How to Upgrade, Repair, Disassemble a 3COM PDA or Handheld PC

Do you want to repair your 3COM PDA or handheld computer? Here is a collection of free take apart instructions, disassembly pictures, upgrade and repair manuals, as well as do-it-yourself (DIY) tips and tricks for 3COM Palm Pilot, Tungsten, Zire PDAs and handheld computers. If you have written a guide yourself (or if you know of a report not linked here), please submit a new entry.

3COM Palm III	PalmDisplay - Use your old Palm PDA as a Display on your Linux Box etc. (in German).
3COM Palm III	Cradle surgery: how to enable an old Newton keyboard to work with a Palm III.
3COM Palm III	Alien Palmtopsy - CYBØRG/ASM puts his Pilot under the knife bringing you a view inside the PDA.
3COM Palm III	Upgrading to 8MB RAM.
3COM Palm III	Homemade 4MB memory extension.
3COM Palm III	Convert your cradle into a battery charger.
3COM Palm III	A Tilt Sensor Interface for the Palm Computing Platform.
3COM Palm III	Convert your cradle into a battery charger (in German).
3COM Palm III	Modifying the Newton keyboard for PalmPilot use, cable schematics.
3COM Palm III	It is possible to create a connector out of an old female Centronics connector.
3COM Palm III	Eternal power for the Palm! (well, sort of).
3COM Palm III	How to attach an external IBM-AT/PC keyboard (in German).
3COM Palm IIIc	Homemade PDA screen protector: a small piece of dust can easily scratch the screen of your PDA when you apply pressure to it with your stylus. If you want to keep your PDA in mint condition, it is a good idea to keep a screen protector on the screen. These can be ordered online, but if you don't feel feeding over-charging companies try this protector made from overhead-paper.
3COM Palm V	How to open the case and switch the DRAM chip (replace the 2MB one with an 8MB one).
3COM Palm Pilot	Disassembly and reassemblation pictures.
3COM Palm	Replace a display, solving power problems and more.
3COM Palm m100	Upgrading to 8MB DRAM.
3COM Palm m500	Cradle: USB to RS-232.
3COM Palm Pilot 1000/5000	How to open the case, change the display and the memory.
3COM Palm	Pinouts for cradle and hotsync cable.
3COM Palm Pilot 1000	How the 128K RAM card be changed into a 512K or 1MB RAM card.
3COM Palm Pilot 5000	How the 512K RAM card can be changed into a 1MB RAM card.
3COM Palm Pilot Pro/Personal/5000	How to achive a RAM upgrade (in German).
3COM Palm Pilot Personal	How the 512K RAM card can be changed into a 1MB or 2MB RAM card.
3COM Palm Pilot Professional (later)	How the 1MB RAM card can be changed into a 2MB RAM card.
3COM Palm Pilot Professional (early)	How the 1MB RAM card can be changed into a 2MB RAM card.
3COM Palm Pilot Professional	An illustrated tear down report with disassembly pictures.
Palm TX	A huge picture gallery of a complete dissection.
Palm TX	Pictures of the disassembled circuitry of the inside of handheld has been posted as part of the FCC approval process. Read on for the full TX guts image gallery.
Palm T5	The pop-up mechanism for the SD card is very fragile, if you pull out the card without first depressing it against the spring, even one time, it can be broken. Once broken the mechanism is no longer able to hold the card in against the connectors, and the SD slot is useless. Simply remove the spring now the card can be simply inserted and removed without the pop-up feature.
Palm Zire 71	An illustrated disassembly guide (in Japanese).
Palm Zire 71	How to resurrect a broken PDA by attaching a USB cable for charging.
Palm Zire 71	Take apart and repair manual with pictures.
Palm Zire 72 (now T|C)	An illustrated take apart manual.

Beyond Repair: Cemeteries, Art and More

3COM Palm (all models)	Palm PDA cemetery.
3COM Palm (all models)	Welcome to the Palm Graveyard, the Internet's special resting place for desceased PDA's.