Anatomy of an Optical Drive
How to Remove the Logic Board
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Removing the logic board is not so simple. It has several flat-cables and wires attached, so you first need to detach these cables.
The main flat cable comes from the optical pickup unit. To remove it first you have to study the mechanism used to hold this cable to its connector. On our drive this mechanism cold be released using a small screwdriver, as show on the pictures below. Pay attention because in some units this mechanism is released by moving the plastic lock forward and not upward like in our drive.
Figure 10: Releasing the optical pickup unit flat-cable.
Figure 11: Releasing the optical pickup unit flat-cable.
Figure 12: Releasing the laser optical unit flat-cable.
Figure 13: Flat-cable released.
