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No screws under kickstand?

Hi There:

I've been asked to replace the lcd/digitizer in a first generation Microsoft surface RT. Any guide I've been able to find online shows a number of screws visible under the kickstand once you remove it. The RT has no visible screws under the kickstand?

Am I dealing with a "first" first gen device? Strange that I've not found any online instructions about this.

Thoughts? Has any one else run into this version of the RT. Am I venturing into heat gun !&&*?

As requested, here's a photo of the tablet:

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Thanks in advance.

kevin

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could you provide a picture of the area of the device you're describing?

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Sure, I'm back onsite next week, I'll snap a photo then.

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Are there screws on the areas I annotated? In the guide it shows that there are screws there.

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Yes, I can remove the kickstand. The two screws to do so are located as annotated. Those are the only screws visable

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In step 4 of this guide you can see that you need to remove plastic bezels in order to gain access to the screws.

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I have run into the same thing. There are no Torx screws around outside edge of surface rt under the kickstand. Furthermore, there are no Torx screws under the plastic cover around camera. Any guidance on how to get to the battery on this unit?

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Has anyone been able to open this tablet? I have the same one and am trying to open to replace the battery. As indicated there are no screws besides the screws for the kickstand.

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