MSI Creator Z16 HX Studio (A13V) review – great device for content creation

Disassembly, Upgrade options, and Maintenance

To open this notebook, you need to undo 6 Phillips-head screws. Then, lift the back panel in one of the zones around the hinges to create a slight gap between the body and the metal piece. After that, you can pop the plate with a thin pry tool starting from the back of the laptop and then you can work your way around on the sides and the front.

Here’s how the bottom panel looks on the inside.

The battery is a 90Wh model. To take it out, unplug the connector from the motherboard and undo the two Phillips-head screws that are fixing the unit to the chassis. The capacity is enough for 5 hours and 53 minutes of Web browsing or 7 hours and 9 minutes of video playback.

There is a protective metal shroud above the RAM area. The two SODIMMs fit up to 64GB of DDR5-5600MHz RAM in dual-channel mode.

For storage, you get one M.2 slot. On the bright side, it’s compatible with the latest and greatest Gen 5 NVMes. There is a thick cooling pad below the preinstalled SSD.

The vapor chamber cooling is big. Some of its components are visible like the two two fans and the four heat sinks.

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