crab4life
Contributor
Hi all, I did the honors of flooding my buddies GoPro due to the fact of a bad O-ring with salt water and let it sit 3 days unatteded 
Well it was very dead when I got home. I set out a way to fix it. What you need to do is get a small glasses repair kit with tiny screwdrivers at the dollar tree. First I took the battery out and you see 4 screws. Remove those 4 screws and organize them with the holes they belong in, they are different lengths. Next pull the gopro apart. There is a large sticker holding the Gopro together that the battery rests on. Pull it apart nice and slowly. I made the mistake of ripping it apart to fast and I popped some wires out. Thank goodness they popped back in place. Anyway peel it apart very slowly due to the wires. The Camera should now look like an opened clam.next what you do is remove the 3 screws securing the camera to the case. Again organize these. Now you should have the main circuit board and the battery screen. Fill a small container with rubbing alcohol and dunk the camera in the alcohol. Let it sit for 3-5 minutes Next take a mascara brush and wipe off all the corrosion, it should come right off. Keep dipping and scrubbing everything that you possibly can. Once you have all that finished hold it over a sink and pour vinegar "through" the unreachable parts of the circuit board. Do this several times. Afterwards wash it COMPLETELY out with tap water. Next toss it into a large bag of rice and let it sit for a week minimum. Once you are done waiting clean it out with air-spray cans to get all rice dust out. Next, slowly piece the camera back together and replace the screws. And Voila! Your camera should be good to go!
Well it was very dead when I got home. I set out a way to fix it. What you need to do is get a small glasses repair kit with tiny screwdrivers at the dollar tree. First I took the battery out and you see 4 screws. Remove those 4 screws and organize them with the holes they belong in, they are different lengths. Next pull the gopro apart. There is a large sticker holding the Gopro together that the battery rests on. Pull it apart nice and slowly. I made the mistake of ripping it apart to fast and I popped some wires out. Thank goodness they popped back in place. Anyway peel it apart very slowly due to the wires. The Camera should now look like an opened clam.next what you do is remove the 3 screws securing the camera to the case. Again organize these. Now you should have the main circuit board and the battery screen. Fill a small container with rubbing alcohol and dunk the camera in the alcohol. Let it sit for 3-5 minutes Next take a mascara brush and wipe off all the corrosion, it should come right off. Keep dipping and scrubbing everything that you possibly can. Once you have all that finished hold it over a sink and pour vinegar "through" the unreachable parts of the circuit board. Do this several times. Afterwards wash it COMPLETELY out with tap water. Next toss it into a large bag of rice and let it sit for a week minimum. Once you are done waiting clean it out with air-spray cans to get all rice dust out. Next, slowly piece the camera back together and replace the screws. And Voila! Your camera should be good to go!
