Meta Quest 2 Controller Board Replacement

ID: 169180

Description: This guide shows how to remove and replace the...

Steps:

1. Use your fingers to slide the battery cover down towards the strap end of the controller.
2. Remove the battery cover.
3. If you're taking the controller apart for repairs, remove the batteries in the controller.

4. Use your fingers to grasp the wrist strap near the anchor peg.
5. Lift the wrist strap anchor peg straight out of its recess.
6. Remove the wrist strap.

7. Heat an iOpener and apply it to the bottom edge of the controller faceplate for a minute.

8. The controller faceplate is secured with adhesive and three friction pegs.
9. Press the edge of an opening tool into the seam between the controller faceplate and shell, near the Oculus button.
10. If you can’t get the opening tool into the seam, heat the area with an iOpener for a minute and try again.
11. Slide the opening tool to the base of the ring shell to loosen the adhesive.

12. Use an opening tool to pry up on the seam to loosen the first friction peg.

13. Continue prying around the entire faceplate to separate the remaining friction pegs and adhesive.
14. If you're having trouble, apply a heated iOpener to the faceplate for a minute and try again.

15. Remove the controller faceplate.
16. The three friction pegs should hold the faceplate securely, so you don’t need to replace the adhesive during reassembly. Be sure to firmly press the faceplate onto the controller so that all friction pegs fully engage.

17. Use a Torx T5 driver to remove the four screws securing the controller ring shell to the controller:
18. Two 4.7 mm‑long screws
19. Two 5.9 mm‑long screws

20. Press the point of a spudger firmly against the white alignment square to release the ring shell.

21. Use your fingers to grab the end of the ring shell that doesn’t have the white alignment square.
22. Gently lift the ring shell up and away from the controller to unclip it from the controller.
23. Remove the controller ring shell.

24. Use a Torx T5 driver to remove the five screws:
25. One 11.5 mm‑long screw
26. Three 5.9 mm‑long screws
27. One 18.2 mm‑long screw

28. Use tweezers and your fingers to peel the battery information label out from the battery compartment.
29. If you want to reuse this sticker, be careful not to tear it. If it’s difficult to peel, apply a heated iOpener to it for a minute to soften the label adhesive.

30. Use a Torx T5 driver to remove the four 5.9 mm‑long screws securing the side shell to the controller:
31. Three screws inside the battery compartment
32. One screw near the corner of the battery compartment

33. Pull the bottom of the side shell slightly away from the controller to loosen the shell.
34. You may hear a few clicks as the clips release. This is normal.

35. Part of the side shell is looped around a screw post. In this step, you’ll spread the screw post apart enough to slip the shell out.
36. Insert the flat end of a spudger into the gap between the controller ring and the front shell.
37. The front shell is the plastic frame part below the front trigger.
38. Twist the spudger to widen the gap between the front shell and the controller.
39. Position the spudger so that it can stay in place without you holding the tool.

40. Guide the looped part of the side shell through the screw post gap.
41. Remove the side shell.

42. During reassembly:
43. Spread the screw post wide enough to loop the side shell back around it.
44. Be careful not to pinch the antenna cable or the tracking flex cable as you reposition the side shell.

45. Use a spudger or an opening pick to gently pry the shell from the battery compartment side first.
46. Once it pops open, turn the controller over to remove the front shell.
47. If you have trouble, move to the next step.

48. If you successfully removed the front shell, skip this step.
49. Grasp the front shell near the bottom of the controller.
50. Lift and pull the bottom edge of the front shell outwards slightly to clear the plastic alignment peg.
51. The alignment peg breaks easily. Make sure you lift the shell enough to clear it.

52. Pull the front shell away from the controller and remove it.

53. Use a driver bit (such as the Torx T5) or the point of a spudger to push the front trigger pin out from the side shown. Pushing from the opposite side can cause the pin to rip the sensor cable.
54. For better reach, you can also use a straightened paper clip or the point of your tweezers.

55. Hold the front trigger with your finger to prevent the trigger from flying out.
56. Use tweezers or your fingers to pull the trigger pin out.

57. Remove the front trigger.
58. During reassembly, make sure both springs sit properly in their grooves.

59. Use a clean fingernail or tweezers to flip up the ZIF socket's lock bar securing the outer tracking flex cable.

60. Use tweezers to grasp the outer tracking flex cable by its pull tab and pull it out of its ZIF socket.

61. Use the same procedure to unlock and disconnect the inner tracking flex cable from its ZIF socket.

62. Use a clean fingernail or tweezers to unlock and disconnect the joystick flex cable from its ZIF socket.

63. Insert one arm of a pair of tweezers under the metal neck of the antenna cable.
64. Pry straight up to disconnect the antenna from the controller board.
65. Gently pull the antenna to unclip it from its grounding clip.

66. Use a clean fingernail or tweezers to unlock and disconnect the interconnect flex cable from its ZIF socket.

67. The battery shell is the plastic frame part that holds the batteries.
68. Use your fingers to twist the battery shell slightly so that its edge near the thumbstick clicks out of place.

69. There’s a friction assembly near the vibration motor that needs to separate in order to remove the battery shell.
70. Gently wiggle the battery shell as you pull it away from the controller.
71. Remove the battery shell.

72. Use a Torx T5 driver to remove the four 7.5 mm‑long screws securing the controller board.
73. During reassembly, be careful not to overtighten these screws, or you may break them.

74. Use your fingers to lift the controller board out of the shell and remove it.