Alright today we’re going to take apart one of the brand new Wii U’s.
To start off with, on the bottom of the system there are a bunch of little black plastic
stickers that are covering up all of the screws.
So just take a razor and pry those up and then save them somewhere so you can stick
them back on later.
There are 6 screws around the edge.
You’re going to need something called a tri-wing screwdriver.
A bunch of the screws on this system are those.
These 3 right here are just your regular Philips head.
And then on the side of the system there’s a screw that holds in the battery.
This little battery…sometimes if your Wii won’t start, you can just replace this battery
and it will get going.
Two more screws along the side; also the tri-wing.
And then the other end of the system slides up and off which shows us a few more screws;
still the tri-wing.
Once you get those off, the black plastic casing lifts up away from the system itself.
Now the front facing plate is held on by two screws; both Philips head.
So I’m going to release one right here and then show you how to undo the ribbon cable.
The ribbon cable is positioned just inside and there’s a little latch along the edge
that you have to flip up, and this unclamps the ribbon cable from the system.
Then you can pull on the little blue tab which releases it.
Then do the other Philips head screw on the other end of the faceplate.
And the whole faceplate will come up and away from the system.
Now the actual CD drive itself is held in by 4 black screws; all Philips head.
So unscrew each of those.
So if your CD drive has stopped working, it’s easiest to just replace the whole thing.
Pop out the screws and there’s a little ribbon cable underneath that you’ll see
here in just a second….right here.
And if you take your little pry tool and flip up the little black lever at the bottom, that
will unclamp the ribbon cable from the device.
And here’s the model number just in case you need to buy another one.
Now the fan on the rear is also held in place by two black Phillips head screws, so I’m
going to unscrew those and then the fan just wiggles out of the little slot that it’s
in.
Then you can unplug the connector.
And here’s a close up shot of that.
Now there are 2 black screws holding on the little black plastic bracket over the heat
sink.
So unscrew those and you can get started on the really fun stuff.
Right here are all of the silver screws that are surrounding the metal part that’s covering
the motherboard.
So basically unscrew anything that’s silver.
All of the screws are pretty visible.
And then the metal bracket is unattached from the bottom plastic.
Now here you can kind of see where the screws attach to it from the heat sink on the top
end.
So I’ll show you what that looks like as soon as we get this metal bracket off.
There are a bunch of little metal antennas that are attached to the plastic bracket and
each one of them are clipped in.
So you just bend down the little clip and then untangle the wires from the little plastic
brackets that they’re in.
It’s pretty simple to see where they go, but also take a mental note where they’re
at so you don’t get messed up later.
Also as a side note, make sure to keep all of the screws organized as you’re taking
this thing apart because the screws are different sizes and go in different locations.
Here’s the heat sink.
You can see the little fins that help to dissipate the heat and 4 screws that hold it onto the
processor.
I’m not going to show you how to take off the processor just because it does require
new thermal paste as well.
Anyway, thanks for watching.