Microsoft Surface Book Screen Replacement Repair Guide

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4

Time Required

                          30 minutes - 1 hour            

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Introduction

If the glass is cracked, 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).

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Step 1

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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.

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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Step 2

• 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.

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.

Step 3

• 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.

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.

Step 4

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

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

Remove the screen.

Compare your new replacement part to the original part—you may need to transfer remaining components or remove adhesive backings from the new part before installing.

To reassemble your device, follow the above steps in reverse order.

Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.

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Kevin Yaniak - Jul 19, 2017

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It is very unlikely you will get this screen off without breaking it. Luckily, my customer only wanted the SSD out of the device so he didn’t care if I damaged it. This screen is crazy fragile and the glue is very very strong. Do not do this job thinking you will likely not break the screen, unless you have done it before.

Michael Griffiths - Nov 15, 2017

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The only way to remove it without breaking it is to use good scotch tape and completely cover the screen with a minimum 4 layers of tape. This will keep the screen intact - but you still have to be very careful.

austin - Mar 12, 2019

That’s definitely not the only way. I just did it with a guitar pick and heat pad. After doing a ton of Surface Pro 3’s, I think this one is actually pretty easy in comparison.

Dennis Reimer - Dec 25, 2017

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I needed 3 hours for this, Did this the first time. There is everything glued. and real hard to not break the screen.

Alex Shinnerl - Apr 24, 2018

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Can you put the screen back on after removing it?