Taking my Palm Treo 600 apart a few months ago took a lot of time, as figuring out all connections wasn’t exactly easy(teardown pictures can be posted if you want them). A “maintenance guide” would have been worth its weight in gold.
Apparently, a few RoHS-crazy individuals at Palm’s have decided to offer us exactly this(a tear-down guide) on their Environmental Programs page. While there still isn’t a PDF for the Treo 680, the takeapart process for all other recent Palm units is covered there in considerable detail:
http://www.palm.com/us/support/contact/environment/instructions.html
Have fun taking your handheld apart – and be careful not to break it!
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Warranty void if used, I assume?
Anyone know where to pick up one of the screwdrivers for the little * looking screws? Like on the z22, keeping the two halves together under the IR cover. This is keeping me from opening it up.
Hi Ryan,
tool shops should have them. Stuff like Home Depot or so…
Best regards
Tam Hanna
OK, thanks Tam.
I will look next time!
Hi,
good luck!
Best regards
Tam Hanna
Hi,
Can any of you point out the wi-fi ant on the mainboard for me?
MO,
TX: silver rectangle with a sticker on it under the blue gigabit chip (the bluetooth chip) labelled Sychip 8054. Page 6
Lifedrive: Page 15, similar looking rectangular silver chip with Sychip sticker on the right hand photo. This is the one next to the component the blue arrow points to, to the right of it.
~Ryan