Microsoft Surface Pro 4 Right Speaker Replacement

If your screen glass is cracked, keep further breakage contained and prevent bodily harm during your repair by taping the glass.

Lay overlapping strips of clear packing tape over the Surface’s screen until the whole face is covered.

Do your best to follow the rest of the guide as described. However, once the glass is broken, it will likely continue to crack as you work, and you may need to use a metal prying tool to scoop the glass out.

Heat an iOpener and apply it to the right edge of the Surface's screen for two minutes.

Take note of the screen adhesive layout before continuing:

These areas only contain adhesive and are safe to cut.

The display board and flex cables sit here close to the edge. Cut carefully and don't insert the pick more than 1/8 inch (3 mm).

Fragile antenna cables lie under this part of the screen. Carefully follow the procedure in step 13 to avoid damaging them. The adhesive is also the thickest here.

Insert an opening pick into the top-right speaker cutout on the screen and slide the pick between the glass and speaker grille.

Rotate the pick toward the bottom of the Surface to slide it underneath the lower edge of the speaker cutout.

Slide the pick down the right edge of the Surface to slice through the adhesive under the screen.

Leave this opening pick in the right edge to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

Reheat your iOpener and apply it to the bottom edge of the Surface's screen for two minutes.

Insert a new opening pick into the bottom-right corner and slide it around the corner toward the bottom edge.

Slide the pick along the bottom edge of the Surface to cut through the screen adhesive.

Leave this pick in the bottom edge to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

Reheat your iOpener and apply it to the left edge of the Surface's screen for two minutes.

Insert a new opening pick into the bottom left corner and slide it around the corner toward the left edge.

Slide the pick along the left edge of the Surface to cut through the screen adhesive.

Leave this pick in the left edge to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

Reheat your iOpener and apply it to the top edge of the Surface's screen for two minutes.

Round the left corner with the opening pick and slide it along the top edge of the Surface. Stop when the pick is 2.75 inches (70 mm) away from the left edge.

Insert the point of a pick under the screen where you just stopped cutting. Don't insert the pick deeper than the edge of the bezel.

Carefully roll the pick to the right, pressing the long edge of the pick into the screen adhesive underneath the bezel, cutting the adhesive as you go. Don't slide the pick along the edge of the Surface.

Repeat this motion of inserting the point of the pick where you just cut, and rolling to the right all along the top edge of the Surface, until the pick is 2.5 inches (64 mm) from the right edge of the Surface.

Once you cut the adhesive over the antennas (8.5 inches, or 22 cm, from the left edge), slide the pick the rest of the way along the top edge of the surface and round the top right corner to slice through any remaining adhesive.

Very slowly lift the screen assembly away from the Surface case. If you encounter any resistance, stop and check that all the adhesive is separated.

Use an opening pick to cut through any remaining adhesive.

Lift the top of the screen assembly away from the case while sliding the bottom of the screen closer to the motherboard display connectors.

Gently lay the screen down on the case with the connectors facing up. Take care to avoid creasing the display cables.

Use one tip of a pair of angled tweezers to pry up the EMI shield from the gaps between the "teeth."

Repeat this procedure at different points around the perimeter of the shield until it is free.

Use your tweezers to remove the two EMI shields covering the display cable connectors.

Pry up with the flat end of a spudger to disconnect each display cable from the motherboard.

Remove the screen from the Surface.

During reassembly, pause here and follow this guide to replace the screen adhesive.

Use a T5 Torx screwdriver to remove the four 4.5 mm screws securing the antenna support bracket.

Carefully remove the antenna support bracket.

Gently lift the speaker wire connector straight up with the pointed end of a spudger to disconnect it from the motherboard.

Use a T5 Torx screwdriver to remove the following two screws securing the right speaker:

One 6.0 mm silver screw

One 4.2 mm grey screw

Use a spudger to lift up the narrow section of the speaker box until you can grip it with your fingers.

Slide the right speaker back out of the chassis.

Remove the right speaker.