From: STeve Andre' (andres_at_pilot.msu.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 03 1999 - 17:18:28 EDT
Bill, I can't quite agree-- if the machine stays dead after the mainboard
is replaced, you still don't know if the new mainboard was OK, or if you
did damage to something else while in there, chaning it out. I've seen
this happen numerous times with really small electronics; the original
problem might have been fixed, but at the cost of something else. If
the person doing the work is inexperienced at this sort of thing, its
all too possible that they'll have zapped something else.
I think perhaps you're forgetting that you are an expert, Bill--you know
more about twiddling with these things than I, I suspect, and more than
99.9%+ of the folks out there who use them. That which is not that hard
for you can be a daunting task for others...
You're right about the manuals with their pictures. If I had to have a
novice try this, certainly the TPs with their documentation would make
the best candidate for a successful operation.
--STeve Andre'
At 05:07 PM 8/3/99 -0400, Bill Morrow wrote:
>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.
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