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| Thread ID: 35978 | 2003-07-27 06:51:00 | How hard is it to open up a notebook PC. | john r (782) | Press F1 |
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| 163217 | 2003-07-27 06:51:00 | I have a mates FIC A440 notebook PC running XP PRO here at home with intermittent blue screens and restarts, I want to check all hardware connections on mother board as there is no common pattern to these shut downs. I have never opened up a lap top before. Any help thanks, John. |
john r (782) | ||
| 163218 | 2003-07-27 09:36:00 | My recommendation as an A+ tech is to take it to an authorised dealer. Every make of laptop is different, and even every laptop model in a common manufacturer is different. Laptops have a scripted disassembly procedure. You are more than likely to miss something on the reassembly, (wrong screws, not enough screws or too many screws etc) or worse, something else goes wrong with it. The desktop equivalent of the problem you're having is a usually a power supply issue. Could very well be the same in the laptop. Cheerz |
sinndisco (4059) | ||
| 163219 | 2003-07-27 10:23:00 | Thanks Sinndisco, I thought as much, you think it might be pwr supply, the other thing it can do at the same time is it wont restart, it pwrs down but no start up, you need to remove pwr cord and restart,is it all tied up with the same fault. |
john r (782) | ||
| 163220 | 2003-07-28 04:23:00 | It's not usually "difficult" to get them apart. Fist rule: never force things --- if it won't move, there's something holding it. The real trick is often getting them back together, with no parts left over. :D The second time is easier. That's done immediately, to do the cable you missed, and the one screw all whe way inside. One major problem is that there are screws in un-obvious places, like under removable plastic panels (which aren't obviously removable). Screws close together in some places --- one which must be removed, and one which must not be. :-( The cables are often the thin printed type, in special clipped sockets. Very fiddly. Surgical hæmostats help. I wouldn't be keen to do it on someone else's machine. :D Not a friend's one, anyway. :D I do it on my own if necessary, but I don't like it. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 163221 | 2003-07-28 06:29:00 | Thanks, Graham I can see where you are coming from, will try to find fault with out pulling to bits. John. |
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