Instead, apply small patches of IPA with a cotton swab. – Do not put down a small pool of IPA to dissolve the glue. I did and some of this IPA seeped into the screen, which showed after startup. I was lucky: it dried out without stains, but it could have ruined the screen. I was able to get this off with IPA + cotton swab, but 2 warnings here. After this, only a modest amount of sweeping with IPA + cotton swab is needed for a clean result.ĥ) There will be glue residue on the back side of the screen. Fix the tablet frame into place, or this becomes a two-person job. Instead, heat the tape with a hairdryer while using tweezers to peel off the tape. If you try this with IPA + scraping it will become very messy and tedious to remove the tape. You’re going to need it.Ĥ) Remove the tape on the edges after you have taken out the components but before you start removing the battery. I did not label the containers I used and as a result, lost time during re-assembly.ģ) Have a lot of IPA on hand (isopropyl alchohol, not the beer): half a liter or more.

If one of them is slightly longer, put it apart and labeled because the length difference (2.3 vs 2.4mm) is not always plain to see to the naked eye. If all the screws in a step are the same, you’re done. Instead, I used a plain hairdryer. This has even less risk of melting components, but it takes more time.Ģ) Every time you take out screws, put them in a separate container, labeled per step. If you want to do this, read it completely first.Ī couple of points I can add from my experience.ġ) The mentioned iopener did not work for me. Quite happy with the result, this will allow it to be usable for a couple more years. The short version: it’s doable with patience (going slow but secure, it took me about 4 hr), the right tooling (i bought a set at ifixit) and a proper instruction (again: ifixit). If anyone’s interested, I could share more info and or photos.

To share with my fellow geeks/nerds/enthusiasts: I upgraded my Surface Pro 4 with a new battery and larger SSD (replaced the 256GB Toshiba with a 1TB Samsung 970).

Surface 4 pro