From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Tue Aug 03 1999 - 17:07:35 EDT
Guys..
whats the loss here..
its a 760CD, dead..! worst case, it STAYS dead.. :-)
i must say that, usually, in these cases, its better to find a good used
machine with a busted display, then just swap that part..
i've been into these things and, while not as simple or straightforward
as a desk top machine, its NOT that difficult.. the hard part is knowing
where all the little hooks are..
ALSO, there are hardware manuals for these on the IBM web site, with
parts breakdown and so forth..
Ken D'Ambrosio wrote:
> Unfortunately, I have to second Mssr. Andre''s opinion --
> I have taken several Toshibas apart, and while I've never
> actually broken anything (short of one HD controller, but
> that was for a different reason), I've frequently had
> "spare screws" left over -- and in a notebook, the screws
> ain't just superfluous. While it's not impossible, I do
> recommend extreme caution, as you'll find *everything*
> is connected to everything else, and sometimes the
> relationships aren't entirely obvious.
>
> Ken D'Ambrosio
> SysAdmin,
> Cisco Systems, Inc.
>
> STeve Andre' wrote:
>
> > My advice to you would be not to attempt this, unless you are
> > comfortable around electronics, and can deal with lots of steps
> > in disassembling things, and then reversing what you've done.
> >
> > Working with small electronics is frought with problems, such
> > as being fragile, not quite getting plugs, etc quite back together
> > in the right way and introducing new problems, and other delightful
> > items. Working on a laptop is different than having PC experience,
> > in that the designers had a volume budget in which to work in; a
> > PC just doesn't have that kind of restraint to make "interesting"
> > design decisions in favor of space.
> >
> > I don't know anything about the 760 specficially, but have done
> > stuff like this in the past.
> >
> > --STeve Andre'
> > andres_at_pilot.msu.edu
> >
> > At 04:23 PM 8/3/99 -0400, Allan Ballard wrote:
> > >I have a bad mainboard on my TP760CD.
> > >
> > >I've put together several desktops, but never even
> > >looked inside a laptop till now.
> > >
> > >How difficult is it to swap out a motherboard?
> > >
> > >I see a grey metal housing that appears to be held
> > >in place by two screws inside, and a couple outside,
> > >the case.
> > >
> > >Is opening that grey box all that there is to it?
> > >
> > >What about the internal modem?
> > >
> > >Any advice would be GREATLY appreciated.
> > >
> > >Allan
> > >
> > >
> > >
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