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| - | [* black] Upon opening this clam of a display assembly, we find some suspicious black thread. What could it be for? |
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| - | [* black] The service manual makes no mention of this cutting string. But, it certainly looks like de-routing, and then pulling will draw the thread between display and adhesive. |
| - | [* black] http://youtu.be/M2rHnk2CFS8?t=9m |
| - | [* black] http://tamsin.thomasmccorkell.me.uk/gallery/main/125934981a609b5ca61b696251686a82afe0d992.JPG |
| - | [* black] Is there no official term for this wow. |
| + | [* black] After painstakingly cracking the clam, we found a mysterious black thread running along the inside of the top case. |
| + | [* black] There's no mention in the service manual, but we're betting we just stumbled onto the easy way to get the LCD out—without the pain or the staking. |
| + | [* black] The thread is routed in a channel beneath the display adhesive—pulling along the side ought to slice right through and free the panel, like [http://tamsin.thomasmccorkell.me.uk/gallery/main/125934981a609b5ca61b696251686a82afe0d992.JPG|cutting clay off a block|new_window=true]. |
| + | [* black] We can't say for sure if this works without taking apart ''another'' XPS 13, but signs point to an awesome repair Easter egg. |