teardown
Xiaomi Mi Notebook Air 13.3 Internals SSD Slots And Spare M.2 2242 Slot
Here is a very quick look at the internals of the Mi Notebook 13.3″ version. You’ll see the single heat transfer pipe which has to deal with the Core i5 6200U and the Nvidia 940MX, Xiaomi should have at least used twin heat pipes I feel to help transfer more heat. After all, this kind of power in a 14mm slim notebook is asking a lot with only one pipe. Sure it has two fans which is gre...[Read More]
First Look At Chuwi Hi12 Internals From Tear Down
Edit: 1st Feb 2017. Thanks to Yoni for sending me these photos of the insides of the Hi12 keyboard dock. Thanks to Matthew from the Forum, we have our first look at the Chuwi Hi12 internals. I haven’t gotten around to opening up mine for a teardown with all the tablets I have stacked up to review. But we can see now and as I thought, Chuwi used a rather large thermal pad to transfer heat aw...[Read More]
Cube i7 Stylus Teardown And How To Upgrade The SSD
Here are some images from a teardown of the Cube i7 Stylus I did in order to upgrade the 64GB SSD. I also posted a video (below) on the best way to open up the tablet. I don’t recommend doing this unless you have experience in opening up tablets and notebooks etc. More details on the SSD upgrade here and how to open it up below. Cube i7 Stylus teardown images:
Chuwi Hi8 Teardown
My busted Hi8 was opened up today, I was hunting for the screen digitizer part number so I can order a replacement after I broke my Hi8 screen. The internals of the Hi8 show a decent build quality, no cables crossing over the battery cells or any of that nonsense. No thin battery cables or poor solder jobs here either, it looks fine. Not bad for such a cheap tablet I think. There is even planned s...[Read More]
