Casio fx-82MS Teardown

Written By: Luca Casonato
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Casio fx-82MS Teardown

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

7

Time Required

5 minutes

Introduction

This iconic school calculator really needed to be torn apart.

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    • Remove these screws.

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    • Put the tweezers (in their closed state) into the indentations on the side of the calculator.

    • Slowly open the tweezers, to split the calculator into two halves.

    • On certain build batches of this calculator, glue was used to better hold the halves together. You might have to use a card to split the two pieces.

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    • Remove these screws:

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    • Use a pair of tweezers to pull the connector out of its holder.

    • Use a screwdriver to lever the connector out of its housing.

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    • Insert a spudger in between the PCB and the rubber button holder.

    • Carefully remove the PCB and make sure not to damage the LCD ribbon cable.

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    • Peel off the rubber button holder starting in the top left corner.

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    • Back part of the case.

    • Front face of the case.

    • PCB with LCD and battery terminals.

    • Rubber button holder.

    • Buttons.

Author

Luca Casonato

Member since: 18/05/17

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One comment

I veganlover loved this guide although it isn’t vegan enough.

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