Turtle Beach Elite 800 Audio Board Replacement

Written By: Johnny Lofton

Comments: 10

Turtle Beach Elite 800 Audio Board Replacement

Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

Time Required

20 minutes

Introduction

Tools

Step 1

To remove the ear cushions, press firmly down and rotate them clockwise, it should twist about 2mm and release, allowing you to pull it off.
When reassembling, be sure to line up the locking plates.

This should be done on the left cushion as that’s wear the battery is.

Deric Smith - 29/10/19

Step 2

Remove the screws (9.47 mm Phillips head) from the blue plating on the headset to reveal the inside.

Step 3

If you are working on the LEFT side ear, you will first have to detach the battery by gently unplugging the white plug on the top of the board.
Make sure when unplugging the battery to not pull the manilla colored part which is attached to the board, but the white plug instead.
If you are working on the RIGHT side ear, you will first have to remove the charging contacts (2 7.92 mm Phillips screws).

Ignore the right side it’s unnecessary for a battery replacement.

Deric Smith - 29/10/19

Battery is on left side in my UK model. No need to touch right.

Mark - 19/07/20

Step 4

Desolder the necessary wires. (Each side will be slightly different.)
Be careful when using a soldering iron. Refer to the desoldering guide for tips.
For the purpose of this guide we clipped the wires connected to the board.
Remove the 4 screws (7.71mm Phillips head) using the #0 screw bit, that are holding the board in place.
Finally, remove the audio board.

100% skip the soldering step for the battery replacement. I don’t know why this is even in this guide. No soldering iron is needed just take care of the thin wires connected to the board. Before even moving the board use tweezers to remove the two microphones from the bottom right a left sides by positioning the tweezers under them and sliding them towards you and out. Mind the impossibly thin wires connecting them to the board. Then carefully move the board aside by lifting from the top where the battery plugs in, then flipping the board to the left. Now you can remove the battery.

Deric Smith - 29/10/19

Thank you so much Deric, one thing to add up is that you should tranfer the glue pad and cushion pad from the old battery to the new one, other than that I would say this project is really easy if you take caution, took me about 15 minutes, so don't be scared, these headset are worth the replacement as you all know!

Ficzko - 18/01/20

Where do I get the new battery. Any links would be much appreciated

jerry weeks - 15/03/20

Yeah same would be nice to get a battery link as the one linked at the top is US only, and I’m from the UK so it won’t ship here.

ThatGuyJacobee - 12/05/20

Sp803048 Dxr-8 Battery Replacement 3.7v Lithium Battery 1500mAh for Infant Optics DXR-8 Video Baby Monitor

If you search the above text into amazon you'll get a battery that works. I was also struggling to find a 3 wire battery- UK only seemed to have 2 wires. I'm yet to do this replacement but I'm pretty sure the plastic thing that plugs into the motherboard is slightly different on this battery so you've got to cut the old one off and connect it to the new battery. I'm sure you can just use electric tape but I'll probably solder it just in case. I'll comment as to how it goes.

Ian Adamson - 07/06/20

Hello. Just finished this successfully. Thank you Deric, your comments really helped. I sourced a straight swap battery (1000mAh) in UK on Amazon UK if you search the head phone model and battery. Deric’s tip to remove the microphones is key to doing. They slide out easily. Soldering would be too difficult for me on this tiny PCB. Thank you. GG.

Mark - 19/07/20

someone know where i can get a new audio mainboard?

Sylvan - 21/02/21