Introduction
This video demonstrates how to replace the kickstand, SSD, Display, Surflink port assembly, thermal module (or heatsink), battery, volume and power buttons, speakers, Wi‑Fi deck, cameras, motherboard, and chassis in your Microsoft Surface 9 tablet.
Please refer to the official Microsoft Service Guide for step-by-step instructions.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Prerequisite Steps
Disassembly
01:26 Kickstand
02:24 rSSD
02:42 Display
05:36 Surflink
06:06 Thermal Module
07:04 Battery
07:35 Volume and Power Buttons
08:03 Speakers
08:17 Wi-Fi Deck
08:36 Front and Rear Cameras
09:01 Motherboard
09:31 Chassis
Reassembly
09:47 Chassis
09:58 Motherboard
10:22 Front and Rear Cameras
10:46 Wi-Fi Deck
11:05 Speakers
11:20 Volume and Power Buttons
11:42 Battery
12:39 Thermal Module
13:02 Surflink
13:18 Display
15:48 rSSD
16:02 Kickstand
What you need
Video Instructions
After your repair, test your Surface Pro with Microsoft's Surface Diagnostic Toolkit.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
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4 Guide Comments
where do we get the display adhesive and the speaker mesh?
@cashewclay
Mohamed B - Reply Share
Worked well for screen replacement, but guide advised removal of the speaker grills. New screen did not include new speaker grills :(
lane wilson - Reply Share
Thanks for the instructions. I was able to find some important information here that I was looking for.
[deleted] - Reply Share
Yea, there’s some missing info.
I wanted to do a battery replacement. Ifixit and MSFT don’t have the battery, so I got an aftermarket battery.
A rep from ifixit said their kit wasn’t available, but she listed what I’d need. I bought all that but then it turns out I’ll also need:
- 4IP Torx bit
- Metallic or thermal tape + foam
- PSA - the double sided tape to reattach the screen (either a roll of 1 mm + a roll of 2 mm, or a custom precut set for $30.)
And maybe other things.
The MSFT video instructions don’t tell you about replacing the thermal paste or metallic tape. MSFT written instructions say you can’t reuse the thermal module, but that’s not what’s shown in the video, nor do others have that limitation. MSFT written instructions also refer to a spring gasket, but I dont see how that’s affected by battery replacement. There also a suggestion that you’re supposed to destroy the existing speaker grills and replace them; but they’re not included in the battery kit list;I don’t know why you’d want to destroy.
Kevin S - Reply Share