Olympus SZ-12 Lens Replacement

Written By: Samuel Hays
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Olympus SZ-12 Lens Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

14

Time Required

30 minutes

Introduction

You will need a clean, well-lit area, an iFixit repair kit including the specialized screw driver, along with the Phillips #000 bit. We also recommend you have an organization tray in order to keep track of all the screws you will be taking out.

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    • Remove nine 4.45mm Phillips #000 screws from the outside of the case.

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    • There are four screws to take out on the bottom of the camera.

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    • There are three screws to take out on this side.

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    • There is one screw to take out on this side.

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    • There is one hidden screw inside the HDMI port.

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    • Using the blue plastic opening tool, wedge open and remove the case.

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    • Once you have the back case off, remove the LCD Screen.

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    • Using a plastic opening tool, gently lift the retaining flap on the display cable ZIF connector.

    • Pull the display cable from its socket on the motherboard.

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    • Remove the LCD screen from the device.

    • Be careful not to rip the display's ribbon cable as you pull the screen away from the device.

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    • Remove the four 3.8mm Phillips #000 screws from the LCD frame.

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    • Remove the top left screw, top right screw, bottom left screw, and bottom right screw from LCD frame.

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    • Lift the retaining flaps on the three remaining ZIF connectors connected to the motherboard.

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    • Remove the five 4.3mm Phillips #000 screws from the lens frame to access the lens.

    • Remove the lens frame.

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    • Remove two 4.3mm Phillips #000 screws from black plastic piece surrounding the lens.

    • Remove the lens.

Conclusion

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

Author

Samuel Hays

Member since: 14/03/17

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One comment

Is her anything in the lens assembly that I could look for which may have dislodged showing up as a shadow on the bottom of the display screen

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