Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

7

Time Required

                          50 minutes

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What you need

Step 1

              Show me the Screws!
  • You can remove the side panels with a pry tool.
  • You don’t need to remove the rubber. The rubber on this controller was already bad

You can remove the side panels with a pry tool.

You don’t need to remove the rubber. The rubber on this controller was already bad

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Step 2

              Removing the back panel screws
  • Remove the 5 Torx Security Bit (TR9) screws

Remove the 5 Torx Security Bit (TR9) screws

Step 3

              Popping that back panel off
  • Pry the panel next to the 3.5mm port
  • Be careful to not rip the ribbon shown in the next step

Pry the panel next to the 3.5mm port

Be careful to not rip the ribbon shown in the next step

Step 4

              Warning Carefully remove the ribbon
  • Be careful to not rip the ribbon cable
  • You can pop the connector up to remove the ribbon easily
  • Ribbon Cable

Be careful to not rip the ribbon cable

You can pop the connector up to remove the ribbon easily

Ribbon Cable

Step 5

              Screws on controller motherboard
  • Remove the 2 Torx (T6) screws

Remove the 2 Torx (T6) screws

Step 6

              Desolder wires from motherboard
  • Desolder the 4 wires on each side, these control the vibrations and the RT LT

Desolder the 4 wires on each side, these control the vibrations and the RT LT

Step 7

              Remove the motherboard
  • Pull up from the “top” side of the controller on the sister board.

Pull up from the “top” side of the controller on the sister board.

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

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glenn.fowell - Apr 7, 2020

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50 minutes? half of that tops