Michael Madigan wrote: > http://www.laptopsolutions.net/solo_9300_assembly_disassembly.htm
Hi Michael, Thanks for the link. I guess God wants me to get a new notebook, or perhaps a nice cheap refurb. I followed the instructions, took it all apart, put it back together, suffering mightily, I might add - too old to even see parts that small! It was worse than when I started. Then it dawned on me that the ribbon cable has two ends. So I did it all over again. As I was putting it back together the second time I dropped the tiniest little screw into the case. While I was trying to get the screw out I lost my grip on the thing and while catching it tore the ribbon cable right in half. I guess those things get fried pretty good over 12 years. I don't think a new ribbon cable would tear like that - but one that has been heated and cooled for such a long time, perhaps. It now has a new home in the dumpster, respectfully wrapped in a grocery bag. I salvaged the hard drive, carry case, mouse and power supply. It was a Pentium 2 400 with 384meg of ram, and it had been good to me. Gateway would have fixed it for $168 but it is too old, not worth that. >> My Gateway Solo 9300 is having intermittent display >> blackouts. >> >> I am guessing that the ribbon cable needs to be wiggled -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
