GoPro HD Hero2 Speaker Replacement

Written By: David Hodson
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GoPro HD Hero2 Speaker Replacement

Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

11

Time Required

No estimate

Introduction

No camcorder is complete without beeps to give you feedback to know that you're pressing the right buttons. If you launched your GoPro off a cliff and it no longer produces any sounds, you probably need a new speaker.

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    • Place your thumb on the indentation in the back case on the side of the GoPro.

    • Gently press down with your thumb and lift the back cover away from the case to remove it.

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    • Slide a plastic opening tool between the battery and the rear case.

    • Gently pry the battery up and out of the rear case.

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    • Remove the battery from the case.

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    • Remove the four Phillips #00 screws securing the rear case to the rest of the device:

    • Two 5.5 mm coarse thread screws.

    • Two 4.4 mm fine thread screws.

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    • Slide the edge of a plastic opening tool underneath the sticker on the rear cover and gently peel the sticker up.

    • Once you have enough of the sticker peeled up with the plastic opening tool, grab an edge of it with your fingers and pull it off completely.

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    • Grasp the rear case and lift it off of the front case.

    • Do not try to completely remove the rear case yet, as it is still attached by the display port ribbon cable.

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    • Using a plastic opening tool or your fingernail, flip up the locking tab on the SD board ribbon cable ZIF connector on the motherboard assembly.

    • Be careful that you are prying on the locking tab, and not the connector itself.

    • Use a pair of tweezers to remove the SD board ribbon cable from its connector on the motherboard.

    Hallo, ich fürchte bei mir ist das obere Flexkabel defekt.(oben mittig, welches nach hinten weg geht) Gibt es da ersatz oder reperaturen?

    moejoe DO -

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    • Lift the speaker out of the rear case with the tip of a spudger.

    • Remove the rear case.

    It's not a speaker it the microphone and the wire is very fragile.

    Matt c -

    Hello. GoPro HERO2 there. overheating after doing update. 10-15 minutes after closing. overheating.

    coskunadnan -

    You can try put some new heat sink compound under that silver big element (radiator) that you see in step 9 (simply remove 2 screws holding it).

    hellfire -

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    • Remove the three screws securing the motherboard assembly to the front case:

    • Two 10.8 mm Phillips #00 screws.

    • One 4.8 mm Phillips #00 screw.

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    • Gently grab the edges of the motherboard assembly and lift it out of the front case.

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    • Use a soldering iron and solder wick to desolder the speaker contacts on the motherboard assembly.

    • For an in-depth tutorial on surface mount soldering and desoldering technique, see our Repairing Soldered Connections guide.

Conclusion

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

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