Introduction
This guide gives you a look at the major components of the Olympus Pen E-PL7 and provides complete disassembly instructions.
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.
What you need
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Turn the camera upside down.
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Push the grey tab to the right to open the battery compartment.
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Pull out the battery.
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the six 2 mm screws on the bottom of the camera.
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Remove the two 4 mm reverse threaded Phillips screws from the bottom of the camera.
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the 5 mm screw near the left hand grip.
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the 5 mm screw near the right hand grip.
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Flip open the LCD.
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the 2 mm screw beneath the LCD assembly.
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the four 6.3 mm screws from the lens mount.
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Press and hold the lens release button while using tweezers to remove the lens hook.
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Use tweezers to remove the spring underneath the lens hook.
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the four 4 mm screws from the external flash port.
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the two 6.4 mm screws.
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Remove the 2 mm Phillips screw.
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Remove the two 3.8 mm Phillips screws from the sides of the external flash connector.
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To remove the ribbon holding the back case to the camera, use the pointed end of a spudger to flip back the top bar on top of the ZIF connector.
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the two 1.6 mm screws near the left hand grip.
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Remove the 2.2 mm Phillips screw near the left hand grip, holding a second metal plate in place.
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Remove the 1.8mm Phillips screw.
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Use a spudger to remove the three indicated ribbon cables from their ZIF connectors on the motherboard.
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Tool used on this step:Tweezers$4.99
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Use tweezers to remove the plastic cover from the two ZIF connectors in the upper left corner of the motherboard.
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Disconnect both ribbon cables.
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Desolder the large ribbon cable from the motherboard at the solder points on either side of its ZIF connector
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Learn more about soldering with iFixit's Soldering Technique Guide.
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Remove the 5.2 mm Phillips screw from the top of the right hand grip.
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Remove the top plate.
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Remove the two 4.3 mm screws from the front of the sensor assembly.
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Remove the 6.8 mm screw.
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Remove the four 1.9mm Phillips screws from the back of the sensor assembly.
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Remove the 14.5mm Phillips screw.
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Remove the 3.3mm Phillips screw.
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the 1.7 mm screw securing the tripod mount to the ribbon cable.
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Use tweezers to remove the small copper ring underneath the screw.
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Desolder the red and black wires from the back upper right corner of the sensor assembly.
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Remove the 4.4 mm Phillips screw securing the motherboard to the battery compartment.
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Remove the 3.8 mm Phillips screw.
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Remove the 3.7mm Phillips screw.
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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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Remove the two 2.2 mm Phillips screws located on the back of the LCD screen.
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Use tweezers to remove the top 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.
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Remove the LCD ribbon cable with a pair of tweezers.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to flip back the black bar on the ZIF connector.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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2 Guide Comments
Step 23. You should not be using pointed tweezers here. Or on any of the ribbon cables. They put pressure on the tip only only and could damage across tracks on the ribbon cable. Small long nose pliers with smooth jaws or even small pliers again with smooth jaws. Also for assembly the tweezers would be useless in many ribbon cable reinsertion positions. BTW they are nice tweezers but not for ribbon cables.
