OLYMPUS VN-8100PC Disassembly

I get this in a university store....Yep, you are right. A university store.

This one was great for its price. It costs about 20$ and have all the function I need.

However, this thing probably run on the oldest USB 1.1 interface, so don't expect the transmission to be fast.

Still, you can plug in your music into the MIC plug and record it as a MP3 directly or a WMA.

Anyway. Since mine is weird and will turn off on itself, how about we just open it up and fix this?

Ah. Good, old styled batteries.

The screws loosen the front cover, but due to its simplicity you can do it at any angle you want.

Take off the power switch before you loose it.

Next off is the screen.

Still, have to watch your six. Here, it is the video cable. Go ahead, undetatch the screen.

Then is the plastic scaffolding. I met a tiny little amount of double sided tape in my device, but getting it off is simple task, just use your common sense on this.

Go ahead, get this screw off.

Next is the two silicon chips. The keyboard have a connector on the top right corner, so watch out.

Just pull on the metal tab inbeded in the pile of foam-like foam, and then oull the speaker out. With it, comes out the keyboard.

Now, pop off the motherboard. There are three ports that hold it down, but avoid them is simple. Very simple, actually.

Do anyone know what those copper foil serve? They are soldered to the board so I didn't dare removing it. And, there is nothing interesting beneath...

Anyway, if you need to put it together, just reversely follow the steps (while looking for those foam-like sponge fills)