WIXB-175 Disassembly Tips

[PanicOpticon]

I hadn't seen any notes about disassembling the WIXB-175 so I figured
I'd make a few comments.

To disassemble:
- Remove two T6 screws located under the round black feet on the
bottom.
- Remove the colored piece from the right side of the case. On the
clear modem this piece is black and has neither the logo on it nor the
lights on it. To remove, use a credit card to pop it off. Begin along
the vented portion at the top, move slowly along the edges starting
from here, releasing the clips as you go. There are a three clips
located in the center of this panel so some pulling will be required
once the edges release to remove it. Note that you do not need to
remove the left side panel to disassemble the modem -- in fact it
appears that a few of the posts have been fused to help hold it in
place.
- Remove the three T8 screws from under the panel removed in the
previous step.
- Split the two halves of the modem using a credit card. This seemed
to work best by beginning near the ports at the back and working
outward from there. The clips are pretty heavy and require some force
to release. There are two built into the bottom plastic. There are two
minor clips near ports and two major clips on this side at the top.
There are 3 major clips at the top. Two major clips on the front top
curve. Three major clips on the front. Most of these should be
identifiable in the FCC photos.

Note that you need to be careful of the antenna and its cables when
working on the top edge of the modem. The antenna uses an extremely
thin PCB and I could see ham handed disassembly breaking it. The main
PCB is attached to the case using a single T8 screw located at the
bottom rear of the case (near the power jack). This screw is not
externally accessible and will require splitting the case to get to.

The board is roughly 5.5" square.

Hopefully that was coherent. Thats it for the moment.

-- Panic