Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

8

Time Required

                          15 minutes            

Sections

2

  • Battery
  • 4 steps
  • Selector Button Circuit Board
  • 4 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery               
  • Power the device down before taking any other actions.
  • Hold the camera with the lens facing towards youself.
  • Turn the camera upside down and place your right thumb on the battery chamber cover.

Power the device down before taking any other actions.

Hold the camera with the lens facing towards youself.

Turn the camera upside down and place your right thumb on the battery chamber cover.

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Step 2

  • Hold the camera, then pull the battery chamber towards yourself with your right thumb.
  • Pull the cover entirely out and release it to reveal the battery.

Hold the camera, then pull the battery chamber towards yourself with your right thumb.

Pull the cover entirely out and release it to reveal the battery.

Step 3

  • Locate the orange battery latch that holds the battery in place.
  • Use your finger to push the latch away from yourself to release the battery.
  • Remove the battery manually from the battery chamber.
  • Place the battery into a charger if it is dead.
  • Remove battery before performing any other repairs.

Locate the orange battery latch that holds the battery in place.

Use your finger to push the latch away from yourself to release the battery.

Remove the battery manually from the battery chamber.

Place the battery into a charger if it is dead.

Remove battery before performing any other repairs.

Step 4

  • Replace defective battery if previous steps fail
  • Contact support on the Fujifilm website for further assistance

Replace defective battery if previous steps fail

Contact support on the Fujifilm website for further assistance

Step 5

              Selector Button Circuit Board               
  • Remove four 2.5mm Phillips #1 screws on the bottom of the camera near where the camera mount attaches.
  • Remove two 5.1mm Phillips #1 screws on the left side of the camera relative to the LCD screen.
  • Remove two 5.1mm Phillips #1 screws on the right side of the camera relative to the LCD screen nearest to the mode wheel.

Remove four 2.5mm Phillips #1 screws on the bottom of the camera near where the camera mount attaches.

Remove two 5.1mm Phillips #1 screws on the left side of the camera relative to the LCD screen.

Remove two 5.1mm Phillips #1 screws on the right side of the camera relative to the LCD screen nearest to the mode wheel.

Step 6

  • Place the camera lens face down with the LCD screen face up on a flat surface, or hold it. Carefully lift the camera’s back cover approximately 1 inch.
  • Carefully lift the ribbon clamp connector back using the tweezers and remove the blue ribbon.
  • Do NOT pull on ribbon if the ribbon clamp connector still grasps the blue ribbon. This could cause severe damage to the ribbon.
  • If you are replacing the LCD monitor you can skip steps 6 and 7 for the selector button circuit board guide and go directly to the LCD monitor repair guide.
  • If you are replacing the Mode Dial you can skip steps 6 and 7 for the selector button circuit board guide and go directly to the Mode Dial repair guide.

Place the camera lens face down with the LCD screen face up on a flat surface, or hold it. Carefully lift the camera’s back cover approximately 1 inch.

Carefully lift the ribbon clamp connector back using the tweezers and remove the blue ribbon.

Do NOT pull on ribbon if the ribbon clamp connector still grasps the blue ribbon. This could cause severe damage to the ribbon.

If you are replacing the LCD monitor you can skip steps 6 and 7 for the selector button circuit board guide and go directly to the LCD monitor repair guide.

If you are replacing the Mode Dial you can skip steps 6 and 7 for the selector button circuit board guide and go directly to the Mode Dial repair guide.

Step 7

  • Remove the back of the camera case and place it on a flat surface with the selector button circuit board facing up.
  • Remove the three 3.5mm Phillips #1 screws located on the chip seen in the image.

Remove the back of the camera case and place it on a flat surface with the selector button circuit board facing up.

Remove the three 3.5mm Phillips #1 screws located on the chip seen in the image.

Step 8

  • Lift the chip with tweezers to remove it from the other remaining components.

Lift the chip with tweezers to remove it from the other remaining components.

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

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