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Re: Laptop repair help needed

Posted by Jacques on October 13, 2005 at 23:47:23:
>The shop will not/does not do that- they don't solder anything.
If you cannot do it yourself, find a shop who makes solder job (TV repairs etc).
If you do it yourself:
(1)I would advise you to put under the laptop a large aluminum foil (for cooking uses), large enough as you touch it on either side of the laptop. If you can connect this foil to some ground, it's good, but don't really worry about it. But the al sheet is important since it makes you and the laptop as same potential each time you touch it, that is quite continuously.. Wear cotton and leather shoes to avoid electrostatic shocks on the board
(2)The only difficulty is to disassemble so that you can get the board free. Use a large sheet of paper on which you draw landmarks and on which you'll put the screws. This way, you won't lose them or confuse them: they have different lengths, and you shall not make mistakes since some screw are short because they don't have room to be long without creating ...shorts. Well, I just don't know if I'm well understood ;-?
(3)Be careful with flat cables: some have sintered connectors and are strong, some others(keyboard, trackball) have no connectors but a metallisation which is caught against the female part on the board thanks to a clip. Don't try to take off the flat cable without loosen it by moving the clip accordingly: loosen first, then take off the cable.
(4)Begin by taking off the heavy pieces: batteries, hard disk, CD.
Be careful with the screen, it's useless to remove the screen from its cover, just take off his connectors on the motherboard.
(5) when the motherboard is free enough as to give you room on both sides to make your fix, do it the way electronic soldering has to be done (check on any hobbyist. Use 310¡C as iron temperature
(6) and back to finished form...
Good luck. It's tricky, I know.