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Use a pair of tweezers to lift the fan connector up and out of its socket on the logic board.
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Remove the two 10 mm Phillips screws securing the fan to the fan shroud.
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Remove the fan from the Wii.
There may be a removable metal "comb" under the fan shroud, remove after removing the fan shroud when disassembling, and replace before inserting the fan shroud when reassembling: it is held in place with same screws as fan shroud.
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Remove the three 10 mm Phillips screws securing the fan shroud to the Wii.
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Lift the fan shroud off the heat sink and remove it from the Wii.
Mine (RVL-CPU-01) Is probably The first revision, and mine had another EMI Shield Under the fan shroud. I’m Guessing that they removed it in later revisions. It just fits under the shroud normally. For Pics, here is a link. Images are there soon.
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Remove the following six screws securing the EMI fingers to the bottom panel:
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Four 7 mm Phillips screws
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Two 11.3 mm Phillips screws
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Remove both sets of EMI fingers from the Wii.
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Remove the following three screws:
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One 7 mm Phillips screw
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Two 10 mm Phillips screws
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Lift the bracket out of the Wii.
Be careful not to drop the 7 mm. I did and I spent 10 minutes trying to roll it and rattle it out from under the shroud, until I figured out that you can just remove the fan and shake it out of the bottom
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Remove the three 10 mm Phillips screws securing the black bracket to the bottom panel near the front of the Wii.
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Slightly lift the bracket and use your other hand to pull the retaining clip away from where the Wi-Fi antennas enter the motherboard sheild.
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Remove the bracket from the Wii.
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Carefully lift the motherboard cover off the motherboard, minding any cables that may get caught.
There is a thermal pad on the WiFi chip as well! NB this because disassembling past this point requires you to also reapply a thermal pad to the WiFi chip.
When reassembling, put the wifi fingers near the battery compartment beneath the motherboard cover before screwing the cover back on. Can someone add "thermal paste" to the items needed to the top of the guide?
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.