Canon PowerShot A2300 Flash Assembly Replacement

Open the A/V Out Digital port cover on the function button side to reveal a screw.

Remove all 6 screws(2.70 mm), 2 on each side and 2 on the bottom.

Open the card/battery latch by sliding the cover away from the camera in the direction indicated by the arrow.

Gently lift the bottom of the front cover to roughly a 30 degree angle.

Pull the top of the front cover away from the camera by gripping the top of the front cover by the corners where the cover is still attached to the body.

Hold the camera in your hands with both thumbs on the screen with the screen faced up.

Pull the the bottom left corner of the cover up about an inch to the point shown in the picture.

Pry the top off by sliding the spudger under the On/Off button.

Slide the cover to the right and off the camera.

Raise the screen by wedging the spudger between the bottom of the screen and the mount hole.

Remove the metal sheet that is under the screen.

Remove the top left screw on the metal sheet that is behind the screen.

Use one side of the tweezers to raise the orange retaining flap on the zero insertion force (ZIF) connector to a vertical position.

Gently pull the orange ribbon cable out of the ZIF connector using the tweezers.

Remove the flash by gently rotating slightly back and forth and pulling up.