Steam Link Disassembly Repair Guide

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Easy

Steps

5

Time Required

                          5 minutes            

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• Steam Link Disassembly
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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Starting up               

• Start by unplugging your device
• Power cord
• Ethernet
• HDMI

Start by unplugging your device

Power cord

Ethernet

HDMI

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Step 2

              Removing the rubber bottom               

• Start by removing the rubber bottom using the Guitar Pick or the Jimmy
• The first time, the adhesive may be difficult to remove

Start by removing the rubber bottom using the Guitar Pick or the Jimmy

The first time, the adhesive may be difficult to remove

Step 3

              Removing the screws               

• Remove the screws using a Torxx 6 bit

Remove the screws using a Torxx 6 bit

Step 4

              Opening the lid               

• Open-up the bottom lid using guitar pics
• The first time you open it, it might be difficult to open. Start by reaching the rounded, bottom-right corner

Open-up the bottom lid using guitar pics

The first time you open it, it might be difficult to open. Start by reaching the rounded, bottom-right corner

Step 5

              Main board inspection               

• Marvel ArmV7 CPU
• Vivante GC1000 GPU

Marvel ArmV7 CPU

Vivante GC1000 GPU

To reassemble your device, follow the steps in the opposite order

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                    Jorys Paulin (Jorys_Paulin)                     

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thesmoking gta - Jan 5, 2019

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bonjour esque cette carte peu servire comme raspberry merci

Jorys Paulin (Jorys_Paulin) - Jan 5, 2019

Non, seule une image signée par Valve peut être lancée. Elle a un accès SSH comme indiqué sur la page du SDK cependant. Notez qu’elle n’est plus fabriquée depuis décembre, donc elle n’est plus vraiment disponible.

Jan Seewald - Jul 16, 2019

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Somewhat unworthy Teardown. Naming the CPU brand wrong and not giving any relevant information like schematics or ICs used. THIS is by far better: https://www.allaboutcircuits.com/news/te…

EDIT: Oh, it is a community post, sry. But more information would be nice. E.g. where is the massive heat sink? There are lots of parts missing.

Jorys Paulin (Jorys_Paulin) - Jul 16, 2019

Hello, this is my first (and only) teardown. I made it just for fun, really. I opened my Steam Link once and then decided to put it on the internet, because I found they weren’t that much photos of it around.

The heat sink is a large piece of aluminum, and now I realize I forgot to add it, my mistake.