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Also looking for a Touch Screen Glass Digitizer For Inspiron 3455. The price of this part rivals the cost of the whole computer. With a lot of looking, it appears that there may be an after market source for this part, I have seen it on Ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Touch-Screen-Digitizer-Glass-For-NEW-DELL-Inspiron-3455-Without-Frame-/272467414285 I may have to settle for the ~$240.00 price with shipping cost. I'm the one at fault -- had the computer on the floor and it is so top heavy it tipped over and fell forward, yikes. I will have to take a loss on this repair, buying them a new glass front.

Addendum, I have a temperature controlled heat gun, and set it to 180F for this.

I have found that using these plastic picks, spudgers and edge tools are ineffective as tools for inserting or creating a gap and glue separation action.

They are just too soft and too thick for this, causing cracks and not able to reach underneath without causing stresses.

After heating the adhesive with a heat gun (and using cardboard to shield the lcd screen) I have been using a metal round headed scalpel to insert between the glass and bezel, and to very carefully use as an adhesive separation tool at a very oblique angle so as to miss any sensitive cables or components.

Also, instead of this iTool heating pad and a microwave, they should create an electrically heated shaped pad, this would avoid the constant cooling and reheating and maintain the right temperature.

Thank you for posting some actual temperatures. I have a heat gun with a very fine self-temperature regulation setting capability.

I will set it for 150-180 F, and use that to soften the adhesive.

Depending on what adhesive you are removing, I find that using something like Goo Gone Goop adhesive remover is very helpful.

If it is the original foam based adhesive, then that can usually be taken off without the adhesive remover, but with these after market glue strips, the adhesive remover is best.

It was clear enough to follow, don't know why it got the incorrect text caveat.

I gotta get one of those spudger sets.

Also it did not say where to get the actual replacement speaker.