The cooling fan was very dirty and I disassembled the laptop for cleaning. When I completed the reassembly step by step and tried to turn on my laptop it just won’t. When I press the power it starts the fan for a second and when I press it once more and it begins to start [...]
Is the graphics card upgradeable for a Gateway MD7818U laptop? If no one knows how can I find out without having to either call the company or break open the laptop?
According to the Gateway MD7818U laptop review I found on NotebookReview.com, this model has Intel 4500MHD Integrated Graphics. It means, the video card is integrated [...]
I have a Toshiba Satellite M45-S169 laptop less than 3 years old. My issue is the on-off switch in the upper left hand corner will not turn on without some effort to push the switch sideways, up or anything but the normal procedure to turn it on. Once on, the computer has no issues, so [...]
Can you please tell as how to connect my laptop to creative 5.1 speaker system so that I can hear surround sound from DVDs.
If you want to watch DVD movies on your laptop and experience full surround sound on 5.1 or 7.1 speakers, you’ll have to use a special sound card for notebook computers. [...]
I was taking my laptop apart. One of the screws was very tight and I accidentally stripped the screw. How can I remove the stripped screw?
I found that it’s easier to remove a tight screw if you heat it for a few seconds with a soldering gun. The heat will soften securing glue on the [...]
I’ve been having a problem with my Toshiba A105-S4254. When I plug in and use a Logitech web cam, after about 5 minutes, the laptop monitor just shows a black screen. You can tell that the monitor still has power going to it, but only a black screen is shown. The power is still turned [...]
I am about to purchase my first laptop.
I know the features I want. I have found a second hand Toshiba Satellite 1410, and a TG 2000 and a HP Pavillion 4281. They are both ex rental models and come with 6 months warranty.
Price = $ 495.00
I preference the toshi myself as from my research they [...]
I have an Acer Aspire 3680 notebook, after plugging in a Targus wireless mouse, my screen flickered in a white light and then went black. I could sense that the keyboard and mousepad were working but after doing a hard power off it would not boot up. I just hear the fan and no display [...]
First of all I really want to congratulate you and thank you for the Laptop Disassembly guides. Thanks to you I was able to upgrade my Toshiba Satellite P105-S9312’s CPU.
Well It did take me a long time taking it apart (longer than putting it back together hehe)..
I applied Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound on the [...]
My laptop seems to be experiences cooling fan gunk build up and that is one reason it may shut down unexpectedly.
BUT, in addition..when I move the laptop or shake the bottom a bit it seems to also shut down. Keep in mind it is not an adapter issue because the battery still has anywhere from [...]
