• Home Assistant Yellow with Compute Module installed
• Flat nose pliers

Grounding protects the components from the static electricity that can be naturally present (electrostatic discharge, ESD).

• Always: Touch the working surface before touching electronics.
• Ideally: Use ESD protective equipment, such as ESD table mats and grounding cords.

• Remove the 4 screws on the bottom of the Home Assistant Yellow Kit.
• Keep the thumb screws close by; you will need them again later.

• Make sure the interfaces are facing towards your left.
• Flip the case over.
• Slightly lift off the enclosure on your left.
• Slide the enclosure off towards your right.

• Use the pliers and squeeze the front of the pin so that it fits through the hole.
• Repeat the procedure for the other pin.

• Info: The image shows a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. The steps are the same for the Compute Module 5.
• Ideally, the module should be pulled up vertically. But this is hard to do.
• Pull up the module from one side, tilting as little as possible. Tilting can damage the connector.
• This requires quite a bit of force. If it does not work, pull harder.
• Do not use a screw driver as a lever. It might damage the board.