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xirokx

xirokx

xirokx

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Hi

I have 2 laptops..

a) Fujistu s6120

b) fujistu amilo 1705li

trouble is the s6120 has a cracked screen which will cost me £160 to purchase I would put it in myself and mobo and all other things are working fine..

meanwhile the amilo I believe has a dead mobo which I can get for around £130 but am not to confident its just the mobo or putting it all back together..

Is there any way I can rebuild the s6120 inside the casing of the amilo? bearing in mind the s6120 is a 15.4inch and the amilo is a 17"...

if not, what would you recommend? pls advice..

cheers
 
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Never worked on any fujitsu laptops but I do change a lot of mainboards in various samsung laptops. From what I've seen over the years every different model has a totally different mainboard specifically designed to fit perfectly in each chassis, so I doubt very much whether you would be able to change the mainboard over, especially as they are different screen sizes so probably very different chassis.

What is the fault description for the 17 inch model? Does it power up at all?
 
the 17" will not power up at all...someone punched the keyboard and I think they killed the board...

If I had someway of verifying the cpu, ram, hdd, dvd and screen worked fine I would possibly purchase the mobo for £140..

note; I didnt want to swap mobos I wanted to rebuild the s6120 in the casing of the amilo 1705...but don't know if the screen will work??
 
Sorry I don't understand in one breath you say you don't want to swap mobo's but then say you want to rebuild the s6120 in the casing of the amilo 1705?? which is effectively changing round the mobos?

Please bear in mind I have had several stellas ;)
 
not if i can help it :p...

I re-read your 2nd post and it makes sense i.e. the chassis..

gutted..

yeh the 1705 is as dead as a doormat..any way I can test all other components without getting a new machine to put them inside lol to confirm it is the mobo..
 
You could try removing the memory, hdd (providing its the same interface), cdrom and possibly the cpu (depending on model) from the 1705 and put it in the s6120. Although to be fair if the 1705 is dead as a doormat it will more than likely be the mainboard.

Other thing to check would be the power adaptor for the 1705, are you sure this is working properly? And also whether the AC input is attached to the mainboard and not on a separate daughter board. One of the most common things I find faulty on laptops is end users tripping over the power cable and damaging the power connector on the board.
 
its funny you say that...sometimes the LED lights for "on" and "charging" randomly appear and other times they dont...but even if they appear the hsf doesnt spin when I try and power up..

I actually had the back panel off, plug the charger in so that the LED was on, and then try to see if the hsf spins even a little but it didnt...

if we assume the power connector is on a daughther mobo or even the main mobo I guess this would mean the HSF still wouldnt spin would it because there is no power BUT if the LED came on and then I tried booting surely then the lappy should power up??

hmm

how easy / hard is it to replace the mobo??

see I guess as its a c2d with 2g ram and 120gb hdd, 17", I am thinking paying £140 for the board maynot be so bad...what dya think? but if its not just the mobo then what..
 
Yep I'd be willing to bet that it's the mainboard thats gone **** up, either some broken lanes on the mainboard by the keyboard whack or a dodgy AC input by somebody tripping over it perhaps? Have you tried powering up without the battery in?

Changing the mainboard is a bit more of a chore than a nice, big, normal desktop machine, but so long as your carefull, take your time and keep an eye on your screws you should be ok.

Make sure you have plenty of space to put the different parts once you've removed them. You'll more than likely have to remove the screen before you can get anywhere near the mainboard. This will require you to remove the keyboard first, these are usually held in by screws on the base of the laptop and probably some clips at the bottom of the keyboard. Then take off any plastic covering by the hinges, which will either just clip in or may be held on by screws. Once thats done it should reveal the vga, power to screen, and wireless cables Disconnect all those and take out screws that hold the hinges into the base unit, you should then be able to remove the screen.

Once the screen is removed take out the hdd and optical drive. Thens it's a case of extracting a load of screws that are holding the top and bottom half of the chassis together, disconnecting the odd power and data cable ie mouse cable, hdd data cable etc etc and remembering where they all go. They're really only a desktop except a lot smaller and more fiddly, but if you keep the screws in piles next to the corresponding parts then you really can't go wrong.

Just remember to swap over the cpu, cpuhsf, memory, seperate video card (if it has one) and wireless card over to the new board. Believe me there's nothing worse than putting it all back together and then realising the cpu is still sitting on the board you've just taken out ;)
 
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