Creative Zen

Creative Zen Micro - How to open

2009-04-10T22:38:12Z

Before you begin

Read this website's Legal Guidelines and make sure you understand the risks of this repair. Place your Creative Zen Micro on a clean flat and soft surface, such as a rubber mat or a piece of soft cloth and get the required opening tools

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Creative Zen Vision W - Screen Replacement

2009-01-14T15:31:20Z

Before you begin

Read the legal guidelines on this website. Place your Creative Zen Vision W on a clean flat and soft surface, such as a rubber mat or a piece of soft cloth and get the required opening tools

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Remove the 2 screws next to the dock connector.

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Remove the 2 screws next to the power button and the volume buttons.

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Insert the opening tool between the screen and bezel. Avoid pushing on the screen, just pull the tool upward as you slide it along the edges of the the bezel.

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Slide the tool to the opposite edge of the bezel and pull the bezel upward to release it from the creative vision W body.

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Repeat the last steps and pull the safe open tool toward you. When the bezel comes loose you can lift it up as shown in the image.

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Keep the creative zen button pad aside and be sure not to lose the small blind.

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Use the small flathead to pry between the four clips holding the screen in place.

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When the frame clips are released the screen can be flipped forward. Do not pull the screen ribbon cables.

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On the right side you see the screen connector, the smaller ribbon cable on the left is for the backlight.

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Carefully open the screen connector latch.

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Push the right side of backlight connector latch in direction of the ribbon cable.

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Push the left side of backlight connector latch in direction of the ribbon cable.

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The ribbon cables will now come loose from the board. Install the new creative Zen Vision W screen and follow the steps in reverse order to complete the repair.

Creative Zen Sleek

2009-04-22T22:27:03Z

Before you begin

Read this website's Legal Guidelines and make sure you understand the risks of this repair. Place your Creative Zen Sleek on a clean flat and soft surface, such as a rubber mat or a piece of soft cloth and get the required opening tools

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