Microsoft Surface Pro 7 Seven 1866 Screen Repair / Replacement Tips
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- Опубліковано 18 кві 2021
- Here are some good tips on how to avoid damaging your Microsoft Surface Pro 7 Seven 1866 when you are doing a Screen Repair / Replacement. I managed to damage the Wifi Antennae, mainly because it was hidden under the glue tape from the screen. I bought a brand new genuine Wifi Antennae from Ali Express, worked a charm. Also beware of the speakers, they can easily get damaged when removing the screen. I was unsure how the screen connectors disconnected, they snap off just like standard Mobile Phone connectors, so you can just get a plastic splugger underneath and pry them up. The screen connector cable are held in place with metal shields on the screens itself, which can be pried up to reveal standard screen connectors underneath. Lastly I had to restart the tablet for it to recognise the Screen Touch. NBBBB - Be careful, Microsoft Does Not Warn You Before it Factory Resets. I made this mistake and fortunately the customer did not need the data. The video also gives you a good look inside the entire tablet. Happy Fixing, Roland from DrFixit Bristol
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Thanks for explaining the tricky parts, I have a surface pro 8 I am doing a screen swap on and layout is the same.
Thanks for the info, good to know
I'd like to add that to do this the easiest way, it's useful to have a temperature gun(optional), heat gun (optional), and Ifixit Iopener tablet tools (optional, but highly recommended). There's a video if you type surface pro 7 disassembly, where you can see them kinda spinning the blue tools around the screen, that seems optimal to cut the glue, which is about 3/8ths of an inch from the edge in some areas), but you can kinda slice with it too and that's fine. When you look into the device, if you've been able to pry it far enough, you can actually see the glue. It'll look like a ___/``````, where it's glued to the bottom, glued to the top, and there's a string of glue between both sides that you can kinda slice.
Anyway, the tips are as follows. Heat the edges of the screen to a number between 150-180 degrees fairenheight (they say between 80/100 celsius is the threshold to not damage your screen, but lets stick to 80, which is 178f iirc), once you've done that, the easiest place to start attacking is the top, not at the corners but about an inch out. You'll see the top (camera area) is kinda two parts, the first inch is really hard to deal with, but the next bits the weak point. You want your blue slicer dudes to be mostly flat, that way you're working the screen. Another easy point of entry is the speakers. The top was also the last part I was able to completely remove, because it was the most glued and my antenna sticker merged with the glue to become a real asshole. The bottom seemed the least glued to me.
Now, if you want to use the Iopener gel device that you heat up for 30 secs in the microwave, that will bring it to around 160 degrees F(I left mine on there for about 3 minutes before I'd attempt it) so that is technically enough to facilitate the repair, but a heat gun helps. He mentioned and showed the wifi antennas, I think 50% of the time you lose at least one, but that's a bullshit guess so who knows, and I'm not sure if losing one is a big deal as I haven't completed the repair yet due to parts.
I should also be clear about the problem, my sisters surface pro had grey horizontal screens that appeared in bios and during normal operation. I hooked it up to an external display to see if the graphics hardware was the issue. My external display had no grey lines, indicating to me that it was some sort of ribbon cable issue, because an onboard graphics issue would show up on the external monitor. Ribbon cables die all the time, my sisters were warped due to heat, so the intention is to replace them and have everything back to normal, though a $120 screen replacement is also an option.
Edit - Lastly the Iopener kit has a suction cup, that seemed to be a big help, I used it everytime I'd open up a new area. Without it, it would have been hard. You can also just get some thin guitar picks (they're small compared to the iopener ones, so it'd be kinda a lot tougher), fill a sock with rice if it'll hold up to that 160f mark via microwavin', or buy a heating pad that allows for that temp, for a lizard or something, and get a suction cup. But it's probably best to burn the $20 bucks that the Iopener costs.
Edit 2 - Spinning the blue discs is how I would move from one place to another, it seemed most effective when initially opening it, I did not use the blue opener tool, that seemed inferior to the super guitar pick things.
I have most of the tools you mention. Don't use suction cups much, may try in the future to see if it helps. I also note that leaving it on the heat pad for longer at say 80 - 90 makes removal a lot easier
but you don't actually explain how to avoid destroying those wifi antennae, so how is this useful? I just did the same, because the screen adhesive basically rips them clean off - but how can it be avoided? or maybe you can show how you replaced the antennae afterwards?
I have done 2 of these now and have not found a way not to destroy the antennas. As you mentioned, the antenna's are stuck to the screen adhesive and there is generally not enough space to get in there and separate them.
Good videos! Where can i get wifi bluetooth antenna?
I ordered from China Aliexpress - www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001839038156.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.17fd4c4dU5yXed
Taking apart a pro 7 already, thats harsh! What was the need to get it apart? I’ve got a Pro 4 that’s just succumbed to battery swell after just over 330 cycles.
MS won’t replace as its now outside warranty despite the device having been completely serviceable and in daily use until the battery blew the corner of the screen off. Its so demoralising how disposable they think these devices should be. To me it’s like saying that you need to scrap your car because it’s got a flat tyre. It’s insane.
Fair enough if hardware is superseded and can no longer process or translate new code but a battery or a hard drive! It should be illegal for these consumables to dictate the life of the devices they live within. Great video though (as I plan my journey into the depths of my SP4).
Had a cracked screen