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| From | Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.laptops, alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? |
| Date | 2020-10-11 08:07 -0700 |
| Message-ID | <hugld2F2t58U1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 10/11/2020 7:21 AM, Big Al wrote: > On 10/11/20 9:26 AM, this is what micky wrote: >> In comp.sys.laptops, on Sun, 11 Oct 2020 07:23:58 -0400, Bill >> <WhoKnows@newsguy.net> wrote: >> >>> micky wrote: >>>> In order to open my laptop and replace the fan, do I really have to take >>>> off the display, the lid? >>>> >>>> It's a Dell Latitude E4300. >>>> >>>> The Dell service manual says to do this, but I find it hard to believe. >>>> It looks like the Palm Rest is easy to slip from under the display. Only >>>> 5mm. are under it and the empty space above the palm rest is 2 or 3 mm. >>>> >>>> I know I can wait and figure it out when the time comes, but I ike to >>>> plan ahead. And know how much time to allot. >>> >>> You've had a lot of trouble with laptop fans going bad? >> >> It's just this one, but I've dragged it out for months. >> >> But like my mother used to say when she asked a store to do something, >> It makes jobs for people. If they didn't have things to do, they >> woudln't get hired. >> >> And if I didn't ask questions, people here coudln't answer them. >> >>> I'd just make >>> sure you have 2 devices (of some sort) and it won't matter how much time >>> it takes. Also, perform backups. Then, you're invincible! : ) >> >> Yes, unless I can't get the laptop back together again. The hardest >> part seems to be the display It has connectors and wires that have to >> be snaked through the right hole. I still think it's unnecesary, and >> I'll try to do the job without taking the displlay off, though that >> means taking a big bunch of screws out out of order, compared to the >> order they recommend. . >> >> Even the bottom part has 7 different connectors that have to be >> disconnected and then connected. That might be easy but maybe not. . >> >> I think tht's only happened once in the last 30 years, and it was not >> electronic. It was an upside down jig saw one on the left and a >> grindstone on the right. I toook it apart, fiixed it, but could never >> get it back together again. >>> >>>> >>>> Some random guy on the web for some other Dell laptop also says he had >>>> to remove his display. OTOH, a video of someone cleaning the fan on >>>> the E4310 shows him taking off every cover on the bottom of it. I think >>>> some people just like to take everything apart. ;-) >>>> >> > Got a smart phone? Take photos, plenty of them. It can sometimes help to reassemble. Excellent suggestion, but he doesn't have to use a smart phnoe to take photos. Some of use (me, for example) prefer to use camera for that. -- Ken
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Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2020-10-11 06:07 -0400
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? Bill <WhoKnows@newsguy.net> - 2020-10-11 07:23 -0400
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2020-10-11 09:26 -0400
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? Big Al <Big_Al@invalid.com> - 2020-10-11 10:21 -0400
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2020-10-11 08:07 -0700
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? Big Al <Big_Al@invalid.com> - 2020-10-11 11:11 -0400
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> - 2020-10-11 13:28 -0700
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2020-10-12 00:07 -0500
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2020-10-12 02:55 -0400
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2020-10-12 12:55 +0000
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2020-10-11 08:19 -0400
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2020-10-11 10:24 -0400
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2020-10-11 10:30 -0500
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? Bill <WhoKnows@newsguy.net> - 2020-10-11 23:28 -0400
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2020-10-12 01:16 -0400
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2020-10-12 12:54 -0500
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2020-10-12 21:33 -0400
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2020-10-13 01:48 -0500
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2020-10-11 09:53 -0500
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2020-10-11 21:35 -0400
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2020-10-11 20:42 -0500
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? Patrick <Patrick@invalid.invalid> - 2020-10-11 15:56 +0100
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Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? micky <NONONOmisc07@bigfoot.com> - 2020-10-11 21:39 -0400
Re: Co I really have to take off the display, the lid? "SC Tom" <sc@tom.net> - 2020-10-12 08:00 -0400
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