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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Oh wow, I didn't realize extremerate was making these. I bought one of those clear backs but a whole shell swap might be in order. How long did it take and how difficult was it?

[–] Hexarei 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It took me around 3 hours, because I was following along with their guide (skipping the part where they removed the cooler from the motherboard for some reason). I could have probably done it much faster without the guide, honestly - The important stuff to see was how to attach various sticky bits (mesh and such) to the new shell. I'd say most of that time was pause/watch/unpause of their video, even at 2x speed.

As for difficulty, I’m probably not the best person to answer that for the general public, as I have a fair bit of experience with disassembly, repair, and mods to handhelds - I’ve got several old Nintendo handhelds, a GPD Win 2, and a GPD Win Max that I’ve had open at some point or another, along with some experience doing the same for friends.

As such, I did it with proper tools from iFixit and not the ones that came in the kit.

With that context though, it was probably one of the easiest/least finnicky handhelds I’ve ever disassembled. The most nerve-wracking part was moving the screen over, which is something I’ve never had great success with until my Deck. A hair dryer + lots of patience, worked out nicely.

Now that I've done it once, I could probably do it again in about 30 minutes.