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Microsoft Surface Book Screen Replacement

Introduction

This guide will enable you to remove the screen of your Microsoft Surface Book.

If the glass is cracked already, tape across the entire screen with packaging tape to keep the glass together. You can get leverage by using the speaker grill openings as an entry point and the back of the LCD for more strength (since the glass will just shatter if it's already cracked).

What you need

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    Tool used on this step:
    iSclack
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    • Turn off your Surface Book and detach the display.

    • Heat and apply an iOpener or use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat the perimeter of the display, in order to soften the glue securing it.

    • Use a suction cup or iSclack or pull up on the edge of the display, and create a slight gap between the display glass and the frame.

    • Insert an opening pick into the gap.

    • Use only gentle force with the pick, and keep the display very hot (slightly too hot to touch). If you use too much force and/or allow the glue to harden, the glass will crack.

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    • Use the pick to slice all the way around the perimeter of the display to separate the glue.

    • Do not insert the opening pick too far into the display or you may cause damage to internal components.

    • Gently raise the display but don't fully detach it until the cables underneath are disconnected.

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    • The ribbons are circled. Begin by removing the ribbon on the right (in red). With the curved tweezers, carefully remove the metal bracket to expose the end of the ribbon. Remove ribbon.

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    • Next, remove the metal shield covering the other ribbon. Then remove the ribbon.

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