Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P52 Lens Replacement

ID: 5032

Description: This guide goes through the procedure of...

Steps:

1. Open the battery compartment and remove the batteries.
2. Remove all of the visible screws on the outside of the case.
3. There should be three of them that are all easily located.

4. Open the memory card compartment.
5. Remove the screw next to the memory card slot.

6. Pull apart the front and back cover pieces carefully.
7. The front cover should come completely free with little effort.
8. The back cover will still be attached to the circuit board.

9. Simultaneously unclip all of the clips holding in the circuitry. Remove the back case.
10. The circuitry will still be connected to the back case by ribbon cables.

11. Open the case as shown.

12. Unclip the clip holding the ribbon cable in.
13. Other ribbon cables might not have a clips.

14. Pull the ribbon cable out.

15. Remove the two additional screws on the back of the lens.

16. Detach the ribbon cables and unplug the cable leading to the back of the motherboard.

17. Remove the motherboard and the flash from the rest of the hardware.

18. Remove the screw indicated in the picture to detach the lens and the viewfinder from the other hardware.

19. Remove the three screws shown to separate the lens from the viewfinder.

20. Purchase a new viewfinder.
21. Repeat the previous steps in reverse order to rebuild.