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Re:Microsoft Surface Pro Teardown by networked on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @05:32PM (#5216146)
Sadly, it looks like they still have the fan placed underneath the motherboard, a design that has lingered since at least the 2006 ThinkPad X60 (both the tablet and the regular laptop version), meaning that you can't replace or grease the fan without taking much of the laptop apart.
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Re:Microsoft Surface Pro Teardown by JoshTriplett on Wednesday February 13, 2013 @07:13PM (#5216681)
Given that the vast majority of repairs turn into motherboard replacements (since the motherboard includes pretty much every electronic component and port), making the motherboard more quickly accessible seems higher priority than getting at the fan.

Anecdotal evidence: I've gone through multiple keyboard, motherboard, and screen replacements for the last 3 thinkpads I've owned, but never a fan replacement.

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Re:Microsoft Surface Pro Teardown by meaty on Thursday February 14, 2013 @03:44AM (#5218473)
Its quite easy to get it out. Took me about 20 minutes on one.
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