13. Remove screw that was under ribbon cable connector "G":
14. Bend back metal grounding strap as shown so that circuit board can be removed later.
15. Disconnect white connector on edge of circuit board with a flat head jewelers driver. This is just a pull out type connector:
16. Remove the circuit board. To remove the circuit board lift up on the lower left end first, past the metal strap that was bent upward in Step 14, and then remove the circuit board by pulling it down toward the bottom of the camera. There is a white plastic pin at the top of the circuit board that will slide out of a black part that has a hole for the pin:
17. Remove two small screws for metal ground shield and one large screw as shown:
18. Remove metal ground shield by using small flat head jewelers driver as shown to pry the shield off at all four corners:
19. Disconnect ribbon cable from small white connector as shown. It is a slide type connector. Use a toothpick in the ribbon cable hole to wiggle it out gently.
20. Remove two long screws and two short screws as shown:
21. The next step is to remove the CMOS imaging chip/circuit board assembly. Be careful when removing it because there will be an exposed filter on the back side. There will also be three small metal shims where this assembly mates with the camera body. The shims are used for adjusting precise focus and there may be one or two at each mounting location. Move the small ribbon cable behind the metal tab as labeled in the above photo, so it does not get hung up on the metal tab when removing the assembly. The assembly needs to clear small black pins first to become totally free. Here is the assembly removed:
22. And this is the back side of the assembly:
I kept parts that I removed in plastic Glad food containers to keep dust free. Now continue to the next page for steps on replacing the IR Cut filter of this CMOS imaging chip/circuit board assembly.
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