Going to go medieval on my Surface Pro 3 soon
Posted: Tue Jun 29, 2021 4:43 pm
I have since replaced this trusty 2015 Surface Pro 3 tablet with a new Surface Pro 7 8 months ago because the older one was getting very slow, due to a failing SSD.
I still use this old Surface Pro 3 in the car for web browsing at the cigar store, or when traveling, and I've bought some time by running a full defrag on it occasionally, which has revived the weak sectors for now, but it's only a matter of time before it totally dies on me.
IFixit has instructions on how to replace it by un-gluing the screen, but it's so difficult (they rate it VERY difficult) that even they cracked the screen in the process: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Microsoft+ ... ment/51878
So when it fails, I'm going to try this crazy guerilla method of cutting the case out over the SSD with a dremel. Lot's of people have done it successfully, so there's that. And hey, I'll have nothing to lose. I can buy a replacement drive on Amazon for just $30. Replace the drive if I don't cut through something critical, and slap a sticker over it (it's also hidden behind the kick stand, and I mainly use this as a tablet not a laptop).
There's photos on the Net that people have posted showing the exact location where to cut, with dimensions.
The battery is still pretty good - easily runs 4 or 5 hours with normal web browsing.
I still use this old Surface Pro 3 in the car for web browsing at the cigar store, or when traveling, and I've bought some time by running a full defrag on it occasionally, which has revived the weak sectors for now, but it's only a matter of time before it totally dies on me.
IFixit has instructions on how to replace it by un-gluing the screen, but it's so difficult (they rate it VERY difficult) that even they cracked the screen in the process: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Microsoft+ ... ment/51878
So when it fails, I'm going to try this crazy guerilla method of cutting the case out over the SSD with a dremel. Lot's of people have done it successfully, so there's that. And hey, I'll have nothing to lose. I can buy a replacement drive on Amazon for just $30. Replace the drive if I don't cut through something critical, and slap a sticker over it (it's also hidden behind the kick stand, and I mainly use this as a tablet not a laptop).
There's photos on the Net that people have posted showing the exact location where to cut, with dimensions.
The battery is still pretty good - easily runs 4 or 5 hours with normal web browsing.