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Microsoft Surface Book Keyboard Battery Replacement

Introduction

This guide takes a deep dive into dissassembling and replacing the battery of the Microsoft Surface Book Keyboard. The steps are nearly identical between sizes.

What you need

  1. Microsoft Surface Book Keyboard Battery Replacement, Howdy! Let's get started - Gather Your Tools: step 1, image 1 of 1
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    • You should use an iFixit jimmy tool, a set of screwdrivers conaining a Torx T4, and a phillips bit, and an iOpener. You can be risky like me and use a hair dryer and a scraper! The T4 is necessary though

    • Jimmy Tool

    • iOpener

    • Make sure to fully discharge the battery in your Surface Book. In most cases, this is irrelevant because your battery is dead anyways. If its not, wait a while until the battery dies.

    • Please make sure to fully discharge the battery. You can ruin your Surface Book or in rare cases your whole home. BE CAREFUL!☺️

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    • Heat up the area until unpleasant to touch using a heat gun or hair dryer.

    • This should be around 130 degrees Fahrenheit.

    • Careful! Don't get too brave! Heat guns get hot very quickly.

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    • Use your jimmy to GENTLY pry the cover up. This is hard. It will take a while if you suck like me.

    • Be careful. Don't stick your jimmy too far in. This could damage the internals.

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    • Insert jimmy.

    • Tilt the jimmy flat.

    • Give a pick a little room to insert.

    • pull out the jimmy.

    • Insert into a different location on the device

    • In the video, the device had already been opened and replaced, which is why it seems easier to open

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  6. Microsoft Surface Book Keyboard Battery Replacement, Cable Disconnection: step 5, image 1 of 1

    • Disconnect the ribbon cable from the battery to the motherboard. you can disconnect it from the battery side.

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  7. Microsoft Surface Book Keyboard Battery Replacement: step 6, image 1 of 2 Microsoft Surface Book Keyboard Battery Replacement: step 6, image 2 of 2

    • Separate the back panel from the top panel

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    • Heat up the back panel to about 130 degrees Fahrenheit.

    • Heating up batteries can be dangerous is dangerous, Proceed with caution!

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    • Grab a nonmetal bucket, and fill it with sand. (1/2 gallon should do it)

    • This is in case the batteries get punctured or catch fire when being removed.

    • If you notice that you have punctured the battery or notice a sweet, metallic smell, throw the backplate into the bucket, and move the bucket and yourself outside. If you have trouble breathing, do something relating to calling 911 or the ER or something.

    • See here: iFixit Battery Safety

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    • Gently, take your opening picks, and VERY, VERY gently, scrape the adhesive out from under the battery.

    • Put the batteries in the bucket and take them to a nearby battery recycling facility. battery recycling facility list

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    • Unpackage your new, beautiful, fantastic Surface Book Keyboard battery.

    • Take that battery, and take some of that adhesive, stick it to the back of the battery.

    • Put it on the backplate.

    • Plug in the connector that was keeping you from being able to pull the backplate off.

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    • Take your adhesive, line the edges with the adhesive and put the backplate back on

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Conclusion

Congratulations! You did it!

TYSM for reading this guide!

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order. Just don't pry in reverse. That won't work.

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Which adhesives should I purchase for this replacement?

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