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Step 4Disassemble your Laptop
Now that you have the all the parts, you'll need to take the laptop apart completely to see the dimensions of all the boards, and start planning how they will fit into your new housing. Things to keep in mind are cable routing, cooling, insulating the electronics (short circuits are a very bad thing.), networking and video output.
Those last two are really important. Regardless of the type of video connection you'll be using, you need to make sure that the housing has adequate room for the plug end of the cable while it's mounted in the case. It's equally important to decide well in advance of breaking out the hot glue gun how you're going to connect this machine to the network. If you have the option of hardwiring the box to the network you're in great shape. All laptops come with at least a 10/100 ethernet connection on-board, they're more reliable, and faster than most wireless connections. Since your laptop probably came with a wireless card you may be tempted to use it. If you go this route you'll need to make sure you have an antenna strategy worked out ahead of time.
Those last two are really important. Regardless of the type of video connection you'll be using, you need to make sure that the housing has adequate room for the plug end of the cable while it's mounted in the case. It's equally important to decide well in advance of breaking out the hot glue gun how you're going to connect this machine to the network. If you have the option of hardwiring the box to the network you're in great shape. All laptops come with at least a 10/100 ethernet connection on-board, they're more reliable, and faster than most wireless connections. Since your laptop probably came with a wireless card you may be tempted to use it. If you go this route you'll need to make sure you have an antenna strategy worked out ahead of time.
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