Maybe if you filmed it with a webcam next time you go into it.
Just film close enough and then maybe magnify parts as you're re-assembling
them.

Winston Pike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Porter" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, June 28, 2002 7:49 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Laptop dis-assembly


> On several occasions I've been keen to pull a laptop to bits, once to have
a
> look at a troublesome screen hinge, and once to check out the ram and
mobo.
> But each time I've never quite managed to see how the case comes apart.
> Does anyone know of a website with some basic information on stripping
down
> laptops?
> Ian Porter
> Computer Guys Inc.
> Arrowtown
> New Zealand
> [log in to unmask]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dennis"
>
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Dead LCD Display, Toshiba laptop
>
>
> > If the laptop has not had any trauma, a likely cause is the harness that
> > goes from the main part of the laptop to the display. The display may
> > have burned out, but it has been my experience that they usually start
> > to fade prior to failing. If I am not mistaken, your model of notebook
> > is several years old and after opening and closing it over and over
> > again, it just wears out.
> >
> > I replaced one several years ago; I think that it was either a Zenith or
> > Radio Shack unit. Replacing the harness was easy, it was like a mylar
> > strip with thin copper cladding on it that just slid in and out of slits
> > on each half of the computer. The hard part was reassembling the
> > computer; I have large unsteady hands that while adequate for working on
> > both my car and desktop system repair, are inadequate for laptop repair.
> > It took me hours to put together what only took minutes to take apart. I
> > would never do it again!
> >
> > In your case however, it may cost more than the unit is worth to have it
> > repaired at a shop and what the heck, it may be fun and educational to
> > try and fix it yourself.
> >
> > Dennis Noble
> > 361-808-9363

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