Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

13

Time Required

                          15 - 30 minutes

Sections

2

  • Battery
  • 3 steps
  • LCD Screen
  • 10 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Locate the battery compartment on the bottom of the camera directly below the mode dial.

Locate the battery compartment on the bottom of the camera directly below the mode dial.

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Step 2

  • Find the marked arrow on the battery compartment door and firmly push following the arrow’s direction to release the latch.

Find the marked arrow on the battery compartment door and firmly push following the arrow’s direction to release the latch.

Step 3

  • Release the latch and allow it to completely open.
  • Insert the battery by following the diagram on the inside of the compartment door.
  • Close the compartment door and firmly press on the latch until you hear a clicking sound.

Release the latch and allow it to completely open.

Insert the battery by following the diagram on the inside of the compartment door.

Close the compartment door and firmly press on the latch until you hear a clicking sound.

Step 4

              LCD Screen
  • Turn the camera so the bottom faces you.
  • Locate and remove the 6 screws using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Turn the camera so the bottom faces you.

Locate and remove the 6 screws using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Step 5

  • Locate the rubber grip directly below the shutter-release button.
  • Lift the rubber grip using a plastic opening tool to locate and remove the two screws underneath using a Phillips screwdriver #00.

Locate the rubber grip directly below the shutter-release button.

Lift the rubber grip using a plastic opening tool to locate and remove the two screws underneath using a Phillips screwdriver #00.

Step 6

  • Locate and remove the 4 screws above the LCD screen, around the eyepiece. Use a razor to carefully peel the sticker off the +/- wheel to reveal the screw beneath.

Locate and remove the 4 screws above the LCD screen, around the eyepiece. Use a razor to carefully peel the sticker off the +/- wheel to reveal the screw beneath.

Step 7

  • Locate the connector cover left of the LCD screen.
  • Unlatch the connector cover to reveal two screws.
  • Remove screws.

Locate the connector cover left of the LCD screen.

Unlatch the connector cover to reveal two screws.

Remove screws.

Step 8

  • Remove the rubber connector cover.
  • Gently pull the back portion of the camera, one hand gripping the body and the other gripping the LCD screen.

Remove the rubber connector cover.

Gently pull the back portion of the camera, one hand gripping the body and the other gripping the LCD screen.

Step 9

  • Lay the back cover, LCD side down.
  • Locate and remove the 9 screws around the silver protector plate.

Lay the back cover, LCD side down.

Locate and remove the 9 screws around the silver protector plate.

Step 10

  • Using a pair of tweezers, gently lift and remove the silver protector cover.

Using a pair of tweezers, gently lift and remove the silver protector cover.

Step 11

  • Lift the yellow connector.
  • Flip the white clasp using a plastic opening tool, and pull out the tab.

Lift the yellow connector.

Flip the white clasp using a plastic opening tool, and pull out the tab.

Step 12

  • Lift the yellow sheet to reveal the LCD screen.

Lift the yellow sheet to reveal the LCD screen.

Step 13

  • Remove LCD screen.

Remove LCD screen.

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

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Leroy Brown - Jan 12, 2015

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Now do it without breaking the camera

Seriously. Dont do a how to if you broke the item you were trying to fix and didn’t say anything.

He missed two screws. One is behind the rubber triangle on the back and one is behind sticker on the dial by the view finder.

drdr - Oct 20, 2015

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Agree with guy above….misses out two vital screws…the one behind the triangle and the one behind the sticker…good effort…now another tip. If you are using a 00 screwdriver there is a danger of stripping the head. So apply pressure through the screwdriver to the head of the screw and turn the camera….. not the screwdriver. You can apply more torque through rotating the camera than through rotating the screwdriver handle whilst maintaining load. BUT BE GENTLE AND SENSIBLE. Next do not over tighten when you put it back together….

Happy Fixer - Jan 23, 2017

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i find when backing the screws out, it is important to make the point of the screwdriver perfectly aligned vertically to the screw. as that will keep all the driver ribs fully in contact with the screw slots. and once the screw is a half turn out i turn it back in a touch to release the plastic that has wound itself onto the screw threads (during initial assembly at factory). once that is done they seem to unscrew much easier. the wrong size driver is the reason most screw heads get stripped (its not the threads that strip!) the screw is metal and the body is a plastic and carbon fiber composite material. some screws are driven too hard into the material and seem to “fuse” as if there was some Locktite or other thread sealant applied. any harsh attempt to pry, twist or lever these cameras apart is due to ‘hidden screws’ that are concealed behind, under and out of plain view. even those in plain sight may be concealed under wires, flex connectors or simple kapton tape strips.

E Fiedtkou - Nov 10, 2017

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My D3200 has two chips at the corners, but camera works fine, after looking at this I am wondering if I should just leave well alone…. I just bought another Nikon camera, and I just ordered the screen protector after learning my lesson to not let my grandson takes it down.

Any suggestion anyone?