Surface Pro 9 Teardown: The Most Repairable Surface In Years

For ages, Microsoft’s Surface Pros were about the least repairable tablets on the market, thanks largely to the tenacious glue used under the screen — a battery or SSD replacement would sometimes mean breaking the display. Today we’ve got the Surface Pro 9 on our teardown table and we’re excited to see what’s inside!

Quick disclaimer: We do consulting work for Microsoft’s hardware team. We do the same kind of analysis for them that we do here on the channel: dissect their hardware and share ideas for making it more repairable. We also sell Microsoft’s tools to our Pro business customers.
However, our teardowns are conducted with full editorial independence, with devices purchased by iFixit, and Microsoft has had no input or involvement in the making of this video.

Want to see just how bad the Surface Pro used to be? Check out our Surface Pro 7 Teardown

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Timestamps
00:00 Introduction
00:47 Teardown
01:00 Screen Removal
01:42 Battery Removal
02:09 Motherboard Removal
02:27 Repairability Assessment
03:05 Repair Manuals & Spare Parts
03:25 Score
03:35 Disclaimer

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[fgmenth]

I never thought that I'd see an upgradeable and repairable Surface tablet in my lifetime.

[ej_tech]

A Surface tablet is finally a viable option for my next portable PC. Hopefully the ARM version is also going to be as repairable.

[ScottWallace]

Man, what a difference a few years makes! And dang, that SSD swap 🤯

[davep]

Great to see a company that is serious about repairability.

[MathGeekQ]

BRAVO!!! This is such a huge win! Makes me wanna go out and buy one. I don't need a table right now, but boy if I ever do this will be the one to go, no questions asked.

[SigmaMaleRyanGosling]

Okay, surprisingly it's a good, repairable tablet. I hope it eventually gets an AMD option to improve battery life on x86, I'm considering buying that

[LeornianCyng]

An extremely positive step in the right direction. Hopefully the score will increase when all the guides and spare parts are released. Hopefully Microsoft will sell the SSD too. Would like to see Microsoft extend the warranty and lower the cost of repairs/ replacements. The other massive thing Microsoft can do is bundle the keyboard and pen with the Surface.

[anvuong]

thumbs up for iFitxit. Ty for every effort you guys been doing to help improve user experience.

[BaconFaceMcGee]

Holy crap! That’s what I like to see! I wonder what other companies will follow Microsoft’s lead!

[lucasarcanjo]

Nice video, I was waiting for this one! I was curious about Microsoft claiming that this Surface lineup being the most repairable one.

[MrFastFox]

Huge props to MS for this one. Making a repairable tablet couldn't have been easy for them, and I'm sure lots of people don't even care that it is repairable, but it is definitely a step in the right direction. Shame they're always outdated and so expensive.

[SandstormGT]

This is awesome! Finally can recommend surfaces again to friends and family

[ggandalff]

Nice! Next step: screwed in screen instead of glue (they maybe could have the screws through the border or the tablet)

[lateral]

I love you, iFixit! Bought your repair tools.

[Arkan_Fadhila]

Really great improvement on repairability sector!

[biopticmammal]

im new here, youve opened up a new world of information to me, god bless👍👍

[valera]

I surprized it has so much space inside. It seems the battery could be bigger

[AniketSen-dnij]

Just got my surface pro back at where it all started....what a leap we have made in 10 years....cheers...oh and I got this exact forest green with colour matched type cover and slim pen 2 bundle

[rahimrad]

Nice work iFixit's pro-team, It was like an official teardown by Microsoft.

[fgmenth]

I wish they'd make it easier to replace the battery without having to remove the screen though. Maybe by removing a few screws under the folding stand would be the ideal place. Batteries are consumable products and should be treated as such.