Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 User Manual

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Glossary of Terms
The following terms are used throughout this manual
• ASP – a Microsoft Authorized Service Provider who performs repair services on behalf of Microsoft under an
ASP Agreement
• Commercial Spares/CRU – Customer Replaceable Units available to commercial customers for repair by a
skilled-technician
• feet or foot – Non-Skid Foot Pads
• C-cover – Keyboard Trackpad Assembly
• rSSD – Removable Solid-State Drive
• AB-cover – Display Assembly or AB-Cover Display Assembly
• BMR – Bare Metal Recovery refers to the clean imaging process.
• chassis or D-chassis or D-bucket – Device bottom case
• SDT – Surface Diagnostic Toolkit
• ESD – Electro-Static Discharge
• FPC – Flexible Printed Circuits connections
• FRU – Field Replaceable Units are sub-system components such as the C-cover, AB-cover, and rSSD. FRU
are available only to ASPs. Some replaceable units will only be available as FRUs and therefore are only
supported at an ASP.
• IPA – Isopropyl alcohol which should be used to clean adhesive from device as detailed within process steps.
Use 70% IPA in all cases.

Microsoft Surface Laptop 3 Specifications

General

Form factor	Clamshell
Product type	Laptop
Product color	Platinum
Housing material	Aluminum
Market positioning	Business
Pixel density	201 ppi
Display diagonal	15 \
Touchscreen type	Capacitive
Display resolution	2496 x 1664 pixels
Native aspect ratio	3:2
SSD capacity	The Solid State Drive's storage capacity in Gigabytes.
Storage media	SSD
Card reader integrated	No
Total storage capacity	256 GB
Number of SSDs installed	1
Audio system	Dolby Audio Premium
Number of microphones	2
Speakers manufacturer	OmniSonic
Internal memory	8 GB
Internal memory type	DDR4-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	- GB
Discrete graphics card model	Not available
On-board graphics card model	AMD Radeon Vega 9
Front camera HD type	HD
Wi-Fi standards	802.11a, Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), 802.11b, 802.11g, Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Bluetooth version	5.0
Top Wi-Fi standard	Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac)
Charging port type	Surface Connect
USB 2.0 ports quantity	0
Pointing device	Trackpad
Operating system architecture	64-bit
Battery capacity	- Wh
Battery life (max)	11.5 h
Cables included	AC
Processor cache	4 MB
Processor cores	4
Processor model	3580U
Processor family	AMD Ryzen™ 5
Processor frequency	2.1 GHz
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Processor boost frequency	3.7 GHz

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	244 mm
Width	339.5 mm
Height	14.69 mm
Weight	1542 g