Disassembling Microsoft Surface 3 Casing
ID: 52220
Description: In order to open up the Surface 3, you will...
Steps:
- Warm up an iOpener following the instructions found in the iOpener guide.
- Place the warm iOpener on top of the edges of the screen. This heat will weaken the strength of the adhesive between the display and body.
- Use iFixit opening picks to wedge under the edge of the screen at the speaker port.
- This may take significant force. A fingernail might work better for the initial lift
- If you push straight down near the edge you will go through the speaker mesh and possibly end up damaging your speaker; try to push the pick in at a shallow angle.
- Carefully try to work your way around the device using the picks, reapplications of the heated iOpener, and luck.
- If you break the glass on one side you might want to try again starting from the other side so that you have a clean, unbroken, edge on that side.
- While the glass on this display is not particularly sharp when broken, it is still broken glass and you should be careful with it.
- Flip the display over so that parts underneath it are easily accessible.
- Do not pull out the display as it is still attached to the motherboard.
- If you are replacing the display, or want it out of the way, continue with the display replacement guide steps.
