Re: OT: Help needed for disassembling Toshiba Satellite 5100-603

2004-10-27 Thread Rob Sims
On Tuesday 26 October 2004 08:02 am, Jan T. Kim wrote: > Initially, it seemed as though disassembling and reassembling had > really "repaired" the machine, but then, upon tapping on the plastic > surface around the keyboard and pressing the mouse buttons, the > flickering reappeared. > It thus see

Re: OT: Help needed for disassembling Toshiba Satellite 5100-603

2004-10-26 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 08:15:01PM +0100, Jan T. Kim wrote: > On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 12:45:25PM -0400, PaulNM wrote: > > I was so focused on the "take laptop apart" question that I missed the > > part about the video. My laptop has a similar problem that has gone > > progressivly worse. Have y

Re: OT: Help needed for disassembling Toshiba Satellite 5100-603

2004-10-25 Thread Jan T. Kim
Hi Paul, On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 12:45:25PM -0400, PaulNM wrote: > Jan T. Kim wrote: > >Unfortunately, I didn't find anything like a stuck fan which I could > >fix, and the system still seems to have graphics problems. I'll now > >put everything back together again, and if that doesn't "magically

Re: OT: Help needed for disassembling Toshiba Satellite 5100-603

2004-10-25 Thread PaulNM
Jan T. Kim wrote: Thanks to all who responded. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything like a stuck fan which I could fix, and the system still seems to have graphics problems. I'll now put everything back together again, and if that doesn't "magically" repair the thing (any suggestions for the prefe

Re: OT: Help needed for disassembling Toshiba Satellite 5100-603

2004-10-25 Thread Jan T. Kim
Hi all, On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 08:32:34AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 06:22:09PM +0100, Jan T. Kim wrote: > > Thanks for your help. Your guess was right, there are catches (a few > > only, though) around the front of the case, but I had managed to open > > them already. T

Re: OT: Help needed for disassembling Toshiba Satellite 5100-603

2004-10-24 Thread /dev/null
On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 00:07:43 -0400 PaulNM wrote: > I have a Gateway Solo 2550 (~5yrs old) that I've managed to take apart. > There are screws along the back that holds one piece down. How about checking the manufacturers website, most of them do have pretty good support. Especially IBM has all

Re: OT: Help needed for disassembling Toshiba Satellite 5100-603

2004-10-24 Thread Bill Moseley
On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 06:22:09PM +0100, Jan T. Kim wrote: > Thanks for your help. Your guess was right, there are catches (a few > only, though) around the front of the case, but I had managed to open > them already. The thing is now held together by something in the > middle, and I cannot see wh

Re: OT: Help needed for disassembling Toshiba Satellite 5100-603

2004-10-22 Thread PaulNM
I have a Gateway Solo 2550 (~5yrs old) that I've managed to take apart. There are screws along the back that holds one piece down. This piece is the chunk that is above the keyboard and wraps around where the lcd screen connects. I do have to pry it a little , but once it's out I can see the key

Re: OT: Help needed for disassembling Toshiba Satellite 5100-603

2004-10-22 Thread Jan T. Kim
Hi Stephen, On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 12:34:02PM -0400, Stephen Ryan wrote: > On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 08:52, Jan T. Kim wrote: > > Now, I have unscrewed all the screws I could find (including one under > > the twisted pair network and modem socket, which I overlooked initially), > > but the case does

Re: OT: Help needed for disassembling Toshiba Satellite 5100-603

2004-10-22 Thread Stephen Ryan
On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 08:52, Jan T. Kim wrote: > Hi list, > > My Toshiba Satellite 5100-603 notebook (on which I use Debian sarge) > has developed a hardware problem (random things start to flicker > around on the screen a few minutes after switching on and booting > the system). > > Now, I have

OT: Help needed for disassembling Toshiba Satellite 5100-603

2004-10-22 Thread Jan T. Kim
Hi list, My Toshiba Satellite 5100-603 notebook (on which I use Debian sarge) has developed a hardware problem (random things start to flicker around on the screen a few minutes after switching on and booting the system). Now, I have unscrewed all the screws I could find (including one under the