In this guide I’ll be taking apart a Samsung 900X notebook. I’m working on notebook model NP900X3A.
Most important components in a Samsung 900X notebook located under the bottom cover.
I’ll show how to remove the bottom cover and access the internal notebook components.
In this guide I will take apart a Sony Vaio VGN-CS215J laptop in order to replace failed DC jack. I think this guide will work for all other models in the Sony Vaio VGN-CS line.
During this disassembly process I’ll go though the following major steps:
STEP 1-5: Removing laptop hard drive, DVD drive. Accessing memory modules.
STEP 6-12: Disconnecting and removing laptop keyboard.
STEP 13-16: Removing laptop bottom cover.
STEP 17-18: Disconnecting and removing the cooling fan assembly.
STEP 19-29: Disconnecting, removing and replacing the DC jack harness.
It’s hard to replace the DC jack on this model. If you have never fixed a laptop before, you don’t want to start with Sony Vaio VGN-CS. I think Sony engineers tried their best to make the DC jack cable replacement as difficult as possible. Well… they succeeded.
In this post I explain how to disassemble HP 2000 laptop. I will remove main laptop components and show how to access area under the top cover.
I’ll go through the following major disassembly steps:
STEP 1-7: Accessing memory. Removing hard drive and DVD drive.
STEP 8-15: Disconnecting and removing laptop keyboard.
STEP 16-19: Removing the top cover assembly. Accessing internal laptop components.
Today I will dismantle a Dell XPS 15z laptop.
According to Dell website XPS 15z laptop also has another name XPS L511z.
My goal is replacing the keyboard. This model allows you to replace the keyboard only after you take apart the whole laptop.
Here’s a short description of all major steps I’ll be going through while dismantling the laptop:
STEP 1-5: Removing laptop bottom cover. Accessing memory modules.
STEP 6-10: Disconnecting and removing laptop battery and hard drive.
STEP 11-15: Disconnecting and removing the CMOS battery, DVD drive and DC power jack.
STEP 16-21: Disconnecting and removing the cooling fan, heatsink, power button board and wireless card.
STEP 22-26: Removing laptop motherboazd.
STEP 27-30: Removing and replacing the keyboard.
STEP 30-33: Disconnecting and removing touchpad assembly.
Today I show how to disassemble a HP Pavilion dm1 laptop.
I’m working on the following model: HP Pavilion dm1z-4000 CTO Entertainment Notebook PC.
My goal is replacing failed cooling fan which is mounted on the bottom side of the motherboard. It means I’ll have to remove most internal components in order to get access to the fan.
During the disassembly process I’ll go through the following major steps:
STEP 1-7: Removing laptop bottom cover. Accessing hard drive, CMOS battery, memory slots.
STEP 8-18: Disconnecting and removing laptop keyboard.
STEP 19-32: Separating base assembly from the display. Removing top cover.
STEP 33-36: Removing the motherboard. Accessing laptop DC power jack.
STEP 37-38: Disconnecting and removing the cooling fan.
In this guide I show how to disassemble a HP Pavilion dv2 laptop. I’m taking it apart in order to replace the motherboard.
HP Pavilion dv2 motherboard comes with the processor attached to it and the motherboard is not very expensive. If the motherboard failed it might make sense to repair the laptop.
In this tutorial I explain how to disassemble a Dell XPS 15 L502X laptop. My goal is removing and replacing broken DC jack.
I’ll go though the following major laptop disassembly steps:
STEP 1-4: Accessing laptop memory and wireless card. Removing the DVD drive.
STEP 5–9: Disconnecting and removing the palmrest assembly.
STEP 10-12: Removing laptop hard drive.
STEP 13-17: Disconnecting and removing the keyboard.
STEP 18-21: Removing laptop screen assembly.
STEP 22-27: Removing laptop bottom cover. Accessing the cooling fan.
STEP 28- 29: Disconnecting and removing DC jack cable.
In this guide I explain how to disassemble Acer Aspire 5740/5340 series laptop.
I’ll walk through the entire laptop base disassembly and remove the motherboard.
Main laptop disassembly steps:
STEP 2-5: Removing laptop hard drive, memory and DVD drive.
STEP 6-11: Removing laptop keyboard.
STEP 12-17: Removing display assembly.
STEP 18-22: Removing top cover assembly.
STEP 23-30: Removing laptop motherboard. Accessing cooling fan and DC jack.
In this post I explain how to take apart an Acer Aspire 5820T series laptop.
I will take apart the laptop base assembly down to the motherboard.
Here are major laptop disassembly steps:
STEP 1-5: Accessing and removing laptop memory, hard drive, DVD drive.
STEP 6-12: Removing laptop keyboard.
STEP 13-18: Removing laptop top cover (palmrest) assembly.
STEP 19-23: Removing laptop motherboard.
STEP 24-25: Accessing laptop cooling fan, CMOS battery and DC power jack harness.
In this guide I explain how to dismantle Acer Aspire 5534 series laptops.
I will dismantle the laptop base and remove most internal parts.
STEP 1-5: Removing hard drive, memory, DVD drive.
STEP 6-12: Removing keyboard.
STEP 13-16: Removing top cover assembly.
STEP 17-25: Removing laptop motherboard.
STEP 26-28: Removing DC power jack.
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