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9

Time Required

                          30 - 40 minutes

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Motherboard
  • Lay the Surface face down on a padded surface
  • Be careful not to scratch the screen when laying it face down
  • Remove the four rubber feet at each corner concealing the Torx screws
  • Remove the four Torx screws under the rubber feet.
  • Two screws on the upper corners are longer than two screws on the lower corners.
  • Attach suction cups to the bottom cover and then pull on the suction cups to free the bottom cover.

Lay the Surface face down on a padded surface

Be careful not to scratch the screen when laying it face down

Remove the four rubber feet at each corner concealing the Torx screws

Remove the four Torx screws under the rubber feet.

Two screws on the upper corners are longer than two screws on the lower corners.

Attach suction cups to the bottom cover and then pull on the suction cups to free the bottom cover.

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Step 2

  • Remove five torx screws holding the two fans to the midframe
  • Remove the two fans
  • The fan connectors are behind the midframe and not yet accessible. Let the fans hang loosely until you can access the connectors.
  • Four large torx screws and four small torx screws hold the midframe to the upper frame.
  • Remove four large torx screws holding the midframe
  • Remove four small torx screws holding the midframe

Remove five torx screws holding the two fans to the midframe

Remove the two fans

The fan connectors are behind the midframe and not yet accessible. Let the fans hang loosely until you can access the connectors.

Four large torx screws and four small torx screws hold the midframe to the upper frame.

Remove four large torx screws holding the midframe

Remove four small torx screws holding the midframe

Step 3

  • Slowly remove the midframe
  • Be careful: the speaker on the midframe is still attached to the motherboard
  • Detach the connectors for the two fans and the speaker

Slowly remove the midframe

Be careful: the speaker on the midframe is still attached to the motherboard

Detach the connectors for the two fans and the speaker

Step 4

  • Remove four spring loaded torx screw labeled 1 to 4
  • Remove four torx screw labeled 5 to 7
  • Remove 5mm hex mounting post
  • Use a spudger to remove the heatsink assembly from the motherboard

Remove four spring loaded torx screw labeled 1 to 4

Remove four torx screw labeled 5 to 7

Remove 5mm hex mounting post

Use a spudger to remove the heatsink assembly from the motherboard

Step 5

  • Remove three torx screws holding the hard drive brackets
  • Remove 5mm hex mounting post
  • Remove the hard drive and disconnect the SATA/SATA power cable

Remove three torx screws holding the hard drive brackets

Remove the hard drive and disconnect the SATA/SATA power cable

Step 6

  • Lift the black plastic flap attached to the data cable retainer and rotate it away from motherboard.
  • Pull the data cable out of its socket.
  • The data cable socket is very fragile. Do not lift the connector upward as you disconnect it, as the socket may break off the motherboard. Pull the cable parallel to the face of the motherboard.
  • Disconnect the data cable connecting the headphone jack to the SD card slot modular board
  • Remove three torx screws holding the SD card slot modular board
  • Remove the SD card slot modular board
  • Remove a torx screw holding the headphone jack
  • Remove the headphone jack

Lift the black plastic flap attached to the data cable retainer and rotate it away from motherboard.

Pull the data cable out of its socket.

The data cable socket is very fragile. Do not lift the connector upward as you disconnect it, as the socket may break off the motherboard. Pull the cable parallel to the face of the motherboard.

Disconnect the data cable connecting the headphone jack to the SD card slot modular board

Remove three torx screws holding the SD card slot modular board

Remove the SD card slot modular board

Remove a torx screw holding the headphone jack

Remove the headphone jack

Step 7

  • Although removing the power supply is not necessary, it makes accessing the connectors easier
  • Remove a Phillips screw still retaining the power supply
  • Remove a torx screw retaining the power supply cable
  • Unplug the power supply from the motherboard
  • Lift the power supply up and away from the base unit

Although removing the power supply is not necessary, it makes accessing the connectors easier

Remove a Phillips screw still retaining the power supply

Remove a torx screw retaining the power supply cable

Unplug the power supply from the motherboard

Lift the power supply up and away from the base unit

Step 8

  • Lift the black plastic flap attached to the data cable retainer and rotate it away from motherboard.
  • Pull the data cable out of its socket.
  • The data cable socket is very fragile. Do not lift the connector upward as you disconnect it, as the socket may break off the motherboard. Pull the cable parallel to the face of the motherboard.
  • Remove three torx screws holding the motherboard
  • Lift the motherboard up and away from the base unit.

Remove three torx screws holding the motherboard

Lift the motherboard up and away from the base unit.

Step 9

  • Remove three 5mm hex mounting posts

Remove three 5mm hex mounting posts

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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John - Dec 13, 2017

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Is it possible to DIY to use a full fledged PC tower with this screen? The display would be extremely useful for digital painting and 3d sculpting beyond the life of the computer hardware.

pikarde - Mar 8, 2020

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Where can just the mainboard be found? Did some searches on amazon and ebay to no avail. Is there a part number to the i7, 16GB 1TB version that can be looked up?

Roger Owens - Dec 3, 2021

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I would like to find a new motherboard too… 32gb ram though.