Comments on: Fix your broken laptop http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/02/01/fix-your-broken-laptop/ Distracting the Mind with Information Overload Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:19:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Gil http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/02/01/fix-your-broken-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-72807 Gil Sat, 31 Jan 2009 16:12:03 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/?p=110#comment-72807 After a spill necessitated replacing the keyboard on my Satellite A135, about 1/2 of the keys, mainly on the left side of the keyboard, don't work. I can't seem to press the plastic ribbon cable of the new one into the connector far enough for it to engage all the pins. I tried reattaching the old keyboard, but can't press that cable in far enough either. There seems to be white mineralization on some pins in the connector. It's a very thin space, and barely accessible. How can I safely clean it off so the cable fits properly and makes contact with all the pins? After a spill necessitated replacing the keyboard on my Satellite A135, about 1/2 of the keys, mainly on the left side of the keyboard, don’t work. I can’t seem to press the plastic ribbon cable of the new one into the connector far enough for it to engage all the pins. I tried reattaching the old keyboard, but can’t press that cable in far enough either. There seems to be white mineralization on some pins in the connector. It’s a very thin space, and barely accessible. How can I safely clean it off so the cable fits properly and makes contact with all the pins?

]]> By: Fred http://www.u-g-h.com/2007/02/01/fix-your-broken-laptop/comment-page-1/#comment-69858 Fred Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:12:49 +0000 http://www.u-g-h.com/?p=110#comment-69858 The problem is it looks easy on paper, not so easy in practice. I do at least 3 of these a week, and can usually get them done in around 20-30 minutes. But, the problem is if you're not careful it's very easy for you to break the computer permanently. Sometimes you have to jiggle connectors out of the motherboard, and one push too hard, and you can crack the motherboard. I've seen customers that didn't know what they were doing and completely messed up their laptop. It's not that it's that difficult just that beware of the implications of messing up. Fred- Atlanta PC Repair guy The problem is it looks easy on paper, not so easy in practice. I do at least 3 of these a week, and can usually get them done in around 20-30 minutes. But, the problem is if you’re not careful it’s very easy for you to break the computer permanently. Sometimes you have to jiggle connectors out of the motherboard, and one push too hard, and you can crack the motherboard.

I’ve seen customers that didn’t know what they were doing and completely messed up their laptop. It’s not that it’s that difficult just that beware of the implications of messing up.

Fred- Atlanta PC Repair guy

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