How to Open an X2 Pro, and Popular Mods

[Daniel]

Great written!

[Hualalai]

@Daniel. Thanks.

[GigA BytE]

 

@Hualalai Thanks for the good instructions

[Hualalai]

@GigA BytE.  Nicely done.  Note that there is no adhesive in the middle of the backplate.  The adhesive is only around the edge of the backplate, so heat is only needed around all four edges of the backplate.

Could you smell the adhesive?  Note how little contact there was between the thermal pad and the backplate (you can see a surface difference on the thermal pad where it actually touched the backplate).  The small contact area is why the thermal mod is so important.

While the adhesive is warm, you can scrape it off the backplate and the corresponding perimeter of the opened tablet back.  When reassembled, the backplate will stay on the tablet without adhesive unless there is an impact.  The L and R lips of the backplate grip pretty well, and the power and volume buttons protrude through one lip.  If you won’t be opening the back for a while, black electrical tape along the T and B seams looks fine and holds well.

[GigA BytE]

@@hualalai. im catch cold and i smell anything, but around the cpu solve sich der glue from the heat of the cpu (bad construction ^^)
yes the heat can’t go away from the CPU when i playing Hearthstone after 30 min the tablet become very laggy and has 93 C° .

In the next 2 weeks i wil try it wit a copperplate and a Heat conducting film.
Yes for the next time i take black electrical tape but when finished moddin i looking for a new glue.

[Hualalai]

For a longer term closure, try a thin thread of “rubber cement”, which should allow later opening without using a heat gun. If you want a solid closure that will require a heat gun to open, use “RTV”, room temperature vulcanizing adhesive.

I changed to all thermal pad since I felt 1mm copper plate added too much weight.  If you can find thinner copper plate, the weight would be less of a problem.  The important thing is GETTING THE  HEAT TO THE BACKPLATE.  The stock design is great in having a screwed down copper plate, but using cheap thermal pad that doesn’t even touch the backplate for most of the thermal pad area is a major design flaw … that fortunately is very easily fixed.

[hdman]

There is possible to insert another ssd in modem slot? Its same socket m.2 ?

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[Ertciano]

Great post. But, how do I know if I have a model 1 gen?

I’ve been trying to open it with heat gun, I insert something on the usb ports, but that corner below the usb doesn’t move. I’m bending the blackplate and aplying force but still doesn’t move the corner.

Thanks

[Daniel]

@hdman No it is not possible. It seems that all you can do with that slot is adding a 4G modem. If you want more space you will have to remove the original ssd.

 

@Ertciano I have the first gen and the corner bent up very easily. So you probably have gen 2. How long have do you run the heat gun?

[Ertciano]

Daniel wrote:

@Ertciano I have the first gen and the corner bent up very easily. So you probably have gen 2. How long have do you run the heat gun?

Thanks for the info. I suppose I havent heat it enought. I used a hair drier between 1 and 2 minutes, until it was as hot as I can’t touch it. I’ll try again, knowing it’s gen 2. Thanks

[Daniel]

@Ertciano No problem. Hmm, that should be long enough, what tools are you using?

[Ertciano]

I’m using the same tools for opening smartphones. I’ll try again this afternoon with other tools. Thanks

[Daniel]

ok, great. Tell us how it went when you have tried

[ali bni]

HI

I opened my teclast x2 pro and I

separated battery and then other thing and then I

assembled all of them but when I open it don't work screen.my main board is OK because I work with it in TV with HDMI cable.my screen is OK but don't work with it.sound,touch,pen touch and dock is OK.red and yellow lights is OK.please help me to repair myself tablet PC.
Tanks

[Thomas Riley]

Hello,

I purchased a X2 Pro and am looking to do some cooling modifications modifications to it.

 

I cant find a 49mmX52mmX1.5mm Arctic thermal pad. The closest I can find is a 50X50X1.5.

http://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Thermal-Pad-1-5-Conductivity/dp/B00UYTTMNI

Would this work on the copper heat sink?

Also I assume this is going on top of the copper heat sink, have you tried a thermal past like arctic silver on the SoC it’s self or is there to much of a gap between the screwed down copper plate and the SoC?

Then A 50mmX50mmX0.5mm Arctic pad on the back of the case
http://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-Thermal-Pad-1-5-Conductivity/dp/B00UYTTMNI

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