[Cialug] Laptop Repair

[Josh More]

For the record, I heartily approve of stabbing old laptops with ice picks.

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From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [cialug-bounces at cialug.org] on behalf of murraymckee at wellsfargo.com [murraymckee at wellsfargo.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 10:36
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Subject: Re: [Cialug] Laptop Repair

I like that idea and if I ever do this again I’ll use it, but unfortunately I have a handful of screws rolling around in the bottom of a margarine tub to deal with.  We have an ice pick that would work well as it could be inserted different depths to make larger or smaller holes to accommodate the size of the screw just removed.

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From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf Of Josh Reichardt
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 9:56 AM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Laptop Repair

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<mailto: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<mailto:timchampion at gmail.com>> wrote:

From: Tim Champion <timchampion at gmail.com<mailto:timchampion at gmail.com>>

Subject: Re: [Cialug] Laptop Repair
To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org<mailto: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
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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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