Ti-84 Basic Disassembly

How to disassemble your Ti-84 or Ti-84 silver.

Tools needed:
1) Torex #7 (t-7) screw driver
2) Small Phillips screw driver

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Step 1: Remove battery cover

Remove main battery cover and take out batteries.

Bobby717 says: Mar 27, 2012. 8:17 AM

I needed a T6 Torx to disassemble. I had a TI 84 quit working. I ordered a used one on eBay, but the case had a name on the back and showed a lot of wear. I disassembled both to put the parts of one case into the other. Works fine.

plumboy11 says: Mar 10, 2011. 3:32 PM

Does anyone know if you can buy and replace the screen on a Ti-84 +. I work for a school district and we have 120 of them 5 years old. Some of the screens have the lcd's busted by kids. Any thoughts from anyone?

Radiosity says: Jun 21, 2010. 9:01 PM

Thanks for the instructions! This helped me disassemble my TI-84 Plus Silver Edition and turn it into a Gold Edition! The outcome can be seen here.

naurtomoe says: May 5, 2010. 5:31 PM

im thinking about disassembling my ti-84 so I can custom paint it a bit...will the calculator still function properly after disassembly? I disassembled my ipod mini once and it never worked again...lol

junits15 says: Mar 11, 2010. 7:42 PM

would it be possible to swap the front cover for a TI84 Plus one? to allow for faceplate swaps.

MadManMike (author) says: Mar 22, 2008. 1:22 AM

Okay, so funny story. A week after I posted this Instructables a classmate came up to me and asked to see my calculator, he looked at it and said "I think we switched calculators during our last quiz" I looked at the one he had and sure enough there were all the programs I thought I had lost when I removed the backup battery on the one that I took apart. I took apart a classmates calculator thinking it was my own :) lol... I still laugh about it. Any way I had to share it...

junits15 in reply to MadManMikeMar 11, 2010. 7:39 PM

HAHA well at leat you didnt break it!

sjoobbani in reply to MadManMikeFeb 23, 2010. 6:56 PM

NIICE!

Shoe shot in reply to MadManMikeNov 16, 2008. 7:40 PM

haha what a noob =P
nice instructable!

fredricksburgthethird says: Mar 27, 2008. 3:45 PM

would it be easy to upgrade the memory, or can you do that at all?

Kention3 in reply to fredricksburgthethirdAug 22, 2008. 8:06 AM

Here,Check this out
http://usb8x.sourceforge.net/
it has instructions on how to hook a flash drive to your calc

MadManMike (author) in reply to fredricksburgthethirdMay 20, 2008. 7:44 PM

I am not sure about upgrading the memory... I will have to look into it.

jonnyboy323 says: Feb 18, 2008. 7:25 PM

Does anyone know how to silence a button? (When getting really into calculator games in class :-) lol)

LinuxH4x0r in reply to jonnyboy323Feb 19, 2008. 5:36 AM

Just use it for about a year, and then it gets silent

jonnyboy323 in reply to LinuxH4x0rFeb 19, 2008. 6:53 AM

I think i've gotten a years use of use out of it. lol Thanks, Jonnyboy

LinuxH4x0r in reply to jonnyboy323Feb 19, 2008. 5:55 PM

Well, maybe it was 2 years... (I've had my 84Silver for 3 years now)

me says: Feb 18, 2008. 7:48 AM

why would you disassemble your calculator ?

MadManMike (author) in reply to meFeb 18, 2008. 5:46 PM

Do you need an excuse? Like others have said my keys were sticky after spilling a mocha on it :) But I also wanted to take a look at the mainboard, I am thinking of trying to build an external display for it. -Mike

me in reply to MadManMikeFeb 19, 2008. 12:02 PM

well, OK I admit that there is a lot of interesting stuff in there.