Alright, today I’m going to show you how to fix and repair almost anything on the Wii U
controller. We’re going to start off by taking out the battery. It’s underneath
two phillips head screws underneath the back battery door. Take that off and then just
unplug the battery from the main controller. They do sell bigger batteries. I’ll link
those in the video description below. It gives you a whole lot more play time so you can
check those out. And then there’s a bunch of little black plastic tabs covering all
the screw holes right here. And underneath all these little tabs is a screw that’s
called a tri wing. So you can take that and unscrew all the little screws and then the
back plastic bit just pops right up. There is a little plug holding the back plastic
part to the main board so you’re just going to grab that and unplug it. Pretty straight
forward. And then you can see that all the little buttons…so we’ve got the triggers
right here that just pop up and out. Same thing with this other side. They’re just
kind of stuck down in a little clasp you just have to wiggle free. And same thing with these
top buttons; the left and the right just slide down the little grooves. And then right here,
this is the little contraption that controls the majority of the buttons. So there are
a bunch of screws holding that in place. And you can see this little ribbon cable that
you have to lift up the latch and unlatch it. So if your buttons stop working, most
likely you’ll need to replace this guy right here or just the ribbon cables depending on
what they’re selling. Now the little stick that you’re going to be playing with, these
break a lot and so the whole pad comes up with the circuit board and just plugs into
the main board that you can see right here. So if it ever stops working or if it gets
stuck or broken, just buy a little contraption and plug that in and you’ll be good to go.
Now the bottom sync button as well as the port is plugged into the main board as well
as that little ribbon cable connector. So I’m going to unplug both of those things
and then wiggle it free from the little white bracket that it’s in. It’s got the little
hooks on the side there. Now that’s free. Then there are four screws holding on the
main board to the controller. So once those are done you have a few more power cable connections
and ribbon cable connections to undo. Lift up the little clasp, pull the ribbon cable
out. Lift up the other clasp, pull that ribbon cable out. It’s all kinds of fun. Then I’m
going to take apart the other side button control panel I guess you can call that, just
so I have more room to work with. You don’t necessarily need to do this if you’re just
getting in to replace the screen or something. And then just unplug that other joy stick.
Get rid of a few more tiny connections. And this one’s pretty important so lift up at
two points on that little latch so you don’t break it. If you lift up at one point it might
be too much pressure and it might snap it. Anyway, keep on working with all the little
connections that are attaching the main board to the controller. Going to pull those loose.
Just working my way around the outside. Now that releases most of the things attached
to the main board. There are two sensors that are still attached up at the top, but you
need to lift up the main board in order to get to them. Now remember what…remember
the orientation of the wire as you lift this out. So right now the wire is facing in towards
the board. And then on this other side, the white wire, it’s still facing the inside
of the board as well. So untangle that and then lift it up from the slot. You can see
right here where I take apart the volume slider switch, remember that when you put that into
the mother board it has to fit on the groove of the little slider as well, otherwise your
volume will stop working. And there’s the main board. You can see right there the camera
as well on the backside. And then right here you can see the little pad, so if you ever
need to take that apart to clean it there’s a little notch in the corner there that aligns
where it needs to be. And now for the screen bracket. So there are four Philips head screws
around the outside of this that you’re going to unscrew. And the plastic screen bracket
just kind of keeps the screen in place. So once those screws are undone that’ll come
loose and you’ll be able to pry up the screen. Be super careful while you’re doing this;
only pry up on the metal frame of it and don’t pull up on the screen in any way that will
break the LCD underneath. Now when you’re replacing the screen it could be one of two
things: it might come with the digitizer, which is the outer part, or it might just
come with the LCD underneath. So you might need to separate that little contraption in
order to finish the repair. But it’s not too bad; there are just little clasps that
hold the two sections together. Now the buttons are kind of fun. Remember that game you used
to play as a kid where like if the plastic square wouldn’t fit in the circle hole and
the circle wouldn’t fit in the square hole? This is kind of the same thing. Each of these
little buttons has its own little notch so one button won’t fit in the other button’s
hole if that makes sense. It’s kind of fun. Interesting way to keep all the buttons in
the right spot. Anyway if you have any questions be sure to leave them in the comments below.
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