Garmin eTrex Vista H LCD screen Replacement

Written By: Lauren Noyes

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

5 - 10 minutes

Introduction

These instructions will teach you how to replace your LCD screen.

Flip the device to the backside, and locate the metal tab at the center of the back cover.

Lift the metal tab up, and rotate it counterclockwise. This will unlock the back case cover.

With the wedge side of a spudger (or a small, flat head screwdriver), remove the black rubber case support from the device body.

With the pick side of a spudger (or tweezers), peel the sticky tape from the device.

Split the front and rear panels by inserting a small pointed tool (such as a pen point or a screwdriver tip SL1.5) in the 5 plastic tabs along the sides of the device.
Do not remove the back panels quickly. If too much force is applied, there is a wire connection that will break.
CAUTION! Be careful not to force the tabs inward. This will result in broken tabs.

With tweezers (or your fingernails), carefully disconnect the wires between the PC input and the motherboard.

The motherboard should look like this. If it is dirty, gently use a small paintbrush to clean it of dust.

With the pointed end of a spudger (or the small end of a Philips #00 screwdriver), gently unhook the small black tabs by pressing into the interlocking hooks that are sunk into the white wire connector.
Gently pull the wire ribbon from the white connector.

It is easy to pull the ribbon cable off, but reinserting the ribbon cable back into the wire connector is very challenging. Any tips?

Gently remove the LCD screen from the case by lifting the area that held the two #1 Philips screws.
Do not remove the LSC screen by lifting the sides, only the area that held the two #1 Philips screws.