In Device Manager, “Surface Tcon Device” shows a yellow warning sign with Code 10 – This device cannot start. I tried uninstalling/reinstalling drivers, restarting, and Windows updates, but nothing fixed it.

Could a Bluetooth keyboard connection cause a driver/firmware issue, or is this likely a hardware problem?

⟐ Commented 5월 17, 2026 at 7:27 GMT-7

⟐ Answered 5월 17, 2026 at 0:55 GMT-7

Thanks & Regards,

Ram

⟐ Commented 5월 16, 2026 at 5:22 GMT-7

Found a digitizer on Amazon for $15. Is this repair even possible, given that the display is laminated? lol

⟐ Commented 5월 10, 2026 at 12:07 GMT-7

I have two of these; one has been in storage in my unheated garage and the other in a desk drawer for the last several months. Both of them are exhibiting significant degradation of the display, along with this viscous fluid that's coming out of the seam between the rear cover and the frame of the tablet.

Now before anybody jumps to conclusions, no, neither of these laptops have ever been exposed to liquids; I've been all through them both and there's no external explanation for this to be happening.

And the thing is, I'm not the only one who's had this happen to them on this tablet. There's a whole thread over on the Acer forums of people who've had their laptops do the same thing.

Acer Iconia (W510P) Display Issue — Acer Community

I cleaned up the exterior of the laptop before I thought to take pictures, so I don't have photos of liquid that leaked out. It did clean up fairly easily with isopropyl alcohol.

My current working theory is that this is some sort of OCA that has broken down and returned to a liquid state. That's supported by what I see on the screen before powering it up; it looks like there are large air bubbles in the display.

You can see the bubbles in three corners of the screen. As you'll see from the following pictures, the display degradation is the same as what the people on the Acer forum experienced.

Once I got the back off of the tablet, I did find, as expected, more of the mystery liquid inside, concentrated in the lower right corner of the display.

Apparently there are a few older Dell laptops that seem to have the same problem, but in my internet searches I didn't find anyone who has had a definitive answer as to exactly what's going on here. Are there any experts on here who know what this is all about?

Obviously the displays on these tablets are shot, and unfortunately they're old and underpowered and realistically not worth repairing. However, I am going to go ahead and disassemble them and pull the LCDs to see if I can definitively pin the source to them, although I personally don't have any doubts myself.

This is going to be a bit of a slow process because I've decided to create some guides as I work, so it'll take longer than if I just tear into it.

Once I have the LCD out, I figure it can't hurt to see if it can be disassembled; who knows, maybe I can clean it and replace the OCA and effectively refurbish these defective screens.

Just as an update, I powered up the second W510 today and while it was messing around with updates I grabbed a photo of what its screen is doing.

⟐ Commented 5월 04, 2026 at 21:15 GMT-7

The one thing I am confused about is, on this model, the antenna do not connect to anything on the motherboard, or am I mistaken?

There is a little metal piece on the bottom of the assembly (3rd pic) which connects to the motherboard but that piece does not attach to the antenna whatsoever.

I have attached some photos of what the antennas and the assembly look like in my case.

Thank You in Advance!

⟐ Commented 4월 26, 2026 at 11:24 GMT-7

The touch screen of my Surface pro 3 was broken so i tried to take off the touch screen from lcd but I did not succeed to save the LCD. So now, i try to buy a new one but i don't know the version of my lcd because I inconveniently threw the flex cable between the touch screen and the motherboard. So, is there anything i can do to know the version of my current LCD ?

⟐ Answered 4월 14, 2026 at 12:14 GMT-7

⟐ Commented 3월 14, 2026 at 8:45 GMT-7

I have a [problem with surface pro at pwer on it shows -surface- then black screen shows up I can not do anythin more is any way to reset to original set up?

⟐ Answered 3월 12, 2026 at 4:43 GMT-7

Hi, I have a big problem with my keyboard, some time ago I bought a rather unusual Xiaomi Book S tablet with a keyboard and unfortunately the keyboard got damaged due to frequent opening and closing , the ribbon in the keyboard was damaged, I took off the leather around it and it turned out that somehow the ribbon was torn on one side , is there a chance to solder it back so that everything works properly?

⟐ Edited by author 3월 08, 2026 at 13:12 GMT-7

I hard discharged the battery, removed the tape on the POWER button and plugged it in and… LED still slowly blinks orange/amber.

⟐ Commented 3월 04, 2026 at 8:02 GMT-7

I found this, but it doesn't say if the SSD scew is included. Surface Pro 11 OLED Consumables Kit - Genuine

Thanks

⟐ Answered 2월 18, 2026 at 3:35 GMT-7

I reset the thing and it pulled up the bios screen and everything so its clear that Windows and screen are working besides this one hiccup on the login. I just connected a mouse to it and the mouse even shows up. So for some reason its just not loading up the login page from the looks of it.

⟐ Edited by author 2월 09, 2026 at 15:58 GMT-7

Also, I recently ordered the adhesive for it so I can glue it back together, I’m waiting for it to arrive

⟐ Commented 2월 02, 2026 at 22:39 GMT-7