HTC Vive Cosmos Fan Replacement

Pull the bottom of the facerest straight away from the Vive Cosmos to unclip it from the Vive.

With the bottom unclipped, pull the top of the facerest away from the Vive to remove it.

Use your finger to push the sliding faceplate release switch, sitting to the left of the lenses, toward the bottom of the Vive.

While holding the switch in the bottom position, pull the faceplate straight up and away from the front of the Vive.

Remove the faceplate.

Use a T5 Torx driver to remove the 4.1 mm long screw securing the focus knob.

Slide the focus knob out of the plastic housing, off of the focus rod, and remove it.

Twist the 3.5 mm audio connector counter-clockwise slightly and slide its cable out from under the plastic retaining clip.

Lift the audio connector straight up to unplug it.

Use a T5 Torx driver to remove the three 4.1 mm long screws securing the LCD and motherboard assembly.

Gently peel up the stickers on either side of the front of the Vive. If possible, keep the stickers intact and reuse them.

Use a T5 Torx driver to unscrew the screws securing the upper component cover and the LCD and motherboard assembly:

Sixteen 4.1 mm long screws

One captive screw

Two 4.1 mm long screws

Remove the microphone cover from the bottom edge of the headset.

Slide an opening pick under the microphone to separate the adhesive securing it to the Vive.

Angle the bottom end of the upper component cover away from the front of the Vive.

Pull the upper component cover away from the front of the Vive and remove it.

Slide the camera connector covers on either side of the LCD and motherboard assembly away from the center off of the assembly and remove them.

Peel the tape over the right camera connector back enough to access the camera's ZIF connector underneath.

Repeat the same process to peel back the tape over the left camera ZIF connector.

Use the point of a spudger to flip up the small locking flap securing the right camera cable ZIF connector.

Carefully slide the camera connector cable straight out of its socket on the motherboard.

Use the point of a spudger to flip up the small locking flap securing the left camera cable ZIF connector.

Carefully slide the camera connector cable straight out of its socket on the motherboard.

Peel the yellow tape off of the microphone connector.

Use the point of a spudger to flip up the small locking flap securing the microphone cable ZIF connector.

Carefully slide the microphone connector cable straight out of its socket on the motherboard.

With the cable out of its socket, slide the cable toward the bottom of the Vive and out of its clip on the LCD and motherboard assembly.

Lift the LCD and motherboard assembly out of the headset.

Use a T5 Torx driver to remove the four 2.9 mm long screws securing the LCD connectors.

Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the LCD connectors straight up and out of their sockets on the daughterboard.

Gently pull the bottom edge of the midframe away from the bottom edges of the LCD frames to unclip the LCD frames from the midframe.

Remove the LCD frame assembly from the midframe.

Peel both black plastic stickers off of either side of the motherboard.

Use the tip of a spudger to push one side of the the fan connector slightly out of its socket on the motherboard, then push on the other side of the connector. Continue alternating pressure on each side to gently ease the connector out of its socket.

Use a T5 Torx driver to remove the screws securing the heat sink and fan:

Two 4.1 mm long screws

One 8.5 mm long screw

Remove the heat sink bracket.

Use the flat end of a spudger to gently pry the heat sink off of the CPU.

Slide the heat sink off of the fan. You do not need to completely remove it from the midframe.

Slide an opening pick between the fan and the midframe.

Use the opening pick to pry the fan away from the midframe.

Lift the fan straight up from the midframe and remove it.