Smashed Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Restoration & SSD Upgrade
15 aug 2020
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Its time to tackle the hard to repair Microsoft Tablet! And make upgrading your tablet the new trend by throwing in a 970 EVO SSD from Samsung to see how fast we can push this tablet.
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Your videos are very useful and educational thanks
What a nightmare! I have a book3 and the local service refused to open. High risk of not even being able to assemble it back on.
Why no upgrade of RAM? And repaste the CPU?
Will not be buying a Pro needing a battery or screen, was done for demonstration not economy, given only a 50% reduction in purchase price for a broken tablet. Sending $300 for the broken tablet and if I were opening it up probably another $200 for a screen, battery, SSD if under 250G, maybe memory if under 8G and was removable, with no guarantee I don't break something in the process. I would probably put $150 as my top bid for such an experiment, in fact I probably would target a unit with 100G drive and 4G memory to be upgraded. I suspect the glue is a hot glue so I would apply a little heat to remove it.
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The screen will fall down. The adhesive tape is bad solution.
watching this video from a flickering surface pro 4 screen
there is black tape used to seal antennae areals cb to stop water and corrosion at the scres thread i believe to be the sameand cheap from jcar electronics
Where is the best vendor and price to order a replacement surface pro 5 - 1796 screen from?
Mine with i5&4G RAM is running slow ...
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really good tut was great to see
If you have a surface pro 4, it's about the time where it's scheduled to replace the screen. Flicker gate and an expanding failing battery. Both items has it's hardware failure that causes the time to replace to occur. I would recommend if you are replacing your battery, just replace the following: 1. Battery --> and some specialized double side tape. 2. Screen --> get the sp5 version with the new cable to work with sp4 motherboard. (getting the sp4 screen will give you the same problem down the road). 3. Bigger hard drive SSD (get a new one if you can afford it as this would be a perfect time, largest installed so far is 2 TB ssd m.2 evo). 4. CPU Thermal Grease (if you are going to clean out the fan, which at this time around should be clogged with lint). ** The only down side is the memory is welded down and can't be upgraded. Unless someone knows how to solder or I won't attempt to do this upgrade. Suggestion: I would not glue down the screen more than needed to or just enough to hold the screen down. Since you know there is some maintenance bound to occur in this machine. This will it will be more easily accessible.
Have you tried goof off? Maybe that may help removing that old adhesive. Also, Yes, use the new panel, as the old sp4 panel are know to have the "flickergate" issue. Largest ssd install was a guy in thailand on the sp4 with ssd 4tb. Would also recommend to change out the battery as it is another known issue and will cause expansion and bricking the screen as it expands.
I think the adhesive was more plasticized than rubberized which it why it wouldn’t remove easily
Hello, Hugh! Great work! My suggestion: try to use acetone. It is a good solvent for many materials.
I’m going to do that
Can I do this with my surface pro 6?
I’m going to get 4 of them
😝 lol
"After finding that alcohol just made a complete mess of things..." Going out on a Friday night between filming, I see?
Please help me I have Microsoft surface pro 4 when I use pro 4 after 30 min or 1 hours my display flickering may be when it’s heat up that’s why it’s flickering please help me thanks
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Replacing that Nvme drive with the Samsung one was like replacing a Bugatti with a Rolce Royce
what adhesive do you recommend
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The screen is new because of something called flicker gate
Hello Mr. Hugh J. I had a problem with my screen and I am doing the same thing you did in your video. I also found that there was an LG display and the screen had the exact same number of LP123WQ1 (SP) (A2) I am going to order the Pro5 screen and see how it goes. Thanks for your video. :-)
That adhesive looked like butyl sealant. Difficult to remove (need heat) but certainly reusable (need heat)
Is the ram upgradable too or not?
Wow you managed to take the panel off without destroying the glass. Good job.
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The black double-sided tape you encountered looks and behaves a bit like the 'Mobitools Double Sided Tape Rubberized' that I included in my review of a few different tapes: seworld.info/will/gGna05vGa5SIl4k/video
samsung panel is faulty to that machines... "replace its original pannel Samsung LTY123YL01-005 (AIDA64 shows -001 though). I’ve learned from forums and websites that Samsung’s screen for Pro4 has flaws and Microsoft switch it to Pro5’s LG LP123WQ1 at the last batch. So I also purchased LG’s." ( kkk i did see the rest of the video, after write..kkkk
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best instructions how to dismantle this beast thin gadget! cool bro!
Will replacing the display fix the screen flickering issue as it's a known hardware issue for pro 4?
I have the same laptop
i thought the black spot on the screen, which looks like a man in hoodie was included with the wallpaper
iFixit: surface pro 4 has the repairability score 2 / 10 Hugh: hold my beea
10:45 Nice 128MB memory card :D
The hardest part was the damn glue removal.
I managed to fix up a surface pro that came to me super cheap, I spent ages cleaning it and checking and finally after many hours I had restored this awesome computer... Then I dropped it pretty much immediately.
What do you do with the stuff after you fix it
10:45 Nice 128MB memory card :D
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protip: Use heat on that adhesive when you remove it
if the devices will become very eazy to repair your videos will be 2-3 minutes long #KUTGW!!!
Wait why is DuckDuckGo open on the pc
I’ve had a surface pro 4 for years and never noticed the SD-card slot!
Thanks for the info! 👍
I purchased Surface Pro 7 with 128GB SDD last year and I am struggling with free storage now... I am using Micro SD card for temporary storage... Any way to upgrade the internal soldered SSD ? Please help. Thanks
IMO when dealing with the adhesive it's best to make sure any tp just remove any clumps that may cause the screen to no be flush and then just use super glue rather than adding new adhesive strips.
It's "spudger", not "spugger"
Very pretty
Also the orginal or "same as orignal" adhesive can be bought on aliexpress. It's either the original or a laser-cut adhesive which is cut the same way as the original. Aliexpress is probably the best place where you can find most of the surface pro parts even like the wifi antena, LG screen or the battery.
Never use a samsung panel on the surface pro 4. These screens have a high failiure rate and cause A LOT of issues. Always try to buy an LG panel if possible, you can even buy a Surface pro 5 display because they're the same, you just need to also buy the display connector cables for it if your surface doesn't already have an LG screen installed.
Maybe some heat would help get that adhesive off mechanically.
The gap in the top is a "feature" that's been part of the Surface line for as long I can remember. The gaps range from 0.1mm to 1.0mm where you can see the aluminum casing if you shine a light in there. I check Surfaces I see in stores from time to time and they always seem to have that gap in there.
4:20 what you have also done is get a replace ribbon cable matching the samsung display.
Use wax and grease remover for automotive paint. I prefer Motospray Prepwash which you can pickup from you local Autobarn. It works an absolute treat for this glue especially and wipes up very cleanly.
microsoft is eco friendly cuz of repairs unlike apple lol apple never EVER listens to their customers
Wow sir i like your videos
Hey hugh, I have one like this where the panel comes up in one corner and it won’t power on. It was given to me at the end of a project when the owner was late on paying.. since I’m a geek I figured why not, I’ll take a stab. But two years have gone by and I haven’t touched it. Ironically, I work in shipping... if you’d be interested let me know I’d send it to you just so I had some parts or maybe you could even fix it for yourself.
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What happens to the devices you restore for your channel?
2:44 the iphone 6 too
Hello. My surface screen is/ was broken at the time of removal. How do I tell which type of display to buy? The one I have has the green circuit board on the display where the cable connected. How do I tell which one is a Samsung and LG display? I didn't see the LG code thing you saw there and I don't want to buy the wrong one.
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I see you work on Microsoft products to.
So you can buy a Surface Book Pro 4 on eBay for around $650. But you bought a crack screen one for $350, than a Display for it for $255 = $605. So you just save $50 going through all that trouble, removing the adhesive, and putting in another screen??
It would nice if you had a ebay auction account so we can buy most of this
Final Boss: GLUE
Hi! What kind of adhesive a re you using? I'm currently repairing a Surface Book 1 and haven't found a proper tape yet.
Hi! I have a question for you, i've broken the lcd of mine surface 4 pro and replace with a new one but.. now touchscreen doesn't work! I mean, i can see everything, but it works just with external keyboard and mouse. According to you, replacing just two wires of touchscreen it will work again? After 1 hour of using lcd started working bad, shadow and "color blinking"... what can i do?
How much would charge me to do this screen replacement? Thanks!
*you did not show touch or pen test on lcd screen.*
Would loved to see how a battery replacement would go. I have the same laptop with a new SSD and battery waiting to install. Thanks for the video.
A single scraping blade would let you cut off that Adhesive easily
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I would have done the battery at the same time. My surface pro is still good apart from the battery.
Apple be like: We don't allow third party repairs.
That's more repairable than the iPhone 12 👍
Hi Hugh! I have an issue with a Surface PRO 5, unfortunately there is no service center to fix, it where I live, could you recommend a place that accepts international clients? Thanks!
Let me smash mine
I’ve had a surface pro 4 for years and never noticed the SD-card slot!
7:27 Microsoft:*evil laugh*
I've been experiencing the flickering on my refurbished Surface Pro 4 lately, and it turns out that the inherent flaws in the Samsung display were the culprit. So, instead of switching to a Surface Pro 5 or later, I'm considering buying a Surface Pro 5 screen and digitizer with the appropriate cable, along with the right tools.
damn that sucks you need to remove the screen to upgrade the ssd :/
What an un-repairable shifest. They could easily made the screen remoavable with screws.
My destop PC have a i5 6500
what tape do you use to stick back down the screens?
If Surface has the same audio quality as Tab S7+ or iPad pro, it will be sweet.
can you do mine's?
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04:50 Can anyone recommend USB adapters for the various types of m.2 drives? Occasionally I need to remove these drives from non-working computers for data backup. Thanks!
LG displays have a design flaw, check flickergate. The only know fix is use Samsung and a connector adapter. I know because mine was replaced after starting flickering. Installing a new LG display may result in flickering in the future. I believe Surface Pro 5 and 6 screens (even if manufactured by LG) won't have this issue.