In this step you are going to remove the front cover that holds the mode switch. There are 6 screws to remove in all. First you should remove the batteries. Next apply a 2 inch strip of electrical tape to the top of the lens/flash section of the camera body (see Frame 1). This will protect the camera body from the screwdriver while you’re removing and replacing the inside front cover screws. I didn’t do this and ended up creating a few dings in my camera body, ouch! I used a Kodak DC210 to take the pics and was not familiar with it and a few are out of focus, sorry.

Frame 1

Now remove the inside front cover screws (see Frame2 & Frame3) and place them in your container. You’ll probably have to apply a little pressure to get these out, they are the tightest ones, just make sure you don’t strip the heads on the screws. If you’re having a hard time getting them loose, put a drop of WD40 on them and let sit for a few minutes. In Frame 3 you’ll notice that you need to swing the lens over to self-portrait position to get to the bottom screw. Notice that these are fine threaded metal-to-metal screws and need to go back into these 2 places. The other 4 screws use wider spaced threads and go into plastic on the frame of the camera.

Frame 2

Frame 3

Next remove the 2 screws on the side of the camera (see Frame 4). Then remove the 2 screws on the bottom of the camera (see Frame 5 & Frame 6).You’ll have to open the battery compartment to get to the one screw shown in Frame 5. Also notice in Frame 6 that you DO NOT remove the one screw in the middle, that one holds the tripod mount to the front cover.

Frame 4

Frame 5

Frame6

Now flip open the rubber cover protecting the jacks on top of the camera. Then with the camera in the upside-down position and the front cover facing you as shown in Frame 7, very gently pull the front cover off. I did this by wedging my fingernails between the front and back covers on the side of the camera, prying them apart. You could also try using a small flat-bladed screw driver to do this. This should get it started anyway. The reason you need to be gentle here is because of the ribbon cable (see Frame 8) that connects the mode switch to the circuit board on the camera, it is easy to break these so take your time. Once you have the front cover pulled away from the camera, you can then lay the camera on it’s back and lay the cover down towards you exposing the inside of the camera (see Frame 8). The ribbon cable is just long enough to allow for this for repair.

Frame 7

Frame 8

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