Personal Project: SP4 Screen Fix

We all know the Surface Pro 4 has that stupid screen jitter problem and apparently it's all because of the screen being sub-optimal. I found a blog that explains how to remedy the screen jitters by replacing the screen outright with a Surface Pro 5 screen!

Here are some links of importance:
The original link:
https://www.most-useful.com/screen-flickering-on-surface-pro-4-solved-permanently/

How to disassemble a SP4:


Remove the screen:

Battery (3:19) and thermal paste (14:41) replacement:


Costing?

Thermal Paste, Noctua NT-H1 = RM29
New Batteries - RM289 (Laptop Parts Shop)

• https://shopee.com.my/Surface-Pro-4-DYNR01-G3HTA027H-Original-Battery-i.31696755.2881481652

SP5 Screen = RM600 - 850

• https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32868584299.html?spm=2114.12010612.8148356.10.d62221b7fdBNF7
• https://shopee.com.my/For-Microsoft-Surface-Pro-5-1796-LP123WQ1(SP)(A2)-LCD-Screen-touch-digitizer-i.45386143.2062091369
• https://shopee.com.my/Surface-Pro-5-LCD-Display-Touch-Screen-Digitizer-Replacement-i.31696755.2251003333

SP5 Screen to SP4 Cables, M1010537-003 LVDS cable = RM40 - 82.34

• https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000297321765.html
• https://shopee.com.my/New-Laptop-EDP-Cable-for-surface-PRO-4-1796-M1010537-003-LVDS-cable-i.120035955.1853049867

Optional: Bigger SSD?

WebShop Links:
Laptop Parts Shop

• https://shopee.com.my/laptopparts

Top Mac Store

• https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1494363?spm=a2g0o.detail.1000002.2.b3033f68Dqzs3f

TBC

Tao of Sha

Technically it's sort of a Manifesto.

Technically.

1. Laugh.
Surround yourself with people and things that make your heart feel so full that you need to express it in various degrees of movement and sounds -- sometimes the quiet ones are the best.

2. Eat, Drink.
If you can, try and have a taste of everything. Nothing brings you closer and tells you more about a community then what sustains them daily.

3. Play.
Never ever forget what playing feels like. Life is a game, you lose when you willingly stop playing.

4. Listen.
When you stop talking, that's when most of the magic happens. Everything around you will impart to you a lesson.

5. Throw Your Judgements Out The Window.
Yes, defenestrate that which keeps your mind shut to people not of your own, experiences outside your own, objects away from their common use.

6. McGuyvering.
I didn't know 'McGuyver' could be a verb until I was in my first year in design school. In a pinch, you can always find some way to complete a task, it doesn't have to be beautiful, it just has to work.

7. Make friends.
People always underestimate the importance of a vast community that you have curated and made significant efforts in maintaining. These wonderful people will be the net that brings you a wealth of ideas, knowledge, expertise, and sometimes even time.

8. Relax.
There's no such thing as doing nothing. Even when you're resting you're allowing your mind and body to consolidate it's daily experience and do maintenance on itself so that you can function properly later.

tbc.

2019 / 30 Day Project

Hello, twenty-nineteen!

I've delayed doing this post due to social obligations and, my word, it's been an absolutely CRAZY December/Early Jan. One week in and I've already spent too much.

I looked at photos from previous years and count the years of friendships I still keep dear to me and realise that life is pretty great. Things aren't always on when it comes to money matters because of the whole disability+job thing but I'll make it work, I always do.

A series of random new year brainfarts commences.

• I saw photos of married people, some with kids, celebrating their new year and it looks so... terrifying. 
• People are really afraid of death. I have planned for it.
• Did you know catheters have a tap attachment and it's actually better than a bag since it maintains bladder elasticity?
• 2019 has buckets of change. BRING. IT.
• Konmari is legit. Gotta get rid of shit in my room.
• Travelling is happeningggg...

I have finally figured out what my 30-day project is: Producing a series of artworks to be turned into lapel pins.

Processes, perhaps this shall be vlogged and curated and I can finally do patreon related stuff. Maybe an annual Patreon to-do projects with giveaways.

Pin categories and subcategories, maybe like 3 subcategories with five pins each?
Sketches, illustrator file, colour proofing.
Approaching manufacturers and everything else can happen after the 30 days.

Anyone wants to gift me a pantone colour swatch guide? 😬 I could definitely use one of those.