Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

12

Time Required

                          20 - 50 minutes

Sections

4

  • How to Open the SteelSeries Stratus Duo
  • 7 steps
  • Thumbsticks
  • 2 steps
  • Mainboard Assembly
  • 2 steps
  • Face Buttons
  • 1 step

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Remove the sticker
  • Use your fingers to remove the sticker located on the back cover of the Stratus Duo.
  • If you have trouble removing the sticker, heat an iOpener and apply it to the rear case for two minutes to loosen the adhesive underneath. You can also use a hair dryer to soften the adhesive.

Use your fingers to remove the sticker located on the back cover of the Stratus Duo.

If you have trouble removing the sticker, heat an iOpener and apply it to the rear case for two minutes to loosen the adhesive underneath. You can also use a hair dryer to soften the adhesive.

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Step 2

              Unscrew the back cover
  • Use a Y0 Tri-point screwdriver to remove the five 9.3 mm-long screws securing the back cover.

Use a Y0 Tri-point screwdriver to remove the five 9.3 mm-long screws securing the back cover.

Step 3

              Reposition the back cover assembly
  • Don’t try to remove the back cover assembly all the way yet, as it’s still connected to the mainboard.
  • Carefully lift the back cover assembly away from the frame and move it downward to uncover the battery cable and the interconnect cable at the top of the motherboard.

Don’t try to remove the back cover assembly all the way yet, as it’s still connected to the mainboard.

Carefully lift the back cover assembly away from the frame and move it downward to uncover the battery cable and the interconnect cable at the top of the motherboard.

Step 4

              Disconnect the interconnect cable
  • Using the pointed end of a spudger, push the grey tabs on the interconnect socket away from the socket, parallel to the interconnect cable, to release the cable.

Using the pointed end of a spudger, push the grey tabs on the interconnect socket away from the socket, parallel to the interconnect cable, to release the cable.

Step 5

  • Use a pair of blunt nosed tweezers or your fingers to pull the cable out of the socket.

Use a pair of blunt nosed tweezers or your fingers to pull the cable out of the socket.

Step 6

              Disconnect the battery cable
  • Use a pair of blunt nose tweezers to grab and lift the connector away from the motherboard.

Use a pair of blunt nose tweezers to grab and lift the connector away from the motherboard.

Step 7

              Remove the back cover assembly
  • Remove the back cover assembly.

Remove the back cover assembly.

Step 8

              Unscrew the thumbsticks board
  • Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the two 6.8 mm-long screws securing the thumbsticks board.

Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the two 6.8 mm-long screws securing the thumbsticks board.

Step 9

              Disconnect the thumbsticks board
  • Grab the thumbsticks board with your hand and disconnect it by pulling it straight up and out of its socket on the mainboard.
  • Remove the thumbsticks board.
  • For reassembly make sure to correctly align the ten pins with their socket on the mainboard.

Grab the thumbsticks board with your hand and disconnect it by pulling it straight up and out of its socket on the mainboard.

Remove the thumbsticks board.

For reassembly make sure to correctly align the ten pins with their socket on the mainboard.

Step 10

              Unscrew the mainboard assembly
  • Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the four 6.8 mm-long screws securing the mainboard assembly to the case.

Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the four 6.8 mm-long screws securing the mainboard assembly to the case.

Step 11

              Remove the mainboard assembly
  • Use your hand to remove the mainboard assembly by tilting it out of the plastic cover.

Use your hand to remove the mainboard assembly by tilting it out of the plastic cover.

Step 12

              Remove the face buttons
  • Use a pair of tweezers to remove the face buttons from the plastic cover.
  • The alignment pegs on each button are designed to prevent incorrect installation. On reassembly make sure to correctly place and align the buttons.

Use a pair of tweezers to remove the face buttons from the plastic cover.

The alignment pegs on each button are designed to prevent incorrect installation. On reassembly make sure to correctly place and align the buttons.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order. To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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