I just did surgery on my laptop! - Democratic Underground

billyskank

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Tue Jun-26-07 03:33 PM
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I just did surgery on my laptop!

:scared:

It seems still to be working... :wtf:

Hope that isn't a hostage to fortune.

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LSK

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Tue Jun-26-07 03:34 PM
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1. can you operate on mine

I got 3 of them that are in critical condition..

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billyskank

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Tue Jun-26-07 03:36 PM
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2. Probably not

All I did was remove the thermal compound from the CPU and heatsink, after my brother had cleaned the fluff out of the heatsink and fans a few months ago. I hadn't dared use it since then, because I thought that really I should get the thermal interface properly sorted out first. So I cleaned it up and applied new thermal compound.

It doesn't seem to have caught fire yet. :D

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LSK

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Tue Jun-26-07 03:38 PM
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4. one no longer reads the hard drive

one keeps forgetting the system time

one has something wrong with the mobo and wont install anything

Good times!

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billyskank

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Tue Jun-26-07 03:43 PM
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6. Yeah, that sounds beyond my skills

I would say it sounds like they're screwn. :(

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Hugin

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Tue Jun-26-07 03:37 PM
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3. Congrats Dr. Skank!

:thumbsup:

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billyskank

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Tue Jun-26-07 03:43 PM
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5. Thank you

Still no smoke yet. :D

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ZombieNixon

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Tue Jun-26-07 04:48 PM
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7. Well, that's good.

Let's hope it stays that way. :P

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u4ic

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Tue Jun-26-07 04:52 PM
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8. Couldn't you just use an operating table like the rest of us?

:wtf:

:P:hug: :loveya:

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Hand

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Tue Jun-26-07 04:52 PM
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9. What kind?

Edited on Tue Jun-26-07 04:54 PM by Hand

I recently had to disassemble my Toshiba A70 to clean out the cooling system (clogged with dust to the point where the machine was hutting down from overheating). Also had to remount the CPU as you did--scary stuff, but I had a good guide and all went well. Um, except I had two screws left over when I put it back together and it wouldn't boot until I took it back down and figured out where they went. Not something to be undertaken lightly. :hi:

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trof

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Tue Jun-26-07 04:54 PM
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10. Paper clip or toothpick?

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