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Surface 3 without battery

Anonymous
2018-02-10T00:01:55+00:00

The battery of my Surface 3 decided to swell, while doing so, it also pushed and broke the display/glass.

Guarantee is expired.

Since the trickiest par is don, removing the glass, i went ahead and removed the battery. I have a docking station and the question is:

How do I make my surface run without the battery? I suspect that by reconnecting the flat ribbon cable and making some sort of bridge on the cables that go to the battery I should be able to get it to work.

I tried to power it on while in the docking station and without the battery and the surface logo was coming up on the display, but not moving past that.

I am looking at converting my brick surface into a desktop...Any Ideas?

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  1. Anonymous
    2018-02-12T14:36:54+00:00

    Not saying it is supported. The Surface is a brick and I am looking at alternatives to make it work as a desktop. It is a question for an electronic engineer whi knows about this batteries and what kind of signals the Surface wants to see in the ribbon cable.

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  2. Barb Bowman 80,795 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2018-02-10T11:10:47+00:00

    this isn't supported. from what I've heard, this is technically not even

    possible.

    >How do I make my surface run without the battery?

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