From: Ken D'Ambrosio (kend_at_cisco.com)
Date: Tue Aug 03 1999 - 16:41:54 EDT
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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