Hi Matt, thank you for your kind words. Yes, it take HOURS to make this guides and yes, I do it on my own time.
These guides are for people willing to learn.

just wanted to say thanks for your hard work in making these assembly guides (which as a layman I have not tried yet, I must say) to a wide audience. It could give enough confidence to people like me who were “born with two left hands” 😉 to “get their hands dirty” 😉

I wrote more details in my reply to “IADisappoint” above (currently awaiting moderation) and certainly will get back with (constructive) comments in case I really try to become somewhat more knowledgeable on IT hardware. As I also have other interests, I do not know when/that may be… probably when my Asus really gets bad and I have no choice but to open it/replace parts etc…

Again, big thanks for your involvement!

Matt

Hi,

with all due respect: I am totally incompetent when it comes to technical things. I bought a used 11 year old Asus eeepc 1005 PX and it is showing signs of weakness. I bought it for € 60 (about $ 60 currently) and of course there would be no real point for me to pay more by taking it to a professional for repairs. I found this site “by accident” and I am very impressed by the list of items “IML Tech” has disassembled, step by step. Consider the hours put into this, probably on his/her spare time! This only deserves some respect.

I understand the frustration of damaging something that is very new by trying to repair yourself, if this is what happened to you. But then again if it is very new/possibly under guarantee, why try and disassemble yourself?

I would like to learn about these technical issues and might buy a defective EEE PC (or whatever I want to buy next) for a few € on e-bay, and then use this guide here to try and “educate myself”. I believe this is what “IML Tech” is trying to do here: help people with little knowledge to be self reliant in a society where you have to give your hard earned cash for every little thing (look at how cars have become more complicated – although safer – over the years: you cannot as a layman repair anything yourself. Same is happening with the good old bicycle by the way). Just look at his “guide for beginners” if you have not done so yet.

After this long speech which I guess three people in the whole world will read, here is my point, again, respectfully: if the instructions here are so bad, why don’t you try and make a guide yourself and submit it to “IML Tech” for publication? This would be more constructive than just criticising.

Sincerely yours,

Matt