i opened up my A3000

[afrokenjonny]

so u can open up A3000. i was all high on diet mountain dew energy and i used an exacto knife to peel off ther metal walkman logo and it looks cool inside. i actually wanted to clean the dust from the front of my A3000, but i am at work right now and i'm afraid i wont be able to put it back. since i took the first step maybe u guys can take it further and open it up more.

Edit: i also moved the artist link button loose so that it is not easily pressed by accident. now is very in and needs a good hard press to activate.

Edited June 10, 2006 by afrokenjonny

[jonny mac]

Cool. Now pop in an 80 gig HDD and see what happens.

[yaroukh]

<kidding>In case you wouldn't be able to complete your NW-A 3000, would you be so nice and send me the USB cable PLZ?</kidding>

Cool. Now pop in an 80 gig HDD and see what happens.

i second this, do it

Edited June 11, 2006 by yaroukh

[Guest Stuge]

Cool. Now pop in an 80 gig HDD and see what happens.

If i`m right Simon has tried 60 gb HDD with A3000 & it doesn`t recognise it .

[David Leth Williams]

Yep Stuge, he tried.

Here is the post: http://www.atraclife.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1437

Edited June 11, 2006 by David Leth Williams

[Ascariss]

Do keep us informed if you can remove the dust from the front cover, since this is of interest to me, thanks.

[hitoradio]

stupid people are everywhere

[Guest Stuge]

stupid people are everywhere

May i know who is stupid here ??

[!Sora~]

stupid people are everywhere

May i know who is stupid here ??

LOL buddy stupid people dont know what they'r talking about

[indeego]

afrokenjonny, can you please give me the correct number/name for the battery used in the NW-A3000? Thanks.

[Guest Stuge]

afrokenjonny, can you please give me the correct number/name for the battery used in the NW-A3000? Thanks.

If i`m right the number written on the Yellow lable is the part number .

[eu9ene]

Do keep us informed if you can remove the dust from the front cover, since this is of interest to me, thanks.

Ok, I've had my NW-A1000 since December. And I've always hated the dust that has steadily gathered inside the front cover. Recently it started becoming unbearable, and today I reached the breaking point. So I took the damn thing apart.

A couple notes:

a) Sorry I have no photos - I did this at my desk at work, and had my camera stolen in Europe a couple months ago anyway.

To be honest, what really got me thinking about cleaning the inside was the idea of selling it and getting a different mp3 player. Sick of the software, 6GB is feeling cramped, and not thrilled with the battery life when listening to mp3s at high bitrates. Anyway, don't know yet if I'll actually sell, but who would buy a used DAP with a screen half-obscured by internal dust?

Okay, so this is what I did:

a) Either in the beginning of this thread or in another similar thread, somebody explained that you could just pry up the Walkman logo piece on the back of the player. On the NW-A1000, it's a strap connector. I went at it with a mini flathead - the kind you might use on a pair of eyeglasses. So here is Caveat #1: Be more careful about it than I was. I scratched the heck out of the edges around that piece, and also a nice deep long scratch to one side when the screwdrive slipped. One of the manuals recommends tweezers. I didn't have any tweezers, but it's not gonna be like using chopsticks. Note also that the actual area where you connect the strap DOES NOT come up - you're lifting up the donut-like piece that surrounds it.

The logo piece is attached with an adhesive, and you'll probably hear it tear when you work up the nerve to pry the piece up all the way. The adhesive seems to stay tacky and is kind of rubbery.

c) Once the piece is off, you can just slide the back cover down (to unhook claws) and off.

d) Toward the bottom of the player, you'll see that there are two golden things that look a bit like the end of twisty-ties, which are sort of holding all the player's guts in. I wouldn't mess around with them myself. Directly next to/below where these golden things start, on the outside edge, are two little slots (one on each side). Each slot contains a transparent piece of rectangular plastic. You have to pry these out to get the front cover off. I used the screwdrive again, but tweezers (really small ones) might come in handy here. These also might have been secured with a tiny bit of adhesive, but it was hard for me to tell.

e) Once you get them out, the front cover is removable. Here again I'm not sure what happened. I didn't feel the cover slide off of any claws, but when I lifted it off it seemed to catch on a narrow tab on one side.

f) There's an outer plastic cover, and then another thin sheet inside that. Cleaned both of them. I actually did not do a super-thorough job of this, but it's a vast improvement. Doesn't look brand new, but my first thought on looking at it is no longer, "Bleh." I also picked up some dirt when wiping the inside edges of the button openings, so you might want to do that too.

g) Putting the cover back was a little tricky. Actually, one tricky thing about this whole process was that I kept turning the thing on accidentally - and I hadn't bothered to put it on HOLD. Like I already mentioned, I couldn't find a "catch" for the front, but it seemed to stay after I replaced the transparent plastic rectangles. On the other hand, after I had put the whole thing back together, I pushed on the front cover and heard something snap back into place.

h) The back cover resisted going all the way back on. I had to try a couple of times, and also kind of line it up while pushing in order to get the strap connector to be centered in the hole where the logo piece goes.

i) Logo piece replaces easily - Adhesive isn't the only thing holding it, there's also a tab at the top that slides underneath the back cover.

j) It still works! For now.

k) I did this about an hour ago. Looking at it now, it seems like there are a few new particles of dust already. But maybe it's just my imagination.

Conclusion: It's not that hard to do, but you might cause some scratches. Please be careful. Also, there isn't necessarily (as far as I could tell) any way for a service person to tell that you've futzed around in there and probably voided your warranty - unless they can tell by the mere fact that your NW-A1000 isn't choked with dust and grime.

[Grundlefleck]

Thanks eu9ene,

I woulda done a lot more damage to my NWA-1000 trying to get the dust out if it hadn't been for your post.