Nikon D5200 Screen Replacement

Written By: Alexander Corn
  • Comments: 10
Nikon D5200 Screen Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

6

Time Required

20 minutes

Introduction

Make sure to have your soldering iron ready prior to replacing the screen. This will make the process go faster as the time it takes to heat the soldering iron varies.

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    • Fully open the LCD panel so that its screws are easily accessible.

    • Remove the two 2.5 mm screws from the outside edge of the screen casing, and the two 3.5 mm screws from the inside edge.

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    • Pry open the plastic casing using the opening tool or by hand.

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    • Use the plastic opening tool to pop up the latch holding the ribbon cable on the right side of the circuit board, and remove it.

    • Use the plastic opening tool to pry the ribbon cable on the left side of the circuit board up and off of its socket.

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    • Using tweezers, unplug the smaller cable.

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    • Desolder the three small wires on the left side of the circuit board.

    • Soldering irons become very hot when in use. Take all necessary precautions to avoid injury.

    If you just need to replace the LCD itself, the soldering isn't needed. The board is attached to the LCD with two small adhesive stripes. So you can remove the board, switch out the LCD and attach the board back again onto the new LCD. Worked like a charm.

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    • Using a spudger, remove the display from its casing.

    This helped me a great deal determining if it was my actual lcd or connection problem!

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Conclusion

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

Author

Alexander Corn

Member since: 26/08/15

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8 comments

Do I need to de-solder if I'm just replacing the window glass?

isaac -

To isaac: no. The exterior glass is separate from the LCD.

Joseph Morris -

Do you recommend the replacent for LCD sold on Ebay?

g_atki -

Where did you find the replacement screen? The one I ordered that says it's for the d5200 is not the same as the one in it or in your pictures.

Heather Miller -

How do you disconnect the multi-plug that is shown connected in image 4 and disconnected in image five? Does it unclip or slide out?

Amanda Bruyninckx -

The white latch on the right side for that ribbon won’t close. What should I do?

Gaojhia Vang -

Does anyone know if the D5200 and D3300 share the same LCD screen? Ebay, Aliexpress, DHCamera show screens described as D3300/D5200 . I’d rather not pay $200 for a screen replacement I can do myself for <$25

Jeffrey Parker -

Does anyone know if the LCD for the D5200 and D3300 are the same? I find screens listed as D5200/D3300

Jeffrey Parker -