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This guide shows you how to replace the motherboard in the Surface Studio
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Lay the Surface face down on a padded surface
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Remove the four rubber feet at each corner concealing the Torx screws
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Remove the four Torx screws under the rubber feet.
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Two screws on the upper corners are longer than two screws on the lower corners.
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Attach suction cups to the bottom cover and then pull on the suction cups to free the bottom cover.
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Remove five torx screws holding the two fans to the midframe
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Remove the two fans
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Remove four large torx screws holding the midframe
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Remove four small torx screws holding the midframe
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Slowly remove the midframe
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Detach the connectors for the two fans and the speaker
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Remove four spring loaded torx screw labeled 1 to 4
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Remove four torx screw labeled 5 to 7
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Remove 5mm hex mounting post
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Use a spudger to remove the heatsink assembly from the motherboard
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Remove three torx screws holding the hard drive brackets
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Remove 5mm hex mounting post
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Remove the hard drive and disconnect the SATA/SATA power cable
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Lift the black plastic flap attached to the data cable retainer and rotate it away from motherboard.
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Pull the data cable out of its socket.
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Disconnect the data cable connecting the headphone jack to the SD card slot modular board
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Remove three torx screws holding the SD card slot modular board
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Remove the SD card slot modular board
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Remove a torx screw holding the headphone jack
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Remove the headphone jack
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Remove a Phillips screw still retaining the power supply
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Remove a torx screw retaining the power supply cable
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Unplug the power supply from the motherboard
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Lift the power supply up and away from the base unit
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Lift the black plastic flap attached to the data cable retainer and rotate it away from motherboard.
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Pull the data cable out of its socket.
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Remove three torx screws holding the motherboard
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Lift the motherboard up and away from the base unit.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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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.
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?
I would like to find a new motherboard too… 32gb ram though.
