***1100D 12. In the photo below, the ribbon cable connectors are labeled "A" through "I" for reference. We will disconnect all of these ribbon cables in the next steps.
A. This is a "slider" type of ribbon cable connector, not a "hinged" type. Insert a toothpick in the small hole in the ribbon cable and wiggle the cable gently from side to side as you apply pressure away from the connector to pull the ribbon cable out of the connector:
B. This is a hinged type connector. Use a small flat head jeweler's driver to flip up the dark part of the connector which is hinged so that it moves up and away from the ribbon cable allowing the ribbon cable to be removed. Remove ribbon cable with toothpick using the small hole in the ribbon cable.
C. This is a "slider" type of ribbon cable connector. Insert a toothpick in the small hole in the ribbon cable and wiggle the cable gently from side to side as you apply pressure away from the connector to pull the ribbon cable out of the connector.
D. This is a "slider" type of ribbon cable connector. Use the edge of a razor knife to loosen and remove ribbon cable with tweezers.
E. This is a "pop off" (plug type) connector. Lift it off with a tooth pick or your fingernail.
F, G, H & I: These are hinged type connectors. Use a small flat head jeweler's driver to flip up the dark part of the connector which is hinged so that it moves up and away from the ribbon cable allowing the ribbon cable to be removed. Remove ribbon cable using toothpick in small hole of ribbon cable.
All the ribbon cables "A" through "L" should now been disconnected.
13. Remove metal ground shield on left edge of circuit board. It slides off the circuit board as shown below:
14. There is one more cable connected to the upper right corner of the circuit board that needs to be removed. To get access to this connector, flip the circuit board over. When you flip it over, a black fiber optic cable will disconnect from its white connector. For the larger two conductor wire, use your fingers or needle nose pliers to pull the orange male part of the connector out of the brown female part. Place the circuit board in a sealed container.
15. Remove the diopter adjustment screw and cam:
16. Remove three screws as shown and remove the front camera cover (photo of T1i shown below):
17. Remove two screws on bottom of camera as shown. The screw on the left is shorter than the screw on the right.
18. Lift the camera bottom plastic housing up and over the metal tripod socket and push the front camera plastic housing part off the body(photo of T1i shown below):
19. Lift up the top of the black plastic housing and remove two screws on grounding straps as shown below.
20. Remove the three sensor assembly screws as shown on the photo above.
21. The next step is to remove the CMOS imaging chip/circuit board assembly by lifting it out of the camera body. Be careful when removing it because there will be an exposed filter on the back side. There will also be three small metal shims where this assembly mates with the camera body. The shims are used for adjusting precise focus and there may be one or two at each mounting location. The assembly needs to clear small black pins first to become totally free. Here is the assembly removed:
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