop out at an angle.

Pull out the wireless card.

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

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Saul Calderon - Mar 26, 2018

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i am takig my vita apart (moving all boards/chips into new oled lcd screen/ front part) and am having trouble taking the wifi chip out in order to take out the right button board, the screw closest to the right button board is i think stripped, is there an easy and non harming way to the motherboard of taking that screw out?

Duck - Dec 9, 2021

Rubber band .