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Microsoft Surface Studio: Warum ist mein Display halb dunkel / Why is my display half dark

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 17:09:02 -0700

Hi, mitten in einem Online Meeting wurde die linke Hälfte des Displays dunkel. Nicht schwarz, nur kaum noch sichtbar. Ich vermute es ist die Hintergrundbeleuchtung. Leider hilft der Microsoft Service mir nicht, da es 1st Gen ist und auch die besten Drittanbieter für Reparaturen können mir nicht helfen. Bevor ich ihn also verschrotte, würde ich gerne die Bildschirmbeleuchtung reparieren. Help?

Hi, in the middle of an online meeting, the left half of the display went dark. Not black, just barely visible. I'm guessing it's the backlight. Unfortunately Microsoft service doesn't help me as it's 1st gen and even the best third party repairers can't help me. So before I scrap it, I'd like to fix the backlight. Help?

⟐ Answered Juli 03, 2023 at 17:09 GMT-7

Microsoft Surface Studio 2: Surface Studio 2: Aufrüstung auf 4 oder mehr Terabyte SSD möglich?

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 07:54:02 -0700

Ich möchte meinen Surface Studio 2 auf 4 oder mehr Terabyte SSD aufrüsten. Ist das möglich und welche Komponenten benötige ich dafür? Vielen Dank.

⟐ Answer edited März 18, 2025 at 7:54 GMT-7

Microsoft Surface Studio 2 Plus: Hintergrundbeleuchtung linke Seite Defekt - Monitor halbseitig schwarz

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 16:06:18 -0700

Hallo!

Hat Jemand von euch zufällig das Microsoft Surface Studio 1+ bzw 2+ und hatte auch mal das Problem mit dem Monitor?

Es scheint nur die Hintergrundbeleuchtung zu sein, denn man kann ale Icons sehen, eben nur unbeleuchtet auf der linken Seite.

Weiss jemand wie man den Monitor öfnnet, das Austauschen der Lichtleiste dürfte ja eigentlich kein Problem darstellen, wenn man das gute Stück erstmal offen hat.

Und wnen man natürlich entsprechend Ersatz bekommt, ich weiss ja nicht was da drin verbaut ist.

Hatte das Geärt schon mal jemand offen?

Freue mich auf Feedback, danke schön!

⟐ Answered Oktober 14, 2025 at 16:06 GMT-7

Microsoft Surface Studio: Does the Surface Studio supports PCIe SSDs?

Thu, 09 Jan 2020 15:21:27 -0700

The teardown shows that the Surface Studio uses SATA III SSDs.

Are PCIe SSDs also supported?

⟐ Commented Januar 09, 2020 at 15:21 GMT-7

Microsoft Surface Studio: Can I upgrade Surface Studio hard drive to full SSD

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 02:00:17 -0700

On the new top-of- the-line Microsoft Surface Studio, with a 128gb SSD/2tb hybrid drive, can it be user-upgraded to a full 1tb/2tb SSD drive?

I read The read/write speeds of the Studio's hybrid drive were around 200-300mbps and the Surface Book laptop was 1.6+gbps, which makes the laptop hard drive 5 times faster than the new Studio.

⟐ Answered Juni 06, 2022 at 2:00 GMT-7

Microsoft Surface Studio: Why is the screen of my Microsoft Surface Studio not working anymore?

Tue, 23 Apr 2024 03:15:53 -0700

The screen of my Microsoft Surface Studio (1st generation) suddenly has turned black and does not work anymore. The computer itself works, because if I connect a monitor to the mini-display port, I can see Windows and the system is functioning fine. This way, I discovered that the internal screen is not recognized by the Nvidia card. However, I can still authenticate with Windows Hello, use touch to move the mouse, use the camera, play sounds and see that the backlight is working. The only problem is that the screen stays black. I have tried to forcefully shut down the computer several times (by pressing the power button for 10 seconds), start in BIOS mode (by pressing volume up and powering on), tilting the computer, changing the position of the screen, etc. - nothing works. Clearly, something is broken - but what?. Is there anybody who can give me some ideas what might be wrong and where to start looking? The warranty has already expired.

⟐ Commented April 23, 2024 at 3:15 GMT-7

Microsoft Surface Studio: Need help finding a place to buy a screen digitizer.

Sat, 13 Nov 2021 04:55:46 -0700

I have Microsoft Surface Studio 28 inch desktop computer. I accidentally dropped it and shattered a screen digitizer. The computer still works and there is no damage to the lcd screen itself. Just the broken touch screen digitizer screen. If anyone knows the place/website to buy the screen digitizer for this computer, please let me know. Thanks!

⟐ Commented November 13, 2021 at 4:55 GMT-7

Microsoft Desktop: Why is my pc do not show output even it's running?

Thu, 29 May 2025 03:32:39 -0700

Why is my pc do not give output even it's running?

⟐ Answered Mai 29, 2025 at 3:32 GMT-7

Microsoft Surface Studio 2: Surface studio 2 teardown

Thu, 07 Oct 2021 15:53:34 -0700

Is there any chance to get surface 2 teardown and show what components can be upgraded and upgrade process.. ie replace default disk drive with higher capacity and so on?

⟐ Answer accepted Oktober 07, 2021 at 15:53 GMT-7

Microsoft Surface Studio: Surface Studio died on it's own

Sat, 27 Mar 2021 09:02:29 -0700

I have a customer that dropped off a studio because it had died. She used it the night before and went to use it the next day and noticed it would not turn back on. She followed the usual “unplug it for 30 minutes” but that didn’t fix it. It did come back on for a brief moment with a nasty clicking sound. I’ve got it taken apart but there’s no signs of a short circuit on the board nor any burnt electronics odor you’d associate with such a sound. I did also take out the secondary HDD and hooked it up to my computer but it sounds normal to try to rule that out. Is this most likely a fried power supply or something else?

⟐ Answer accepted März 27, 2021 at 9:02 GMT-7

Microsoft Surface Studio 2: Black Bar covers Bottom of screen

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:25:57 -0700

Can the touch screen be repaired to get rid of black half of bottom screen?

Microsoft Surface Studio: HDD to SDD replacement, problems with updates after install

Thu, 09 Jan 2020 14:56:07 -0700

I had my HDD or cached drive fail in my surface pro, not sure which, but it basically complained about bad blocks and wouldn’t run. So i figured i would do the SSD replacements detailed here and on http://cesardelatorre.azurewebsites.net/....

I appreciate all the writeups on this, made it a lot easier to get done.

Everything went fine, hardware wise. Drives both replaced, and both visible to windows install, and no smoke.

I CAN install windows, however when I try to update the iastora Raid driver, I either get a bluescreen, or it hangs on reboot, and never comes back. Same happens when I try to run the latest Surface studio driver pack, it just hangs at boot, where the dots circle.

I posted a bit more detail on microsoft site, but it doesn’t look like they support this.

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/surf...

Has anyone tried this recently, or maybe has some ideas on getting the drivers setup right?

Thank you,

Jim

⟐ Answered Januar 09, 2020 at 14:56 GMT-7

Microsoft Desktop: Why cant I update my computer?

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 23:57:45 -0700

everytime i go to settings and check for updates, something else pops up saying " Something went wrong, please try again later" and i cant open my apps because i cant update my pc, its been months! please help

⟐ Answer edited Oktober 24, 2023 at 23:57 GMT-7

Microsoft Surface Studio: Screen swap for Surface Studio

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:53:33 -0700

I have an original Surface Studio. I can buy a screen damaged Surface Studio 2+ for a couple of hundred dollars. I would like to swap the damaged screen with the functioning screen from the original Surface Studio but do not know if the connectors are the same. I like the 2+ because of the added Thunderbolt 4 ports. Is this possible?

⟐ Answered März 27, 2026 at 11:53 GMT-7

Microsoft Surface Studio: Will the motherboard of Surface studio 2 fit in the base of Studio 1?

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:12:22 -0700

Is it possible to install a Surface Studio 2 motherboard in a Surface Studio 1 base?

⟐ Commented April 15, 2026 at 23:12 GMT-7

Microsoft Surface Studio Gen 1: Additional Detail on Connector Handling?

Sat, 11 Nov 2023 21:04:01 -0700

First, thanks for the website. Without this i would not have considered cracking open the old Studio. I've replaced both of the SSDs, and will also replace the fans, one of which was locking up, even after blowing 8 years of dust out of it.

I'm having a very hard time with the tiny little fan connectors. Don't want to rip the cables, even though I have new fans to put in.

How exactly does one release the connector? What does one press on, or push, or prod? I've got my trusty spludger here, but have tried pushing on the ends, the sides, and tried jiggling the connectors, but nothing seems to come out. I half-expected to press the "right thing", and hear a satisfying click -- nothing.

Also, the audio connector came out from the board instead of the inline connector, which I also couldn't figure out how to release.

Anyway, enough whining... I hope someone sees this and takes pity. Also, though I don't wish any ill will, I hope the answer helps someone else out.

⟐ Answered November 11, 2023 at 21:04 GMT-7

Microsoft Desktop: My pc is not updating

Sat, 21 Oct 2023 05:01:04 -0700

how i fix my pc from undoing updates ?

Everytime turn on my pc its always updating but after its done it restarts and it says undoing update and i have to wait on that to undo then restart and it goes back to undo for a good 10-20min and then finally it opens.

Please help me!!!!

⟐ Answer unaccepted Oktober 21, 2023 at 5:01 GMT-7

Microsoft Desktop: Why I can't screen record

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 11:36:22 -0700

I've made a custom pc but i can't screen record in it what should I do . Do I need a webcam or something for it

⟐ Answered August 21, 2023 at 11:36 GMT-7

Microsoft Surface Studio: Screen Replacement / Monitor austauschen

Tue, 28 Feb 2023 06:43:06 -0700

Dear all,

due to a crash from the table (don't ask... unlucky combination of kids and cats) my front glas is broken and I'm wondering where to get a spare one. Any ideas?
I already checked https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/surf... but it seems like they only offer "offical" repacement-parts for newer devices....

Thanks a lot in advance,

Nik

⟐ Answer edited Februar 28, 2023 at 6:43 GMT-7

Microsoft Desktop: Pourquoi mon ordinateur affiche veuillez installer une carte audio

Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:43:10 -0700

Pourquoi mon ordinateur affiche veuillez installer une carte audio

Why does my computer show please install a sound card

⟐ Commented Januar 26, 2023 at 15:43 GMT-7