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Title: how do I get a dell laptop apart?
Post by: daywane on February 27, 2009, 12:29:50 pm: inspion laptop
removed all screws even had to take apart screen to get to 2 screws under the screen (there not going back in)
but seems something is hanging on in the keyboard
Title: Re: how do I get a dell laptop apart?
Post by: daywane on February 27, 2009, 12:40:56 pm: found it. Darn screw under key board :censored:
I hope never to take a darn lap top apart again
Title: Re: how do I get a dell laptop apart?
Post by: ark_ader on February 27, 2009, 12:56:24 pm: I use a hammer to take em apart. :cheers:
Title: Re: how do I get a dell laptop apart?
Post by: SavannahLion on February 27, 2009, 01:19:28 pm: What model is it? I have the entire assembly manual for the 9400/E1705 that I can shoot you. Pretty damn useful when I was trying to repair the fans just last week.

If it's not the 9400/E1705, I can see if I can locate some other Inspiron manual. Dell makes the service available sometimes.
Title: Re: how do I get a dell laptop apart?
Post by: daywane on February 27, 2009, 02:26:53 pm: it was a 1150
a friend of my brother showed up this morning.
his laptop quit working
screen not booting up.
I hear hard drive spinning
lights working nothing else
tried external monitor.
nothing
he was told by his school to check cmos we took it apart and found nothing
Title: Re: how do I get a dell laptop apart?
Post by: HaRuMaN on February 27, 2009, 02:46:23 pm: bad video card?
Title: Re: how do I get a dell laptop apart?
Post by: missioncontrol on February 27, 2009, 02:59:22 pm: check the cable going from the laptop to the screen, maybe reseat it.
Title: Re: how do I get a dell laptop apart?
Post by: Aceldamor on February 27, 2009, 03:45:20 pm: support.dell.com, then look up your service tag or model. That will take you to a manuals section where each laptop has a teardown section, as well as basic troubleshooting for issues like a video cable, etc.
Title: Re: how do I get a dell laptop apart?
Post by: SavannahLion on February 27, 2009, 10:04:47 pm: Quote from: Aceldamor on February 27, 2009, 03:45:20 pm
support.dell.com, then look up your service tag or model. That will take you to a manuals section where each laptop has a teardown section, as well as basic troubleshooting for issues like a video cable, etc.

Sssshhh! It's supposed to be a secret!!!! :afro:

JK. I wanted an excuse to use the guy with glasses and afro.

In any case. http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins1150/en/index.htm
Title: Re: how do I get a dell laptop apart?
Post by: Thenasty on March 01, 2009, 10:04:15 pm: I just finish working on the same laptop. Person drop it and the sound no longer works and not getting power to it. So i took it apart found the power connecter on the main board was loose. I re-soldered all points and BINGO.
Did not get far with fixing the sound but got him a USB Sound card and a piar of speakers ;D
Title: Re: how do I get a dell laptop apart?
Post by: daywane on March 01, 2009, 10:06:23 pm: pain in the but to take apart huh?
it was for me
Title: Re: how do I get a dell laptop apart?
Post by: SavannahLion on March 01, 2009, 11:26:07 pm: Quote from: daywane on March 01, 2009, 10:06:23 pm
pain in the but to take apart huh?
it was for me

Took me a little over half an hour for dissassembly/reassembly time. There's not a lot of shortcuts to drill down to the core of those laptops.
Title: Re: how do I get a dell laptop apart?
Post by: daywane on March 02, 2009, 12:07:01 am: took me 1.5 hr to take apart
.5 to put back together
Title: Re: how do I get a dell laptop apart?
Post by: Mauzy on March 02, 2009, 03:55:41 pm: I fixed a 5100 with the same problem. Turned out to be a BIOS issue. Take the mobo out and disconnect the battery for a couple days. After that, booted right up.