My failed Steam Frame teardown... and iFixit's successful one

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You can watch my teardown attempt above. I've sped it up at times, mostly through the bits where I have no idea what to do next. That's most of it.

My attempts to take apart the Steam Frame ended in me nervously replacing screws on our only review unit. I hadn't broken anything, but I expected I might do if I persisted in stripping the headset down any further. Thankfully, there's no need for me to go through all that again, as iFixit has published its own full teardown.

iFixit's Shahram Mokhtari doesn't mind prying things. Things that I didn't dare pry myself. For example, it's pretty easy to get into the Steam Frame's main 'core module', the bit housing the system-on-chip, optics, RAM, memory, and sensors. Beneath the magnetic face mask sit three switches, release ...

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