Nikon D7100 Headphone/Microphone Replacement

Written By: Wesley Eveld
  • Comments: 19
Nikon D7100 Headphone/Microphone Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

18

Time Required

50 minutes

Introduction

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    • When loosening the screws, start pressing the screwdriver firmly for the first 1-2 turns (highest torque) until the screw is 'unlocked'. Failing to do so can damage the screw head and make it impossible to disengage that screw.

    • Remove the five screws on the bottom of the camera with a JIS #000 head screwdriver.

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    • Remove the 3 screws under the battery flap and remove the bottom cover.

    There is an addition screw at the very top of the battery bay. If you don't remove this screw, you will damage the core body of the camera (Ask me how I know).

    Thomas Fons Revilla -

    Yes. There is another screw inside the battery bay. You save a lot of D7100 đź‘Ť

    Tu -

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    • Remove the 2 screws inside the camera on the back corners.

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    • Open the HDMI flap and remove the 2 screws.

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    • Remove the screw next to the camera strap loop.

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    • Remove the 2 screws on each side of the view finder.

    Only 1 screw on each side of viewfinder totaling 2 screws, 1 on the left and 1 on the right.

    Drew Creates -

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    • Remove the 2 screws above and below the SD card flap.

    becareful,might lose thread your screw.

    Yu Yu -

    the two screws under the car door turn very hard (D7200). I affixed a 25mm plastic (delrin) wheel on my JIS 00 + screwdriver for better torque. This worked.

    Bernard Delley -

    Step 7 might be skipped, if you just need to get at the LCD screen. This side panel with the car slits only supports the lower screw for the back panel in step 8. The back panel might lift off in step 10, without removing the side panel of step 7. If step 10 does not lift off, do step 7 preceding step 10.

    Bernard Delley -

    This step has 4 screws total. 2 above and 2 below. You throw off the screw count if you don't label each step correctly. Not a mistake but a bit of a play on words making a quick glance seem deceptive.

    Drew Creates -

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    • Peel off the adhesive leather screw cover and remove the 2 screws under it.

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    • Remove the Diopter adjustment control sticker and remove the screw under it.

    If you skipped step 7, you have to loosen the 4 step 7 screws by about 1mm to get the back panel off cleanly in the next step.

    Bernard Delley -

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    • Separate the back panel of the camera from the actual camera.

    • Be careful not to tear any of the ribbon cables.

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    • Disconnect the LCD ribbon cables and power cable from the motherboard.

    Flip up the dark grey tab on the ribbon cable connector with your fingernail to release the clamp before removal. When reassembling ensure the cable is fully reinserted then push the tab back down to lock.

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    • Unscrew all 16 screws around the back plate of the camera.

    This does not need to be done whatsoever for mode dial replacement. This is only needed if you are replacing the screen.

    Thomas Fons Revilla -

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    • Then unscrew the remaining screws holding the back plate to the LCD.

    • Then simply remove the plate with the LCD.

    Are all the screws the same length / size ? Thanks

    trevee359 -

    Disassembling the D7200, the screen is glued to the frame but it can be carefully prised off using dentist’s hook, make sure you scrape of any old screen glass around the edge.

    a.brown.1 -

    When starting disassembly group each set of removed screws from each disassembly section and GROUP them, put an earbud cleaner or similar inbetween each group of screws to seperate them as you progress through the disassembly. Then you can work back in reverse when you have installed the new LCD screen. Remember to use a dust blower to remove flakes of the old LCD after installing the new LCD before starting to put the screws back.

    a.brown.1 -

    I used about 15 ziplocked bags to hold each step screws parts in. Having hard time removing's LCD glass from frame .

    John Burns Smiley -

    This does not need to be done whatsoever for mode dial replacement. This is only needed if you are replacing the screen.

    Thomas Fons Revilla -

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    • Undo the 5 ribbon cable connectors by flipping the latches up with a plastic spudger.

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    • Remove the black 4 pin connector by pulling it out of the connector.

    this one goes vertically up.

    Bernard Delley -

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    • Remove the 7 screws holding the motherboard in place.

    These are 7 identical JIS #00 screws with a length of 4.4 mm.

    Olivier Biot -

    Inspect the motherboard and ensure that all ribbon cables have been disconnected. Two ribbon cables hide underneath other ribbon cables (top right, bottom left).

    The power cable is routed along the real-time clock battery and kept in place with yellow mylar tape. Gently lift the tape to release the power cable and then reattach it to reuse it later when reassembling the camera body.

    Remove the motherboard by gently lifting the bottom right corner and gently pulling the motherboard a bit to the right and then rotating it a bit clockwise to dislodge it from the left side.

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    • This is what you should see after removing the motherboard.

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    • After following the guide to remove the back LCD screen from the motherboard, remove the 2 marked screws.

    Step 20 should be performed first.
    These do not need to be removed. This is only needed for accessing the lower internals of the camera.
    Other screws are removed. See later comments.

    Thomas Fons Revilla -

Conclusion

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

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