What you need
Video Overview
- This version of the Surface Go is significantly easier to open thanks to the new display adhesive and redesigned interior shields.
- The use of only one type of screw simplifies repair.
- The lack of modularity, especially on high-wear ports, makes repairs unnecessarily expensive.
- Replacement of any part requires removal of the display assembly, an easy (and expensive) part to damage.
Final Thoughts
Repairability Score
3
Repairability 3 out of 10
(10 is easiest to repair)
(10 is easiest to repair)
7 Comments
A big part of the Surface’s thermal solution is the aluminum backshell. If they added thermal pads between the back of the CPU and PMIC area of the PCB and the case, it would definitely be a nice touch.
Ethan Zuo - Reply
We’ve always got modders to do that.
Strumajen -
Does anyone knows if the battery for the surface go 1 is compatible with the surface go 2 and vice versa?
Odysseus - Reply
Is the LTE modem removable/swapable?
Dan - Reply
Unfortunately it is soldered to the motherboard
Josh *thegadget* Hymer -
Does this mean that the 128GB and 256GB models are unupgradable as well?
sixblitzover - Reply
I tried replacing the battery but I damaged the screen. It is very easy to damaged the screen as there is only 5mm of space to work with on the edges off the screen. Pry to deep and the screen will malfunction. Ended up ordering a new screen as replacing the battery was sort of succesfull.
kc - Reply