Title pretty much, my brand new deck arrived today and I wasted no time loading up all my games and linux desktop apps onto it. I was pretty much firmly sold on it after having the opportunity to experience one ๐
Out of excitement I also impulse ordered a full replacement shell in advance, thinking I was prepared to also tackle the screen. Turns out I was wrong - the screen is so well stuck down that I couldn't get it to budge with a 2kw hot air gun. The battery was also getting quite warm from the heat.
Pretty much ended up putting everything back to the original casing before I damaged something, and settled for just changing the back cover instead ๐ข
Maybe I'll give the replacement shell another shot in future, but not too sure to be honest.
Anyone managed to do a full shell swap? How did you find it?
personally I didn't find it that hard just took awhile. the screen did require a considerable amount of force. as long as you get one corner up with a suction cup. you should just be able to go around the edge slowly with a metal pick or similar flat piece of metal or plastic and cut the glue just be sure to take your time. i would recommend working a short edge first then work your way on top and bottom till you can just lever the screen out without break it