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Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement

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  1. Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement, Motherboard: step 1, image 1 of 1
    • Place the Roku 4 face-down on a table. The rubber sticker should be facing you.

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  2. Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement: step 2, image 1 of 1
    • Starting at one corner of the device, pull the rubber sticker back toward the opposite corner of the device carefully to reveal the underlying screws.

    • Completely remove the rubber sticker to reveal the underlying screws on the device.

    • Place the rubber sticker facing up on the table to preserve its adhesiveness. It will be needed to reassemble the device.

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  3. Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement: step 3, image 1 of 1
    • Turn the Phillips PH1 screwdriver counterclockwise to unscrew all 4 of the 12.0 mm screws.

    • Store the screws in a safe place, such as on a magnetic project mat, so they do not get lost before reassembly.

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  4. Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement: step 4, image 1 of 2 Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement: step 4, image 2 of 2
    • Turn the device over so you can see the "4" on the top cover.

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  5. Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement: step 5, image 1 of 2 Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement: step 5, image 2 of 2
    • Wedge a plastic opening tool into the seam between the top cover and bottom casing of the device and create a gap.

    • Prying open the device is quite difficult and requires a large amount of force. Use caution to avoid breaking the device or hurting yourself.

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  6. Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement: step 6, image 1 of 1
    • After you have created a gap large enough to fit your fingers between, gently lift up the top cover to open the device and reveal the motherboard.

    • The motherboard should still be attached to the underside of the top cover by a red wire, a blue wire, and a black wire.

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  7. Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement: step 7, image 1 of 3 Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement: step 7, image 2 of 3 Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement: step 7, image 3 of 3
    • To begin removing the motherboard from the plastic casing, pinch the black plastic clip and gently pull upward.

    • Once you feel the motherboard begin to loosen from the plastic casing, pull it upward to remove it completely.

    • The motherboard should still be attached to the underside of the top cover by a red wire, a blue wire, and a black wire.

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  8. Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement: step 8, image 1 of 3 Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement: step 8, image 2 of 3 Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement: step 8, image 3 of 3
    • Peel back the black adhesive strip that attaches the blue wire to the motherboard.

    • Repeat this step for the strip that attaches the black and red wires to the motherboard.

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  9. Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement: step 9, image 1 of 3 Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement: step 9, image 2 of 3 Roku 4 Motherboard Replacement: step 9, image 3 of 3
    • Using a soldering iron, desolder the blue, red, and black wires from the motherboard.

    • Consult iFixit's Soldering Skills guide to safely use the soldering iron.

    • The motherboard should now be completely disconnected from the top cover of the device.

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Conclusion

Follow these steps in the reverse order to reassemble your device.

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Thank you, have you upgraded to a new 2019 Ultra model yet?

Allan Landwer - Reply Share

Soldering the fan to the mobo is a suck move. However, they used a good quality bearing-less fan.

smbrannon - Reply Share

Can you gve me areson? will it suck out the perfomance?

Kind-hearted, spirited Man - Reply Share

Because it makes replacing the motherboard more difficult. For a few cents more, they could have placed a small connector inline between the fan and motherboard, making disconnecting the fan and top case really easy.

Bob Reed - Reply Share

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