All this to upgrade the screen...

"Nibby" (nibby68) 06/01/2014 at 10:40 • Filed to: None

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:o

Bad Idea Hat > Nibby 06/01/2014 at 10:41

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Sad fact; Lenovo/IBM make some of the easiest laptops to work on.

It only gets worse.

crowmolly > Bad Idea Hat 06/01/2014 at 10:42

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Far, far worse.

Telumektar > Nibby 06/01/2014 at 11:02

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Exactly what are you trying to do?

Nibby > Telumektar 06/01/2014 at 11:05

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Upgrading the XGA screen to SXGA

Boxer_4 > Nibby 06/01/2014 at 11:19

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It could be worse. I've had to replace the hard drive in an iBook G3 before.

Nibby > Boxer_4 06/01/2014 at 11:22

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What the fuck? That's the most complicated way to replace a hard drive ever.

Bad Idea Hat > crowmolly 06/01/2014 at 11:33

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Have you ever messed around with a Samsung Chromebook?

I'd like to replace a keyboard BUT I GUESS THAT WON'T BE HAPPENING TODAY OR ANYTIME SOON.

Telumektar > Nibby 06/01/2014 at 11:37

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Oh, nice :)

crowmolly > Bad Idea Hat 06/01/2014 at 11:42

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I love the Dell E6500 series laptops. Want a new speaker grill? One side easily comes off. The other side? COMPLETE FUCKING TEARDOWN TO THE FRAME.

My Dell rep told me that series was a big mistake as servicing extended warranty work costs them a ton more money than it should.

Boxer_4 > Nibby 06/01/2014 at 12:08

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It's like Apple decided to build the entire laptop around the hard drive.

CallMeTURBO > Boxer_4 06/01/2014 at 12:52

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Yeah I feel you, I had to Replace the keyboard on my MacBook Pro 13. Ya know, the "let's fit the entire laptop into one single piece of milled aluminum" one. It's a good thing I'm used to repairing iPhones otherwise I woulda gone mad

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Boxer_4 06/01/2014 at 13:01

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I've done that, you ever upgraded the ram in a imac g3 tray loader? that was annoying, I named my computer freddie just so that when I got annoyed with it while working on it I could yell at it by name.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > CallMeTURBO 06/01/2014 at 13:03

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Topcases are annoying to replace.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Boxer_4 06/01/2014 at 13:04

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They did do that with the lampshade iMac. It was really annoying to upgrade the HDD on mine. It was convection cooled so everything was stacked on top of eachother, in order from warmest component to coolest component, warmest closest to the fan.

CallMeTURBO > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/01/2014 at 13:12

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yeah I only had to replace the keyboard, but the process was basically the same. A real hassle but I do suppose it saved me a trip to the Genius Bar

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > CallMeTURBO 06/01/2014 at 13:19

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indeed, how long did it take you? I wanna guess 3 hours or more.

CallMeTURBO > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/01/2014 at 13:32

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hmm I wanna say start to finish probably like 3 to 4 hours, but only cause I was really taking my time as it was one week out of the 3 year warrantee when it happened, I was leaving for London in a week for 4 months and really needed the laptop and it was my first time taking any macbook apart.

Gets a bit easier and faster once you know what you're doing though

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > CallMeTURBO 06/01/2014 at 13:35

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Ya it does get faster after a few tries, but im glad you took your time the first time my brother did it (his mbp was out of warranty before mine) he screwed up the installment of the trackpad and had to redo it. did you reapply thermal paste while you were in there? it would have been a good idea.

CallMeTURBO > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/01/2014 at 13:48

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hah yeah I've botched a repair of my iphone once or twice, enough to make sure to take my time on something this much more complicated. And no I didn't, where should it have gone haha? I didn't have any at the time, I was kinda just hoping to get it fixed before I moved halfway across the world for a few months, though it has held up well, the repair was done in the first week of January so it's been like 5 months since.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > CallMeTURBO 06/01/2014 at 13:54

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on the processor (and graphics card if you have a mid-2010 or earlier MBP), the job they do from the factory is shitty, if you did it it would greatly improve your laptop's cooling ability.

CallMeTURBO > Denver Is Stuck In The 90s 06/01/2014 at 14:03

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hmm, look at that, you learn something new every day. Looks like I might have to take it apart and try that out. I did notice the fan does flick on more quickly after any type of use lately, though I put that down to old age. Thanks though, anywhere you could point to a guide for application of that?

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > CallMeTURBO 06/01/2014 at 14:20

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8oYJn…

jsut follow this video on how to do it after youve removed the logic board, you'll need a take apart for that