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Completely disassembled (Amazon Kindle Graphite (3G Wi-Fi) 2010 Teardown)

Bill,

My big clock at home needs a teardown - you free this weekend?

Impressive dis-assemble? but why do you want to do this?

I'd like to know what the percentage is to how many of these tear-downs actually get put back together in working order?

http://www.slipperybrick.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/rono5.jpg

Thanks for doing this...I have an insatiable need to know what's going on inside my electronics, comes from being an engineer. Thanks.. A couple typos on the captions:

'removed' should be 'remove'

'The 3G wireless card is attached to the case with two Phillips #00 screws. To removed the card, you'll need to remove the screws and disconnect the antenna cable.'


'left' should be 'lift'

'With the screws removed and the antenna cable disconnected, you can left the card away from the main logic board.'

I was wondering if any of you ever thought of doing a teardown on an Apple iPad...

hence the drop in price I would guess.

It's not only because it's made from China but also in supporting to Moore's Law theory where as the period goes by, we tend to get more faster processors, portability and affordability.

Chinnng, shatter......

Sure Moore loves the expansion....

Bill, what is normally done with the hardware that you pull apart? If it's put back together afterwards, and it works, where does it go from there?

wish it was 3G only for 139$ but it's not, it's WI-FI only for 139$

The $139 is Wi-Fi only, not 3G only.

I ordered one of the Wi-Fi only models but it connected only once and then never again. I suspect software corruption. Amazon sent a replacement but it came incomplete and was returned with in the hour and I canceled my order. I'll wait for the "prime time" edition

I believe that the entry level Kindle comes with Wi-Fi only -- not 3G only.

I also completely disassembled a Kindle 3 (my wife's) after she spilled her entire latte on the keyboard area (I don't recommend this ). I got her a new one and figured I had nothing to lose. I managed to completely disassemble it and wiped down the spilled parts with an alcohol wipe. Upon reassembly it is actually now about 95% functional again. Some of the keys as well as the center OK button are not currently working. After doing some more reading, I ordered some 99% pure isopropyl alcohol (the wipes are only 70% alcohol). As soon as it arrives I will tear it down again and soak the keyboard area. Hopefully it will then be fully functional. If you are very careful it is not too difficult to do the disassembly, once you figure out how a couple of the tiny ribbon cable connectors work.

I'd be interested to know if anyone finds a good battery for upgrade and how that goes.