Comments for Laptop Repair Help

Comment on Acer Laptop Service Manuals and FRU Documentation by Nick

Nick — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:41:29 +0000

How do you remove the keyboard from an Acer Aspire 4720z?

Comment on Laptop LCD screen turned completely white by Be Na

Be Na — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:05:44 +0000

Hi,

I have HP laptop for about 2 years. This morning when boot up it showed dark screen. Turn off and turn on again it works as normal. Later the same thing happened the first boot up showed dark screen. Turn off and on, the laptop worked as normal. So, it needs two boot-up to start running.

Any idea what is going on?

Thank you.

Regards,
Be Na

Comment on A key fell off the laptop keyboard. Fixing the problem. by justin

justin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:49:31 +0000

By the way I have an HP dv7-1245dx laptop.I have the broken piece, but it is too small to try to solder it back on.
Thanks for any feedback!

Comment on A key fell off the laptop keyboard. Fixing the problem. by justin

justin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:43:04 +0000

Ok… now what do you do if one of the four points are broke? My key and retainer are fine the medal point is broke:( I’m sure I will have to take every key off to replace it. What is it called, and where do you buy one?

Comment on Laptop battery stops charging when I move power cord by Liminal

Liminal — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:44:07 +0000

I have a Tecra too, though a different model (Tecra A9) and I’m having a similar problem. Where would I be able to get a DC-in harness that would be suitable for my laptop? The one I would need would require a much longer cable coming out of it

Thanks for the help and the excellent advice given here by the way!

Comment on How to replace laptop backlight lamp (CCFL) by gfrobe

gfrobe — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:54:25 +0000

Hi all. I’ve got a Compaq NX7010 with a flickering screen. I used to be able to tilt the screen a bit and the problem would fix itself but eventually it’s gotten worse. I had a pinched LCD wire and thought that was problem but replacing it did nothing. I then tried changing inverter but again, no luck. I’m assuming I might need to change LCD but am a bit nervous about shelling out the money if that isn’t the problem. I don’t have any pinkish tones and the screen itself, even when flickering, is quite bright so I’m questioning whether the backlight is the problem.

Have hooked the laptop up to an external monitor and all is fine so I’m ruling out the video card.

What say all the experts out there? Does it sound like a new LCD will fix the problem or could it be something else, i.e. maybe connection between motherboard and LCD?

Thanks.

Comment on How to connect a laptop hard drive to a desktop computer by sheila

sheila — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:33:03 +0000

I will gladly donate if I can get this Dell Inspiron 910 netbook working again. I want to restore it to default factory settings but it does not contain an F11 key or a CD drive. All I get on bootup is a black screen because in error alot of system files have been removed. Your lesson about removing hard drive putting into a connector and joining it to my PC is interesting but will this do the job in that will I be able to restore the hard drive sufficiently for it to make the netbook work again?
thanks sheila.

Comment on A key fell off the laptop keyboard. Fixing the problem. by Yiannis

Yiannis — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:57:52 +0000

Many thanks. Following your instructions I just managed to repair my Toshiba Tecra right arrow key.

Thanks again!

Comment on Toshiba Satellite A105 battery charging problem by okiemute

okiemute — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:48:41 +0000

my problem is slightly different, my toshiba is the same model as your, but had mine formatteed and reinstall XP. while i was trying to reinstall the software from the recovery CD i got with the purchase, i install toshiba power saver and that was when the problem started. First it didnt install completely saying there was a fatal error …… and gave a particular code aand since then my battery hadnt charged above 69% but when i unplug the AC cble it uses the battery power. tried unistalling it but it wouldnt go. I dont know what to do?

Comment on How to test LCD screen inverter in a laptop by Gerry

Gerry — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:43:52 +0000

I have a Dell XPS Inspiron Laptop…I have similar problem on my screen like some of the others here. The screen went black 6 months ago but, sometimes booth normally and then a few seconds later…the screen with go black again. I can see very faint image. Through research and reading your advice…it sounds like a bad inverter. I replaced the inverter and it works for 9 hours straight…the next day when I boot the laptop…it’s black again. I can use the laptop using an external monitor…so I know my video card is good. Any ideas/suggestion? Please help. This site is very informative…Thank you so much in advance.