On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 08:52, Jan T. Kim wrote: > Hi list, > > My Toshiba Satellite 5100-603 notebook (on which I use Debian sarge) > has developed a hardware problem (random things start to flicker > around on the screen a few minutes after switching on and booting > the system). > > Now, I have unscrewed all the screws I could find (including one under > the twisted pair network and modem socket, which I overlooked initially), > but the case doesn't come apart. > > Does anyone of you know how to disassemble this unit? I'd like to > check whether perhaps some little fan has become stuck, or excessive > dust has accumulated somewhere or something like that, possibly > causing the graphics hardware to overheat...
Disclaimer: I have never disassembled a Toshiba laptop. I have, however, disassembled an IBM Thinkpad and a Compaq Presario, and both of those had little plastic catches all along the sides. I've tried to draw a picture of a side profile of the case: (http://sryan.stearns.org/~sryan/laptop_catch.png) Basically, you have to wedge a small screwdriver in the side of the case to release the catch before you can pull it apart. You'll have to do each catch one at a time unless you have many more hands than I do :-) HTH, -- Stephen Ryan Digital Rights Management is bad for all of us: http://www.bricklin.com/robfuture.htm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
