Tools Needed:

  • 2mm hex key
  • 10mm socket or wrench
  • 1/2-inch socket or wrench
  • #1 Phillips screwdriver
  • spudger or flat-head screwdriver
  • scraper or razor blade

Procedure:

  1. Place Parva on a clean, flat surface and remove all connections.
  2. Using a 2mm hex key, loosen the knob set screws and remove the knobs. Disassembly Image Disassembly Image
  3. Using a 10mm socket or wrench, remove the potentiometer nuts and washers. Disassembly Image Disassembly Image Disassembly Image
  4. Using a #1 Phillips screwdriver, remove the eight top-case screws. There are four on the front and four on the back. Disassembly Image Disassembly Image
  5. Place the Parva face down on your work surface and carefully pry up the bottom case. Disassembly Image
  6. Remove the three ribbon cables from the I/O boards. Disassembly Image Disassembly Image Disassembly Image Disassembly Image
  7. Using a #1 Phillips screwdriver, remove the screw between the power switch and power connector. Disassembly Image
  8. Using a 1/2-inch socket or wrench, remove the nut and washer from the headphone jack. Disassembly Image
  9. Remove the main I/O board and set aside. Disassembly Image
  10. Using a 1/2-inch socket or wrench, remove the nuts and washers from the ten output jacks. Disassembly Image
  11. Remove the output board and set aside. Disassembly Image
  12. Release the nylon standoff in the corner of the mainboard, then lift the mainboard out of the top case and set aside. Disassembly Image
  13. Using a plastic spudger or flat-bladed screwdriver, carefully pry up one end of the acrylic window. Disassembly Image Disassembly Image
  14. Lifting straight up, continue pulling the window out. Disassembly Image
  15. Using a razor blade or scraper, remove the old adhesive. Disassembly Image Disassembly Image
  16. Place new VHB tape strips beside the window opening and press down firmly to activate adhesive. Disassembly Image Disassembly Image Disassembly Image Disassembly Image
  17. Remove the clear plastic film from the VHB strips. Disassembly Image
  18. Remove the backing from one side of the new acrylic window. Disassembly Image
  19. Place the window directly over the case opening, shiny side down, and press down firmly. Disassembly Image Disassembly Image
  20. Remove the backing from the newly installed window. Disassembly Image Disassembly Image
  21. Install foam tape between each of the OLED display modules by aligning the bottom edge of the tape with the top edge of the display glass, then aligning the top edge with the bottom the next screen up. Disassembly Image Disassembly Image Disassembly Image
  22. Cut one piece of foam tape in half lengthwise to cover the top of the first module and bottom of the last module. Disassembly Image Disassembly Image Disassembly Image
  23. Place the mainboard into the top case. Disassembly Image
  24. Secure the mainboard with a finger-tight nut and washer on the Volume pot and encoder A. Disassembly Image Disassembly Image
  25. Reverse steps 2 through 12 to re-assemble.