In thanks to this list and the 2400c website, I wanted to describe, (as a complete electronics novice who still doesn't understand anything about electricity), selected tips on successfully opening up and closing a 2400c. These tips, as elaborations to already written dissassembly instructions, might not be relevant to everyone but they worked for my situation, and I think they helped me have success. 1. Print out and read ALL available disassembly pictures and verbal instructions. This is most important. Become very familiar with what the insides of a 2400c look like before you crack it open. Print out the 2400c blown up schematic that is found in the 2400c service manual. All instructional materials I reference can be found through web connections that start with the 2400c web site. That's how I did it. 2. Get a piece of cardboard, about 8"x10", and run two rows of double sided scotch or carpet tape from top to bottom, the 2 rows about 4 inches apart. This is where you put each screw you take out, head of the screw down on the tape. Next to the sets of screws you have pen ready to write a description of where the screws came from. Follow the sequence removal order of left to right and top to bottom and run the screws down one row of tape and then start back up at the top of the next row of tape. When you have completely dismantled the 2400c, you will have an impressive collection of little tiny screws. 3. Purchase a good wrist grounding strap and anti-static conductive foam pads to place the components on as you remove them. Also, you need set of jeweler's phillips and slotted screw drivers, a tweezer, and a spray can of dusting air to use for cleaning if need be. All supplies I got at Radio Shack. Clean a large desktop area with good light and plenty of space. Have 2 hours of undisturbed time reserved to do the disassembly and assembly. You won't need the whole time but the point is to eliminate all points of stress that you can. 4. Ground the wrist stap. Since I didn't know exactly what this involved and now kind of do, I offer the following suggestion. Undo the faceplate of a nearby grounded electrical outlet. Remember to avoid electrocuting yourself by turning off the power. Find the ground wire. Either attach a wire to the ground to which you attach your wrist strap or if the ground wire touches the metal outlet box, attach your wrist strap to the metal box. I'd be interested in other ideas to easily get a good ground source for your wrist strap. 3. Remove the grey vinyl screw covers by cutting off a small piece of sticky tape such as duck or strapping tape, place over screw hole, and burnish over the top of tape with a blunt pointed object. Carefully remove the tape and the vinyl cover will peel out of the hole. It is easy to reinsert the cover when putting everything back together so that everything will look like new. 4. Don't hold your breath. Since this is not a quick procedure, you want to maintain a steady hand over a long period of time. Don't drop any screws into the innards! Concentrate on consistent breathing in and out as you work. Loosen each screw completely, grab it with the tweezers, place it on the cardboard tape, and write out a description of where it came from. 5. Use a very small slotted screwdriver to loosen the side tabs on the buckles that hold the ribbons. Gently go from side to side as you finally loosen the buckle and ribbon easily slides out. 6. Force nothing. If something doesn't move such as the wristpad/trackpad/sidecase assembly or the circut board assembly from the bottom case, stop. Reread your printed out instructions. If it says these components should be simply detaching or sliding apart, and they don't appear to do that at the moment, try to understand what is catching the parts up. The culprit is something that is binding. Follow the edges of the component that should be separating with a very small slotted screwdriver. You will find what is binding. 7. Party down when you slap the thing together, successfully turn it on, and notice that one little screw is no longer rolling around in the bottom of the case. Putting that screw back where it fell from was the whole point I went through this ordeal. Thanks again to all who shared the knowledge to allow electronic dunces as myself to experience the joy of do-it-yourself electronic repair. *********************************************************** Keeping in Touch... I read my email about every week. I read my mail about every 2 days. I listen to my voice mail about every day. I answer the phone most of the time when I hear it ring. 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