Materials needed
- Phillips size 100 driver
- Plastic pry tool
- Small wire snips or scissors
- Plumbers tape
Notes:
- This shouldn’t void your warranty. You can contact customer service for better clarification based on your country, laws, and what’s allowed.
- The Red “warranty void” sticker on the battery and heat pipe does not void your warranty provided you do not damage anything inside of the device and restore it to a factory original condition before the RMA
- Be extremely careful when removing the back panel screws, and daughterboard screws as they can strip!
- BY FOLLOWING THIS GUIDE YOU TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR OWN ACTIONS
Instructions
- Remove back panel
- Unplug battery
- Remove ribbon cables from each daughter board
- Remove screws from each daughter board
- Gently remove the Left and Right stick PCB
- Wrap joystick stem with a few wraps of tape until it look similar to this picture.
- Repeat for both sides
- Reinstall thumbstick cap and ensure that theres no play in it.
- Reinstall left and right daughter board back into the shell.
- Plug back in the haptics wires.
- Screw PCB’s back in.
- Afix ribbon cables back.
- Plug the battery back in.
- Close the shell all the way (so the light sensor isn’t tripped),
- Plug in the OEM charger, press and hold the power button, and release once the screen is on.
- Once on the Republic Of Gamers screen you must wait around 180 seconds for it to boot
- Test inputs with Gamepad tester to make sure everything is working correctly
- Screw case back together if everything is working correctly