Here is a comparison between John's teardown pic and a picture from a Samsung launch video; you can see where the m.2 SSD lives, and it seems to be the 80mm long variant. I'm going to try to pry mine open and swap it out.
=== Update (06/20/2018) ===
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I went ahead with the disassembly, mostly successful. I was able to open it up and swap out the SSD, I went with a 500GB Samsung 860 EVO and its working great, I'm typing this on the machine right now.
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The downsides are that I can probably never sell the tablet now, and it looks a little rough around the edges now. The heatgun actually slightly melted one of the plastic vents on the side, but its not a big deal. The bigger deal was that the gun seems to have slightly warped the metal frame, so once I got the screen off, I realized that the power butten seemed to be stuck in the on position, and couldn't get it to pop back out. I realized that the slot that is cut out for the powerbutton had compressed and shrunk, so the button had no breathing room to move. I stupidly tried to re-expand the slot with a screwdriver, which is why I have all these little indentations around the power button slot. I ended up having to take the button out, and use a dremel to shave off a little of the side of the power button, once I did that it was fine.
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The downsides are that I can probably never sell the tablet now, and it looks a little rough around the edges now. The heatgun actually slightly melted one of the plastic vents on the side, but its not a big deal. The bigger deal was that the gun seems to have slightly warped the metal frame, so once I got the screen off, I realized that the power butten seemed to be stuck in the on position, and couldn't get it to pop back out. The volume buttons were fine. I realized that the slot that is cut out for the powerbutton had compressed and shrunk, so the button had no breathing room to move. I stupidly tried to re-expand the slot with a screwdriver, which is why I have all these little indentations around the power button slot. I ended up having to take the button out, and use a dremel to shave off a little of the side of the power button, once I did that it was fine.
I didn't see the memory inside anywhere, though most of the components are covered by the heat sink.
I'm guessing the memory is probably soldered on to the board anyone. I was hoping to find the wifi card so I could maybe swap that out, but couldn't find it.
I assumed I would have to buy some sticky adhesive to put the screen back on, but I just pushed it closed and it seems to be staying that way. I did notice some pinkish discoloration along the bottom of the screen, but it seems to be gone, so it either self corrected or I imagined it.
Here is a comparison between John's teardown pic and a picture from a Samsung launch video; you can see where the m.2 SSD lives, and it seems to be the 80mm long variant. I'm going to try to pry mine open and swap it out.
=== Update (06/20/2018) ===
[image|1486724]
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[image|1486723]
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[image|1486722]
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[image|1486731]
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[image|1486730]
I went ahead with the disassembly, mostly successful. I was able to open it up and swap out the SSD, I went with a 500GB Samsung 860 EVO and its working great, I'm typing this on the machine right now.
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The downsides are that I can probably never sell the tablet now, and it looks a little rough around the edges now. The heatgun actually slightly melted one of the plastic vents on the side, but its not a big deal. The bigger deal was that the gun seems to have slightly warped the metal frame, so once I got the screen off, I realized that the power butten seemed to be stuck in an on position, and couldn't get it to pop back out. I realized that the slot thats cut out for the powerbutton had compressed and shrunk, so the button had no breathing room to move. I stupidly tried to re-expand the slot with a screwdriver, which is why I have all these little indentations around the power button slot. I ended up having to take the button out, and use a dremel to shave off a little of the side of the power button, once I did that it was fine.
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The downsides are that I can probably never sell the tablet now, and it looks a little rough around the edges now. The heatgun actually slightly melted one of the plastic vents on the side, but its not a big deal. The bigger deal was that the gun seems to have slightly warped the metal frame, so once I got the screen off, I realized that the power butten seemed to be stuck in the on position, and couldn't get it to pop back out. I realized that the slot that is cut out for the powerbutton had compressed and shrunk, so the button had no breathing room to move. I stupidly tried to re-expand the slot with a screwdriver, which is why I have all these little indentations around the power button slot. I ended up having to take the button out, and use a dremel to shave off a little of the side of the power button, once I did that it was fine.
I didn't see the memory inside anywhere, though most of the components are covered by the heat sink.
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I'm guessing the memory is probably soldered on to the board anyone. I was hoping to find the wifi card so I could maybe swap that out, but couldn't find it.
I assumed I would have to buy some sticky adhesive to put the screen back on, but I just pushed it closed and it seems to be staying that way. I did notice some pinkish discoloration along the bottom of the screen, but it seems to be gone, so it either self corrected or I imagined it.
Here is a comparison between John's teardown pic and a picture from a Samsung launch video; you can see where the m.2 SSD lives, and it seems to be the 80mm long variant. I'm going to try to pry mine open and swap it out.
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=== Update (06/20/2018) ===
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[image|1486724]
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[image|1486723]
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[image|1486722]
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[image|1486731]
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[image|1486730]
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I went ahead with the disassembly, mostly successful. I was able to open it up and swap out the SSD, I went with a 500GB Samsung 860 EVO and its working great, I'm typing this on the machine right now.
+
+
The downsides are that I can probably never sell the tablet now, and it looks a little rough around the edges now. The heatgun actually slightly melted one of the plastic vents on the side, but its not a big deal. The bigger deal was that the gun seems to have slightly warped the metal frame, so once I got the screen off, I realized that the power butten seemed to be stuck in an on position, and couldn't get it to pop back out. I realized that the slot thats cut out for the powerbutton had compressed and shrunk, so the button had no breathing room to move. I stupidly tried to re-expand the slot with a screwdriver, which is why I have all these little indentations around the power button slot. I ended up having to take the button out, and use a dremel to shave off a little of the side of the power button, once I did that it was fine.
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I didn't see the memory inside anywhere, though most of the components are covered by the heat sink.
+
I'm guessing the memory is probably soldered on to the board anyone. I was hoping to find the wifi card so I could maybe swap that out, but couldn't find it.
+
+
I assumed I would have to buy some sticky adhesive to put the screen back on, but I just pushed it closed and it seems to be staying that way. I did notice some pinkish discoloration along the bottom of the screen, but it seems to be gone, so it either self corrected or I imagined it.
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Here is a comparison between John's teardown pic and a picture from a Samsung launch video; you can see where the m.2 SSD lives, and it seems to be the 80mm long variant. I'm going to try to pry mine open and swap it out.