Recently, Teresa and I attempted to revive her laptop with a bit of surgery. There are a lot of screws, a lot of plastic clips, and everything is quite tiny. There isn't a lot to see in there, mostly just looks like a mother board.
We attempted to fix a fan / heat sink issue. On this particular model the heat sink actually moved back and forth like a thermostat. As things heated up, the heat sink would move and contact a switch that would then turn on the fans. We picked up new fans and a new heat sink assembly, but unfortunately, neither part came with the switch which is what I believe is wrong with the thing. There were ribbon cable connectors for the keyboard and monitor. I was impressed by just how thin and small all the components were. The keyboard is nothing more than a thick piece of Aluminum foil. the fans were about 1.25 inches in diameter and about 0.25 inches thick. We actually managed to take the thing apart and put it back together twice but it was still overheating as the fan would never kick on so after about ten minutes of use it would die again. Anyway, just thought I'd toss that out since Dale was wondering what the inside of a laptop might look like. -- Blue skies. Dan Rossi Carnegie Mellon University. E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: (412) 268-9081 To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The New Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following Address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
