Chances are a lot of those little watch parts are assembled by hand (at least assembling the pre-assembled sub assemblies). When it comes to making anything, you need to think about the stackup of costs, whether it be materials used, methods used to process the materials, costs of preassembled electronic components, and assembly labor. Ignoring the $15 watches made with $.85 of parts, the insides of most watches worth their salt are mechanical, and it’s all about cost and lifespan. Posted in Tablet Hacks Tagged dremel, microsoft surface, ssd, surface, upgrade Post navigation Remember, this mod is only visible when the Surface kickstand is deployed, so it doesn’t have to look spectacular. is using some cardboard and foam, but a sticker would do just as well.

The only remaining task was to clone the old drive onto the new one, stuff it back in the Surface, and patch everything up. A Dremel with a carbide bit was brought out to cut into the metal, and after a few nerve-wracking minutes the SSD was exposed. And so enters the Dremel.īy taking some teardown pictures of the Surface Pro 3, printing them out to scale, and aligning them to the device he had in his hand, had a very, very good idea of where to make the incision. If could cut a hole in the case to reveal the mSSD, the resulting patch hole would be completely invisible most of the time. Instead, thought laterally the mSSD is tucked away behind some plastic that is normally hidden by the small kickstand integrated into the Surface. Taking a Surface Pro 3 apart the traditional way with heat guns, spudgers, and a vast array of screwdrivers obviously wasn’t going to work. In this case, a very precise application of advanced Dremel technology.

wanted to upgrade his Surface Pro 3 with a 1 TB SSD, and where there’s a will there’s a way. iFixit destroyed the display in their teardown, as did CNET. Upgrading the Surface Pro 3, on the other hand, is nigh impossible. The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 is a neat little tablet, and with an i7 processor, a decent-resolution display, and running a full Windows 8.1 Pro, it’s the closest you’re going to get to a desktop in tablet format.

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