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>Repairing the Hardware</TITLE
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NAME="GENERATOR"
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TITLE="General Laptop Information"
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>Appendix C. Repairing the Hardware</H1
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> There are several different reasons that could make it necessary to open
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the case of a laptop, notebook or PDA.
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<P
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TYPE="1"
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> repair broken hardware
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</P
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><LI
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> get some hardware info, which isn't available otherwise, e.g. reading the
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sticker on an undetected chipset
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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> remove the speakers (speakerektomy, as described in
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<A
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HREF="http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Visual-Bell.html"
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>Visual-Bell-HOWTO</A
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)
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> install overdrive for CPU
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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><P
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> reflash the <SPAN
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>BIOS</SPAN
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>
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</P
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></LI
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><LI
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> change <SPAN
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CLASS="acronym"
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>BIOS</SPAN
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> battery
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</P
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> upgrade harddisk
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> upgrade memory
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> implement additional hardware, e.g. an internal wireless LAN miniPCI card
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>
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</P
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> Repairing a laptop can be quite expensive if you don't have a
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manufacturer's warranty. Sometimes professional support is bad. But
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opening a laptop case can be difficult. Often the procedures to upgrade
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the memory and the harddisk are described in the manual. For further
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details, you should try to get the maintenance/technical manual. Just
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be extremely careful and make notes as to where each screw goes. You
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must get most of them back in the right hole or you could ruin the
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machine by damaging the system board. Also after you get all the screws
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to an assembly out (some will be hidden) the parts are usually held
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together with plastic clips molded in, so you still must exercise care
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to separate them. Sometimes you need certain tools, for instance TORX
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screw drivers or a solder kit. Good luck.
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> Usually laptop and PDA manufacturers declare the warranty to be void if the case
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was opened by people other than their own staff. If you want to try it
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anyway you may find some interesting links about how to
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HREF="http://repair4laptop.org/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>repair, disassemble, upgrade or mod laptops or notebooks</A
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>,
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HREF="http://repair4pda.org/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>dissect, repair and upgrade broken PDAs and HandHelds</A
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>, as well as
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HREF="http://repair4mobilephone.org/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>take apart, repair and upgrade mobile (cell) phones</A
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HREF="http://repair4player.org/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>open, repair and upgrade mobile audio and video players</A
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> and
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<A
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HREF="http://repair4printer.org/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>repair and upgrade printers</A
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