Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

6

Time Required

                          20 - 30 minutes

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  • Power Supply Unit
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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Power Supply Unit
  • 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

  • A screw retaining the power supply is under the hard drive so both the hard drive and the heat sink assembly must be removed
  • 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

A screw retaining the power supply is under the hard drive so both the hard drive and the heat sink assembly must be removed

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

  • 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

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

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

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AustinMike - Sep 25, 2018

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Does anyone have a source for a new power supply?

Steve - Dec 9, 2019

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Still no source fora power supply huh?

reowens - Feb 6, 2020

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I recently purchased a MS Surface Studio 6th Generation computer and it seems that the USB ports don’t work properly and the headphone jack is dead…. Any ideas what I need to do to fix it before I send it back?