Olympus Pen E-PL7 LCD Screen Replacement

Geschrieben von: Kelsea Weber
  • Kommentare: 6
Olympus Pen E-PL7 LCD Screen Replacement

Schwierigkeitsgrad

Moderate

Schritte

10

Zeitaufwand

Keine Schätzung

Einleitung

Is your LCD Screen cracked or unresponsive? Use this guide to replace it and get back to taking awesome photos.

We highly suggest you use a magnetic project mat or an organization tray. This camera has many different types of screws and keeping them organized is key to proper reassembly.

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    • Turn the camera upside down.

    • Push the grey tab to the right to open the battery compartment.

    • Pull out the battery.

    • The battery is not shown in these photos.

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    • Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the three 2.3 mm screws from the base of the LCD screen.

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    • Fully extend the LCD assembly.

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    • Remove the two 2.2 mm Phillips screws located on the back of the LCD screen.

    • Use tweezers to remove the top LCD bracket.

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    • Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the four 1.4 mm screws from the back of the LCD screen.

    • Remove the LCD ribbon cable with a pair of tweezers.

    • The cover may fall off after the screws have been removed.

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    • Carefully lift the LCD screen up and away from the assembly.

    • Do not attempt to fully remove the screen, as it is attached to the assembly by a ribbon cable.

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    • Use tweezers to peel back the plastic cover.

    Be very careful i destroyed the wrong cables in that step.

    christoph hütt -

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    • Use a spudger to flip back the black bar on the LCD Ribbon ZIF connector.

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    • Gently pull the ribbon cable out with tweezers.

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    • Remove the LCD Screen.

    Thank you so much. Just fixed my cam!

    Ingo -

Abschluss

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

Tinte & Feder

Kelsea Weber

Mitglied seit: 12/11/15

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4 Kommentare

Magnifico

Great Work!!

apuntotres -

Where can I buy a replacement LCD screen?

Joshua Almeida -

You don't show the final part taking the glass away from outer and the board, as the screen replacements don't come with connector board

josollis -

@josollis: Thanks for the hint! I got the missing info from the E-P5 LCD exchange instructions (on ifixit).

Stephan Fagerer -