[GLLUG] Notebook Internals

[Ian Walker]

All my experience with notebooks is that as long as you're careful,  
organized, and (above all) patient, you should be fine. Get your  
hands on a service manual if you can, dig in, and <em>be patient</ 
em>. Its easy to get frustrated, with how they cram all those  
components into that small a case. It can't be any worse than Apple's  
iBooks, believe me. :)

OT, I know, but the best notebooks I've ever worked on?

The G3 Pismo Powerbooks: http://lowendmac.com/pb2/pismo.shtml
Take off the keyboard, and you don't need any tools to get the HDD  
out. Same with wireless. One screw removes the heatsink, and you can  
get at the processor if you have to. That'll get you at the RAM too.  
It was a breeze.

An ex of mine had a Dell that was a breeze too - RAM was one screw  
underneath. The HDD slid out on a little sled after you pulled one  
other screw. Made things a lot easier when I had to replace the drive.

Ian!
walkeri1 at msu.edu


On Jul 30, 2007, at 3:16 AM, Chick Tower wrote:

> Do any regular meeting attendees have experience opening up  
> notebook PCs?  I have an old Toshiba that might need a new hard  
> drive, and it doesn't seem to be easily accessible.  I don't have a  
> power cord for it right now, so I can't power it on to run tests,  
> but it would be nice to know how to replace the hard drive.
>
>                                Chick
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