01-28-2015, 11:55 AM
Finally, a question where my expertise is relevant! Computers.
Firstly, I offer this solution:
Secondly, laptops are tricky beggers and are not my favourite to take apart. First thing you'll need is one of those ridiculous small screwdrivers for the screws. I would also recommend some thin nosed pliers or similar to hook the screws out of their holes. Alternative method is to hold the laptop the right way out and catch the screw falling out, but if you do this, then don't loosen all the screws at once (I say this because I've seen it done by someone trying to be efficient who then spent half an hour locating the tiny feckers on the floor).
Once ALL the screws are out (again, I emphasise all because some of them are easy to miss and I've seen laptop covers snap off when people have tried to pull them and they've missed one screw), you can remove the cover. You'll probably need to remove the battery and, depending on the make, the following:
Hard drive
CD drive
Floppy drive
You shouldn't need to remove the monitor to get to the internal workings of the laptop or the keyboard (unless you're going in through the keyboard (not advised, it's hard work)).
Once the cover is off, it's important to be discharged statically, I usually just earth myself on the nearest metal thing, but if you get a proper computer toolkit they come with those fiddly anti-static wrist bands. After that, it's just a question of locating the part your replacing, disconnect the old one and put the new one in.
When I started out doing computer repairs, I took photographs at every stage so that I could go backwards through them and reverse the process to put it back together again.
If you're taking pics for us to laugh at, it might be handy to take good photos of your process so you can reverse it
Hope this helps.
I'm sure someone as capable and knowledgeable as you can do this simple task Kingy...... sorry, couldn't keep a straight face for the whole sentence
Firstly, I offer this solution:
Secondly, laptops are tricky beggers and are not my favourite to take apart. First thing you'll need is one of those ridiculous small screwdrivers for the screws. I would also recommend some thin nosed pliers or similar to hook the screws out of their holes. Alternative method is to hold the laptop the right way out and catch the screw falling out, but if you do this, then don't loosen all the screws at once (I say this because I've seen it done by someone trying to be efficient who then spent half an hour locating the tiny feckers on the floor).
Once ALL the screws are out (again, I emphasise all because some of them are easy to miss and I've seen laptop covers snap off when people have tried to pull them and they've missed one screw), you can remove the cover. You'll probably need to remove the battery and, depending on the make, the following:
Hard drive
CD drive
Floppy drive
You shouldn't need to remove the monitor to get to the internal workings of the laptop or the keyboard (unless you're going in through the keyboard (not advised, it's hard work)).
Once the cover is off, it's important to be discharged statically, I usually just earth myself on the nearest metal thing, but if you get a proper computer toolkit they come with those fiddly anti-static wrist bands. After that, it's just a question of locating the part your replacing, disconnect the old one and put the new one in.
When I started out doing computer repairs, I took photographs at every stage so that I could go backwards through them and reverse the process to put it back together again.
If you're taking pics for us to laugh at, it might be handy to take good photos of your process so you can reverse it
Hope this helps.
I'm sure someone as capable and knowledgeable as you can do this simple task Kingy...... sorry, couldn't keep a straight face for the whole sentence