Today I found a great source with service manuals for Sony Vaio VGN series laptops and notebooks. Links to the service manuals were posted on one of the Russian forums (comment 13). Not sure for how long these service manuals will be available for downloads but they are the time of wringing this post. Some [...]
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Fixing a HP/Compaq laptop yourself? Need some help with taking the laptop apart? Here are links to manuals with step-by-step disassembly instructions. All these manuals are available from the HP website.
Here’s how to get the manual:
1. Follow the link
2. Select your model
3. Go to manuals
4. Find the maintenance and service guide and open it up [...]
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HMM will provide you instructions for troubleshooting, diagnostics, removal and replacement laptop hardware. All IBM HMMs are publicly available. You can find HMM for your laptop on the IBM website or you can follow the link below. All HMMs are in pdf format, so you can download them and use at your convenience. For hardware [...]
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Here are some laptop repair service manuals for old Toshiba laptops. If you are interested in a specific service manual from the bellow listed models, follow the links:
Toshiba Satellite Series
Toshiba Satellite Pro Series
Toshiba Libretto Series
Toshiba Satellite Series
Toshiba Satellite 1555CDS
Toshiba Satellite 1715XCDS
Toshiba Satellite 2060CDS
Toshiba Satellite 2065CDS
Toshiba Satellite 2100CDS
Toshiba Satellite 2100CDT
Toshiba Satellite 2105CDS
Toshiba Satellite 2140XCDS
Toshiba [...]
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The following laptop step-by-step disassembly manuals I have created myself. You can use them if you have a Toshiba laptop and want to repair or upgrade it yourself. You shouldn’t disassemble your laptop if you have no experience with computers because you can easily damage it. Also, you shouldn’t open it if the laptop is [...]
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If you want to take apart a Dell laptop you can find very clear step-by-step laptop service manuals on Dell website. Here is the link where you can view or download service manuals for the below listed laptops. You can search Dell database by a service tag located on the bottom of your laptop or [...]
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If you are looking for Acer laptop service manuals, you can download it here. Some laptop service manuals have multiple parts. To use the manual, download all parts to your hard drive and then extract them with WinRar archiver.
You’ll find service manuals and FRU documentation for the following laptops:
ACER Aspire 1200
ACER Aspire 1310
ACER Aspire 1350
ACER [...]
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How to remove, replace or upgrade a laptop hard drive. Instructions for the following notebook computers: Compaq, Dell, Gateway, HP (Hewlett Packard), IBM, Micron/MPC, Nec, Toshiba. Very detailed removal and installation guides in PDF format.
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Here are the links for Toshiba Tecra 8000 and Tecra 9000 FRU (Field Replaceable Unit Documentation). It’s very useful if you want to take your laptop apart. I’m not sure how long these links would be “alive”. These files are in PDF format. When you click on the link, the PDF file should open in [...]
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