HTC Vive Cosmos Motherboard 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 the yellow tape off of the headset button connector.

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

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

Peel the black plastic sticker off of the left 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 the flat end of a spudger to flip up the locking flap securing the left camera cable ZIF connector.

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

Peel the yellow tape off of both the second interconnect cable and its socket on the motherboard.

Use the flat end of a spudger to flip up the locking flap securing the second interconnect cable ZIF connector.

Carefully slide the second interconnect 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 cable straight out of its socket.

Peel the black plastic sticker off of the right side of the motherboard.

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

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

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

Five 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.

Carefully thread the heatsink through its slot in the midframe and remove it.

Hinge the top end of the motherboard slightly away from the midframe.

Slide the motherboard up and out of the clips holding its bottom edge against the midframe.

Swing the motherboard toward the top of the midframe to access the underside of the motherboard.

Peel the tape over the daughterboard interconnect cable back far enough to access the cable connector.

Use the flat end of a spudger to flip up the locking flap securing the interconnect cable ZIF connector.

Carefully slide the interconnect cable straight out of its socket.

Remove the motherboard.

Only the motherboard remains.