Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux,alt.comp.os.windows-10 Subject: Re: Trouble with laptop display Date: 20 Jul 2025 19:56:06 GMT Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <7tfkklx99v.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> <1g2p8dv6u6h04.dlg@v.nguard.lh> <105af0o$koge$5@dont-email.me> <105brt7$c5tt$1@paganini.bofh.team> <105d6k3$1voed$11@dont-email.me> <105earh$lc88$1@paganini.bofh.team> <105ecvn$296vq$1@dont-email.me> <105ei0e$2aehq$1@dont-email.me> <105f0n3$2buu9$1@dont-email.me> <105io51$3bp45$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net qhIrmJrVWDInGhCQkYGnoQaEnURD1JW/cjdCsjGcxRw0fIgwxM Cancel-Lock: sha1:inzq9vgnkbg1uYHPkGo/ffAjQO4= sha256:+kVSOIe7qKfo1OVlaXSJPdBI9L2rDAoNSH+lLhoJ5Uc= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:69792 alt.os.linux:81807 alt.comp.os.windows-10:186121 On Sun, 20 Jul 2025 13:41:03 +0100, Java Jive wrote: > On 2025-07-19 14:11, Carlos E.R. wrote: >> >> [screws] >> >> Also, not all of them are the same thread, or the same length. So using >> a single tin is problematic. > > I use a large clutter free workspace like, say, a cleared kitchen > worktop, and as I remove the screws I place them within named circles on > a sheet of paper which I place slightly apart from the rest of the work > so that it will not be disturbed - depending on the laptop usually > you'll need circles such as Keyboard, Palm Rest, HD, DVD, Screen, Base, > etc. That way I know which screws belong where, regardless of slight > differences is length or thread, etc. One word -- cat