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Re: Acer Aspire 8930G RTC Battery location?

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In article <in1ntq$qgj$1@dont-email.me>, Flint  <agent1@section31.org> wrote:
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>figured I'd have to be tearing this thing apart anyway, but it looks 
>like I'll be creating an iFixit dis-assembly guide entry for this 
>laptop model rather than hunting one up on the site.

	Wharfies foolproof guide to removing laptop keyboards:

	1.  Take out the battery, drives,cards,and anything else
	that comes off without taking the case apart.

	2.  Turn it over and take out every screw you see. That includes
	the ones holding the wireless card down. (I've seen at least
	one model where the long screw for the wireless card also attached
	the keyboard.) Look under the memory DIMMS (or SIMMS :-)  Don't
	lose any screws because they always have wierd sizes and threads.

	3. Turn it back rightside up,open the lid,and use your case 
	opener (or a guitar pick) to try and move the keyboard up.  Try
	pushing it back or forwards first.  If it does move be careful
	of the convolutionary routing of the ribbon cables and don't pull
	the zifs.

	4. No luck, huh?  Try the back of the palm rest.  Does it move?
	How about if you try the guitar pick on the case joints?  If it
	pops off look for the hidden screws holding the keyboard down.

	5. If you can't remove the palmrest (if you cracked it trying to
	replacements are generally cheap or you can repair it with
	plastic cement) look all around the sides including at the edges 
	of the slots where the drives go and where the battery was.  If
	you see tiny screws that might connect to the palmrest remove them.
	Things you didn't expect to come apart will come apart.  c'est la vie.
	Try and remember what they looked like so you can put them back
	together and don't lose any screws.

	6.  Still can't move anything?  Try the hinge covers.  if they're
	meant to pop off you'll see little catches to pry on with your
	pick.  Or there may be a screw you missed.  If the hinge covers come
	off remove the revealed screws and try the keyboard and palmrests
	again.

	7.  If it still won't come apart look for hidden catches.  Dells
	are notorious for this.  You can find them by noticing that two
	parts, say, the led panel cover and the bottom case,don't *quite*
	touch except for two little spots.  Which may be on any side. BTW.

	8.  If it still won't come apart make sure you don't have an etch-a-
	sketch.  If you still think you have a laptop go read the manual :-)
	and find the screw under the label in the corner of the battery 
	compartment you needed to remove :-) (What? Sorry, I thought you 
	knew to look under labels for screws.  That's the best place to 
	put them, you know.)

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Acer Aspire 8930G RTC Battery location? Flint <agent1@section31.org> - 2011-03-29 19:46 -0400
  Re: Acer Aspire 8930G RTC Battery location? "Thomas Wendell" <tumppiw_nospam@hotmail.com> - 2011-03-30 11:21 +0300
    Re: Acer Aspire 8930G RTC Battery location? Flint <agent1@section31.org> - 2011-03-30 16:40 -0400
      Re: Acer Aspire 8930G RTC Battery location? "mk" <ramblingon@nowhere.com> - 2011-03-31 09:42 +0100
        Re: Acer Aspire 8930G RTC Battery location? Flint <agent1@section31.org> - 2011-03-31 07:18 -0400
          Re: Acer Aspire 8930G RTC Battery location? lmarco@panix.com (Lou Marco) - 2011-03-31 22:38 +0000
          Re: Acer Aspire 8930G RTC Battery location? me/2 <null@127.0.0.1> - 2011-03-31 16:06 -0700
            Re: Acer Aspire 8930G RTC Battery location? lmarco@panix.com (Lou Marco) - 2011-04-04 18:28 +0000

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