Thursday, January 28, 2016

Time To Replace Laptop Touchpad

After trying to desperately to to fix your laptop's touchpad, but to no avail, you say to yourself, "Time to Replace the Laptop Touchpad". Laptop touchpads go bad after repetitive use or exposure to moisture. However, replacing a laptop touchpad cam be very cumbersom because you will have to take apart your laptop partially or completely.  Although the disassembly process is involving, it does save you time and money getting a techie to do this for you. Here is how to replace a touchpad.

Tools  needed for the exercise:

  • Phillips head-screw driver
  • Small flat-head screw driver
Now onward to the disassembly


Turn Off Your Laptop
Turn off your laptop and disconnect the power cable and any miscellaneous devices.  Then close the LCD panel, turn over the battery aand remove the battery.  Next remove the head screws securing the hardware compartment to the bottom casing of your laptop These include, your hard drive, wireless card and RAM compartments.

You can press on the retaining buttons on either side of each RAM module to release the RAMs from their compartments. Once you've removed the RAMs from the modules, you then remove the plastic covers and set them aside.After removing the plastic covers, you can either remove the screws or lift the hard drive out of it compartment(dpending on the make of the laptop).

Disconnect The Antenna Cables From The Wireless Card
Disconnect the antenna cables from the wireless card  and then lift the wireless card out of its compartment and set it aside.Now that you've lifted the wireless card out of its compartment, disconnect the screws securing the CD/DVD drive to the drive compartment located outside the laptop casing. You then slide the drive out of its compartment and set it aside.
Now remove all screws from the bottom casing. Next, tjurn the laptop over and  open the LCD panel. Now use a small screw driver to separate the keyboard cover from the laptop base. For your information, the keyboard cover is located between the keyboard and LCD  panel.  Once you've found the keyboard cover, remove the cover and set it aside.

Remove Screws Attaching Keyboard To Laptop
The next step is to remove the screws attaching the keyboard to the laptop.  You tilt the keyboard upward and disconnect the keyboard from the motherboard. And then remove the keyboard from the laptop base.

Next, you disconnect the video and antennae cables from the motherboard. Remove the all the screws from the LCD hinges and then lift the LCD panel out of the laptop base and set it aside.

Finally, you disconnect the touchpad cable from the motherboard. You then separate the upper casing from the bottom casing an set it aside.  You now remove the touchpad from the upper casing.

Finally, install the new touchpad by repeating the above steps backwards.  

That's a wrap for" Time To Replace Laptop Touchpad" Till next time take care!

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Thursday, January 21, 2016

Time To Replace Your Laptop Video Card

When you try to fix your laptop video card, but it's fault it means it's time to replace your laptop video card.  The demise of the video card could range from display problems  to lack of graphical  power. If these problems exist, it's time to change the video card. However, you may need to take their entire laptop apart as the video card is located under several parts. Let me show you how.

Things needed
  • Screw driver

Now onward.

Turn The Laptops Power Off
First take the laptop's power off, and close the screen. Turn the entire laptop over so that only the bottom of the laptop case is visible. Hold down the battery's release button and and slide the battery out of the case. Next set the battery and remove the screws at the center and right side of the case that hold the plastic covers over the RAM modules and hard drive. After setting the battery aside, lift the modules up and remove them from the case.

Take Out The Screws
Next, take out the screws  holding the plastic cover over the   modem.  And pull out the cover, remove the modem and set it aside. You the n put the screw driver underneath the plastic above the keyboard. Wiggle the screwdriver until the strip pops up. Now Now set the strip aside and remove the screws on top of the keyboard.

Lift The Keyboard Off The Laptop
Lift the keyboard off the laptop until you can see  the motherboard cable.Once you see the motherboard cable, go ahead and disconnect the motherboard cable and then set the keyboard aside completely. After sorting out the keyboard, pull out the screw holding the DVD drive at the top right hand corner of the case. Now slide the DVD drive out of the case and set it aside completely. After sliding the DVD drive out of the case,locate the metal plate in the middle of the case and remove the metal plate's screw. You then pull out the metal plate and remove the three screws near the edge where the metal plate is located.

Disconnect The Motherboard Cables
Disconnect all the motherboard cables located underneath the metal plate. The next step will be to lift the metal plate's cover piece such that the motherboard cable is easily visible. Now go on to remove the video card screw located at the upper left corner of the motherboard. After removing the video card screw, you then go ahead and pull out the old video card. Next, insert the new video card in its place and replace the screw.  After inserting the new video card, you then place the cover piece over the motherboard and reconnect all the motherboard cables.

Put The DVD Drive Back In
Put the DVD drive back in and reconnect the screw. Reassemble the laptop and slide the battery back in. Now open the screen lid and insert the installation CD for the new video card into the DVD drive. And finally follow the onscreen instructions to install the video card software.

That's a wrap on "Time To Replace Your Laptop Video Card" Till next time take care.


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Monday, January 18, 2016

Need To Replace Laptop Display

A while back we  learnt how to  Fix A Laptop Display. But sometimes there is a need to replace the laptop display  when all options are exhausted. Of course you can choose to go to a repair shop to get the laptop display replaced, but wouldn't it be nice to save yourself valuable cash and replace the laptop display yourself?

Tools needed for this exercise:

  • Small flat head screw driver
  • Small Phillips head screw driver

Now onward to the exercise:

Turn Off Your Laptop
Turn off your laptop and remove the power chord. Then  flip the laptop over and  slide the release lever to loosen and remove the battery. Next, pull the battery out of the case. Now remove the keyboard cover with a flat head screw driver to take out the retaining screws, starting with the right hand side,middle, and right hand side.

After taking care of the keyboard cover, you now  remove the retaining screws from the back panel of the laptop. And then remove the screws that hold the antennae in place and the antennae to the side of the laptop.

Remove The Laptop Display's Adapter Cable
Remove the laptop display's adapter cable from the motherboard. And then remove the screws holding the laptop's display assemble to the top of the laptop's case. Now carefully lift the display assembly free of the laptop case. Next carefully set the new laptop display in place.  Then replace the retaining screws that hold the laptop display in place and then connect  the adapter cable to the motherboard. And finally reassemble the case to test the laptop display. Should work like a charm.


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Friday, January 15, 2016

How To Fix Faulty Keyboard Keys of a Laptop

A while back we learnt how to replace a  laptop's keyboard. Today we're going  down and dirty. We are to learn how to fix the faulty keyboard keys of a laptop. Isn't it irritating sometimes, that you're typing and all of a sudden,a key sticks, and you're unable to produce the character on the screen? Or even worse, a bunch of keys stop functioning all of a sudden. The sad truth is laptop keyboards can stop functioning for a variety of reasons.  I know you're tempted to buy a new keyboard, but knowing how to fix your faulty keys can save you lots of time, not to mention save you valuable cash as well.

Things Needed For This Exercise

  • Ballpoint pen
  • Car key (optional)
  • Flathead screw driver
  • Knife (optional)
  • Damp cloth
  • Cotton swabs
  • Rubbing alcohol
  • Water
  • Can of compressed air.

Now let's dig in.

Turn Your Laptop Off
Turn off your laptop , then use a flathead screwdriver or knife to try the key off gently from a corner.  You should hear the key make a snapping sound as it detaches.

Remove The Key Container
Remove the container(The container holding the key) and use your knife or screw driver to pop the container off by gently twisting it.

Pull off The Space Bar
Pull off the space bar after you you slide the screw driver under the space bar.

Clean Underneath Laptop Keys
Clean underneath your laptop keys with cotton schwabs or a soft cloth dampened with alcohol. You can also utilized compressed air  to remove dust dirt and other debris.

Replace Your Laptop Keys
Replace your laptop keys by placing the laptop container in position. In case you get amnesia(just kidding) as to the exact position of the container, you can remove another key from another retainer by copying that key's retainer's position, and position the key over the retainer while pressing down the key. And as usual, you should hear the key snap into position Next, place your laptop's space bar over the space bar slots and snap it into place.

Well that's a wrap for "How To Fix Faulty Keyboard Keys of  a Laptop." 

Till next time, have a good one.

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