Razer Kraken Ultimate Motherboard Replacement

Introduzione

The following the guide is how to remove the motherboard from a Razer Kraken Ultimate head set. All steps from previous guides must be taken before following these steps.

The motherboard breaking may cause the headphones to stop working entirely (see Troubleshooting) so it is important to know how to replace it.

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Passo 1 Ear Pads

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Grab the ear piece from one of the sides and lightly pull it outwards.
Ideally, do not pull the ear piece directly away from the speaker; it may damage the piece.

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Passo 2

Once you have taken off one side, you can then remove the whole piece by slowly prying the pad away from the headphones.

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Passo 3

Repeat steps on the other side.

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Passo 4 Speaker

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Remove the four 10 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the right speaker.
Be sure the device is unplugged before attempting to remove any of the screws.

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Passo 5

Remove the 10 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the left speaker.
Note that one of the screws is hidden behind the product information sticker. Use your screw driver to punch a hole in the sticker.

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Passo 6

To fully detach the speakers cut the wires as close as possible to the connection point, leaving plenty of room to solder the new speaker on.

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Passo 7 Microphone

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Remove the two 10 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the microphone.

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Passo 8

Gently pry the bottom connection away from the casing with the iFixit opening tool.

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Passo 9

Pull the microphone down and out of the casing.

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Passo 10

Open up the casing the microphone retracks into.
Cut the cable as close to the microphone as possible, leaving behind enough to solder the new microphone to.
The casing the microphone if removed correctly in the previous step is easily opened by hand

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Passo 11 Motherboard

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Remove the two 6 mm Phillips #00 screws that secure the motherboard.
One of the screws is located near where many cables connect; take care not to disconnect them.

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Passo 12

Gently lift the motherboard from the case, with care not to damage any of the connected cables.

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Passo 13

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There are two ribbon cables that must be removed.
To remove these cables pull the gray connecting piece out about 0.5mm to unlock the cable.
Then simply pull the cable out.

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Passo 14

Repeat previous step with second cable.

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Passo 15

Once screws are removed and ribbon cables are disconnected, lift the motherboard out.
Some wire connections are secured to the motherboard with hot glue. To completely remove the motherboard all wires must be disconnected. Removing such connections goes beyond the scope of this guide.

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