[Cialug] Laptop Repair

[Josh Reichardt]

One thing that I've found to be helpful when working on laptops (might not
apply to this situation) is to get either a piece of construction paper or a
piece of cardboard, draw the general form of the section of the laptop being
taken apart and then marking the screw points on the piece of paper with a
pen or sharpie.  Then, when you're removing the screws, use some sort of a
punch tool (I typically use precision Philips screwdrivers) to punch out
each screw hole you've drawn.  It might take a bit longer than other
methods, but for me, its worth not having to fuss with different screw sizes
later on and losing screws.

On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Dan Hockey <icepuck3k at yahoo.com> wrote:

> My dell Mini 1011 was about a month old when I added  a 2gig stick ram. It
> was a pain
> because the memory was on the bottom side and the whole mobo had to be
> removed.
> The best part of all this was two screws that were stripped out when it was
> assembled.
>  -dan
>
>
>
> --- On *Wed, 2/23/11, Tim Champion <timchampion at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Tim Champion <timchampion at gmail.com>
>
> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Laptop Repair
> To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
> Date: Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 1:24 PM
>
>
> I started in on my g4 iBook once.  I eventually got to the point where I
> was starting to lose track of what each pile of screws were for, and I
> re-assembled it (without fixing the problem) before I got too confused.
>
> Dell laptops are a piece of cake compared to that.  Dell also has excellent
> online repair manuals.
>
> Tim Champion
> timchampion at gmail.com <http://mc/compose?to=timchampion@gmail.com>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Don Ellis <don.ellis at gmail.com<http://mc/compose?to=don.ellis@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> I didn't disassemble my Pismo, but changing the hard drive on it is
> MUCH easier than the same operation on a white iBook! I had been
> spoiled by my MacBook and my Pismo, so I undertook changing the HD on
> an iBook. Total disaster.
>
> Watch for a connector flimsily mounted on the motherboard, with no
> obvious way to unplug it without pulling it off the board. Other than
> that, it was a royal pain.
>
> --Don Ellis
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Josh More
> <MoreJ at alliancetechnologies.net<http://mc/compose?to=MoreJ@alliancetechnologies.net>>
> wrote:
> > It can be really really hard... especially if it's a Mac Pismo.
> >
> > More seriously, most laptops aren't as actively hostile as the Mac Pismo.
>  It should take an average person one to two hours to do, especially if
> you're willing to do the soldering.  The only catch is that if you didn't
> take it apart, putting it together might be a bit confusing.  If you can
> locate a take-apart guide for the specific model of laptop, it will be a lot
> easier.
>
> ...
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