Repairing Laptop

[Slime101]

My NEC Versa P700 has developed an intermittant fault, now i know a lot of people will think that its nearly 3yrs old, so not worth repairing but its still a decent enough spec (P4-M 2.2, 1gb ram, and a screen thats native res is 2048x1536!!)

The fault appears on startup, you turn it on and it just sits there, does nothing...if you belt it one then turn it off/on again it works. It can take several thumps to make it work but otherwise its ok!

Does anyone know of a guide to dismantling a laptop (particually versa P700!) as i have attempted to find what i assume is a loose connection but never get far when taking it apart.

Pls help!

 

[manic_man]

taking apart laptops is genuinely tricky and differs from chassis to chassis.

I have done a few, and there is a "general" few steps which always seem the same.

Firstly, remove all "plugged" in devices, Hard drive, optical, battery i usually take out the ram too though its no essential.

Then look underneath and remove all screws visible. Depending on the manufacturer they may also have hidden screws under paper stickers or perhaps the rubber feet. Sadly only taking a peek (or feeling for hollows in the plastic in the paper bits) will reveal if they have.

Once they are all out, generally the next step is to remove the plastic strip directly above the keybaord. This is always fairly tough and nearly always simply clipped in. On my current HP its simply a case of popping a flathead screw driver uner an edge and prising it off, was mroe difficult on other models with lots of little connectors going into the mobo with no extra length on them at all...

Anyway next is the keyboard.

Once you can see what your doing, remove all obvious plugged in devices (trackpad, any extra chassis buttons etc etc)

Then the screen is next. Unplug it from the mobo (carefully! Those little wires are very delicate!) Then look to see how the hinges are screwed into the chassis (should be visible where you took the plastic strip off) undo the screws and the screen should just come off.

Finally check for any hidden chassis screws, and the top plastic part should come off!

This is as far as ive ever gone as ive never needed to get the bottom of the motherboards, and have always found the screws that attach it to the chassis to be too hard to remove....

Not an ultimate guide there but only one from experience of taking apart about 5 different models of varying brands.

Good luck

 

[Slime101]

Its a start, thanks.

Just checked and its got a 3yr warranty...which is good, but i bought it back in april 2003 so its actually older than i thought!!