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Step 2Taking the laptop apart
During this step you will realize that the laptop is made up of:
50% Hardware (CD Drives, PC card slots, etc)
25% Circuitry (Motherboard and Daughterboards)
25% Screws
Sometimes I wonder if the laptop manufaturers keep the screw companies in buisness.
The first step in taking apart a laptop is to take out as much stuff as possible. Take out hard drives, CD drives, batteries, RAM, etc. Make sure you get it all.
The second step is to look for screws. You should find about 10-20 of them on the bottom. Look under stickers, rubber feet, plastic squares, inside the RAM area, and everywhere. You may find some on the top where the lights are and the screen connects. If your computer doesn't come apart somewhat easily, then you missed some screws.
Thirdly, take the screen off. Disconnect any wires leading to the motherboard. Make sure all screws on the screen are out and that you can safely remove the screen. Sometimes you have to take off the decorative panel to get to the hinges. This is OK because we need to seal the screen anyway.
Finally take all daughterboards off of the motherboard. Store these in a safe place (do as I say, not as I do). Personally I think that laptop manufacturers liked their LEGOs as children. All of the daughterboards are ALWAYS connected with little clip-in slots. They NEVER are soldered. Hmmmm.
50% Hardware (CD Drives, PC card slots, etc)
25% Circuitry (Motherboard and Daughterboards)
25% Screws
Sometimes I wonder if the laptop manufaturers keep the screw companies in buisness.
The first step in taking apart a laptop is to take out as much stuff as possible. Take out hard drives, CD drives, batteries, RAM, etc. Make sure you get it all.
The second step is to look for screws. You should find about 10-20 of them on the bottom. Look under stickers, rubber feet, plastic squares, inside the RAM area, and everywhere. You may find some on the top where the lights are and the screen connects. If your computer doesn't come apart somewhat easily, then you missed some screws.
Thirdly, take the screen off. Disconnect any wires leading to the motherboard. Make sure all screws on the screen are out and that you can safely remove the screen. Sometimes you have to take off the decorative panel to get to the hinges. This is OK because we need to seal the screen anyway.
Finally take all daughterboards off of the motherboard. Store these in a safe place (do as I say, not as I do). Personally I think that laptop manufacturers liked their LEGOs as children. All of the daughterboards are ALWAYS connected with little clip-in slots. They NEVER are soldered. Hmmmm.
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Jul 3, 2010. 11:56 PMnoingwhat
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The reason that so many of those components just clip in is to make it easier to repair/upgrade. Think how hard it would be if you wanted more RAM or a new Hard-drive and you had to buy a whole new motherboard just for that one component. With the snaps, the HDD/GPU/RAM/Processor/CD Drive/ whatever, will just pop out so you can pop a new one in.
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Feb 15, 2010. 6:50 AMDustySeven7
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The big chip board under the weird heatsink is a graphics unit, GPU the smaller is the proccesor
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