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| | Disassembling Nintendo Entertainment System MAX Controller Cover |
| Device | Nintendo Entertainment System MAX Controller |
| Difficulty | Very easy |
| Time | 3 minutes |
| Steps | 2 |
This guide is by Kyeler W on iFixit and is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0. ByteRot mirrors it for non-commercial preservation: formatting changed and photos resized for old browsers; full-size photos and the text are on the FTP in /DOCS/REPAIR. Original guide >>
This guide may be helpful if you want to clean the controller or modify it. |
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| Step 1 :: Unscrew the back. |
![[step 1 photo]](183469/step01-2.jpg) Unscrew the screws circled in the first image to lift the back off of the controller.
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| Step 2 :: Remove the board |
![[step 2 photo]](183469/step02-2.jpg) Carefully lift the black wire from its spot to remove the board. From here; you can remove the buttons to clean them, replace them, or modify them.
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| Conclusion | | To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order. |
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