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Asus Chromebook C202 Teardown

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  • Having popped the top off, we get a look at the entire interior. Look at all this modular hardware!

  • The large interconnect cable even has friendly labeled ends: the side labeled IO connects to the Input/Output board, while the side labeled MB connects to Manitoba, Canada. Or maybe the motherboard...

  • The I/O board also hosts the power jack, a common point of failure. It looks like fixing a broken power jack will be as easy as replacing this little board. A+

  • Upon removing a hefty bracket, we're a bit surprised to find it's actually a heat sink. Shunting heat straight into the battery seems an odd design choice; batteries don't like too much heat.

  • That said, it's the same passive cooling strategy employed by the massively popular Surface Pro 4.

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