Fix Sony WH-1000XM3

(It’s all at your own responsibility)

Used for about a year but one side suddenly stopped working. Sound may go back when tapping the cover. More likely there is short circuit inside.

Following video to open the left or right with no more sound :

  1. take out the cushion
  2. take out the foam covering speaker
  3. take out 4 screws from speaker side
  4. take out the back cover. (be slow, there are wires connected between cover and circuit board)

Once opened, I noticed bunch of wires are put together by two pieces of black tapes. Carefully take out the tape without breaking any wire. Gentle moving the wires while playing sounds on the side having issue to identify which wire is broken. In my case, wires are all good, but I found the end portion of the wire soldered to board may touch circuit board in some cases. So I inserted the original black tape underneath the wires to keep them from touching the board and another tape to fix them. Moving wire or tapping around will not cause any issue after this. Put everything back, done! Hopefully this may help more people.

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