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Cette vue éclatée n'est pas un tutoriel de réparation. Pour réparer votre Microsoft Surface Pro 6, utilisez notre manuel de réparation.

  1. Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown, Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 1, image 1 de 2 Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown, Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 1, image 2 de 2
    • New Surface, new specs (sorta):

    • 12.3" PixelSense display with 2736 × 1824 resolution (267 ppi)

    • 8th-Gen (Kaby Lake R) quad-core Intel Core i5 processor with Intel UHD Graphics 620

    • 8 GB RAM (16 GB optional)

    • 128 GB solid-state storage (256 GB, 512 GB, and 1 TB configurations optional)

    • 8 MP rear-facing camera with 1080p video, and 5 MP / 1080p front-facing Windows Hello camera

    • USB 3.0, microSDXC, Mini DisplayPort, SurfaceConnect, and 3.5 mm audio ports

    • 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1

  2. Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 2, image 1 de 3 Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 2, image 2 de 3 Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 2, image 3 de 3
    • Looks like we have an extra Surface Pro 6—err, wait, one of those is last year's Surface Pro.

    • Well, on the outside not much has changed from last year. Still the same case, hinge, and relatively healthy number of ports.

    • Noticeably absent for 2018, however, is the ever-popular USB-C port that found its way onto the Surface Go.

    • We have to look pretty close to tell these Surfaces apart. Even the model number under the kickstand is the same as last year: 1796.

  3. Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 3, image 1 de 3 Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 3, image 2 de 3 Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 3, image 3 de 3
    Outil utilisé dans cette étape :
    iOpener
    $19.99
    J'achète
    • The Surface Pro series has a few different configurations, and they all come standard with upgraded adhesive.

    • Fortunately, we've got a tried-and-true recipe for Surface screen separation success:

    • Step 1: apply iOpener liberally.

    • Step 2: grab an Opening Pick and a Suction Handle, and fight for dear life through Microsoft's gauntlet of adhesive.

    • Step 3 (optional): get impatient, break screen.

    • Luckily, we don't run into any surprises as we free the display—everything's pretty much the same as before, save for an extra display cable compared to the Surface Go.

  4. Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 4, image 1 de 2 Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 4, image 2 de 2
    • We interrupt this disassembly to bring you display chips!

    • Microsoft X904169 06 CL1706, possibly N-Trig's Surface Pen controller.

    • Microsoft X904163 01 CL1708

    • Analogix ANX2604, possibly a DisplayPort converter.

    • LG makes this display, which seems suspiciously similar to the one we found on the Surface Pro 5.

    • Could they be cross-compatible? Yes they could—we dropped last year's display into our Surface Pro 6, and it worked almost like someone planned it that way.

  5. Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 5, image 1 de 2 Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 5, image 2 de 2
    • With the display out of the way, we can get to the good stuff.

    • It seems Microsoft has been meddling with their passive cooler a bit—it looks like last year's, but with an extra little pipe down the left side—plus some funky heat-spreading pads.

    • It's impressive to see Microsoft continue to bump up processing power without much additional heat management. It will be interesting to see how well this new setup handles the heat under load.

    • Looking south, the similarities continue, with a quad-cell battery taking up most of the case.

    • On the plus side, all the screws so far are standard Torx. Let's get to twirling them out!

  6. Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 6, image 1 de 3 Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 6, image 2 de 3 Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 6, image 3 de 3
    • Searching for the gold at the end of the heatsink, we peel back some ... things. The Surface Pro 4 had a copper heat spreader, but these look like graphite.

    • Looking under those heat spreaders didn't lead to any gold, but we're free to remove the heatsink now.

    • With the heatsink dispatched, we have access to the heat generators—all that silicon!

  7. Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 7, image 1 de 2 Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 7, image 2 de 2
    • New chips and stale chips (mostly the latter):

    • Intel Core i5-8250U processor

    • Samsung K4E6E304EB-EGCF 2GB LPDDR3 DRAM (4 chips for 8 GB total)

    • SKhynix HFB1M8M0331A (BC501) 128 GB NVMe SSD

    • Winbond 25Q128JVPQ 128Mb serial flash memory

    • Marvell W8897 802.11ac, NFC, and Bluetooth SoC

    • Nuvoton NPCT650SBCWX Trusted Platform Module

    • RTS5343 microSD card reader controller

  8. Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 8, image 1 de 2 Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 8, image 2 de 2
    • On the flip side:

    • Freescale/NXP M22J9VDC Kinetis K22F 512KB 120 MHz ARM Cortex-M4 based MCU

    • Texas Instruments BQ25700A battery buck-boost charge controller

    • Realtek ALC3269 audio codec

  9. Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 9, image 1 de 2 Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 9, image 2 de 2
    • We've once again come to that inevitable junction in any Surface teardown: take out the heavily-glued battery, or leave it be?

    • Considering there are no stretch release battery tabs, and we've had our fill of prying, we opt to let the beast slumber for now.

    • This battery weighs in at 45 Wh (7.57 V x 5940 mAh), exactly the same as last year.

    • That's expectedly larger than its more mobile sibling, and even a little larger than the most recent iPad.

  10. Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 10, image 1 de 3 Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 10, image 2 de 3 Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 10, image 3 de 3
    • Really scraping the bottom of the barrel case, hoping for something new, we pull out the speakers and cameras.

    • The cameras are still hidden under the bracket holding the antennas (which are incredibly easy to mangle upon opening).

    • The speakers are still corner mounted triangles for that surround sound feel.

    • I guess there's not much this tablet could do to raise its repairability score at this point.... But a fixer can dream...

  11. Microsoft Surface Pro 6 Teardown: étape 11, image 1 de 1
    • Here's a shucked Surface for your viewing pleasure! In theory this is a tablet, but in our reality it was a pain in the butt!

    • The Surface Pro 6 brings more processing power (and heat) without changing its cooling solution much. Will the new thermal spreaders on the heat sink be enough to handle the power boost? Only time will tell.

    • After hearing rumors of a modular Studio, we were hoping this generation of Surface Pro would steer that direction. Alas, it's just as un-upgradable and un-repairable as ever, and it doesn't even get a USB-C port.

  12. Dernières pensées
    • To the extent that screws are used, they are all standard Torx fasteners.
    • This tablet still has a headphone jack, which is modular and replaceable, if you can get to it.
    • All repairs require first removing the display assembly—which is stubbornly glued in place, expensive, and prone to shattering.
    • The battery is firmly glued in place, with its connector pinned under the motherboard—requiring near-total disassembly for service.
    • Once upon a time, Surface Pro storage was removable—but not in this version.
    • Complex construction makes all disassembly and reassembly tedious in comparison to other tablets.
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28 commentaires

Is it better a SKhynix HFB1M8M0331A (BC501) 128 GB NVMe SSD instead of a a SSD m.2 slot like in the surface 4? now there is no way we can change the ssd :/

Gabriel BEck - Réponse

Its to save space I guess. Whats strange is my surface pro 6 is the same config i5 128 and it has samsung SSD. They must have switched vendors.

Ash -

Excellent tutorial, the director of IFIX I suggest on the page add a translator of languages ​​in Spanish as well as activate the multilanguage translation of the videos of YOUTUBE so you will socialize the knowledge of your pipelines in all languages! Not the whole planet speaks or reads in English!

johan fernandez - Réponse

Hi Johan! This teardown has been translated into SIX non-English languages, including Spanish! Hope this helps!

Sam Goldheart -

What kind of a world do we live in where an iPad gets a higher repairability score than a Windows tablet?

Rocky Carr - Réponse

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