Thursday, August 22, 2013

How to Replace Toshiba Satellite L755 CPU Cooling Fan

1, Make sure the laptop is turned off before you start dismantling it. Unplug AC adapter. Unlock and remove toshiba satellite l755 laptop battery. Unscrew five screws securing the hard drive cover and memory cover. Lift up covers and remove them from the laptop.

2, Remove one screw located in the battery compartment. This screw securing the keyboard bezel. Turn the laptop over and carefully lift up the keyboard bezel with a small screwdriver.Continue removing the bezel with your fingers. You'll have to wiggle it a little bit in order to separate from the laptop.Remove four screws securing the toshiba satellite l755 keyboard.

3, After all four screws removed you should be able to lift up the top side of the keyboard and turn it upside down. Place the keyboard on the palmrest. Be careful, the keyboard still connected to the motherboard.It's necessary to unlock the connector and release the cable before removing the keyboard. In the following two steps I explain how to unlock the connector.Remove the keyboard.

4, Remove shown screws from the bottom of the laptop. Remove three screws securing the motherboard and cooling fan assembly. On the bottom side of the motherboard you can access the toshiba satellite l755 cpu cooling fan assembly and CMOS battery (on the left side from the wireless card). In order to remove the cooling fan assembly (fan and heatsink) you'll have to loosen four screws and disconnect the fan cable. After that carefully lift up the assembly and separate it from the processor.

5, Reverse the produce to install Toshiba Satellite L755 CPU Cooling Fan

Sunday, August 18, 2013

How to Replace a IBM Lenovo Thinkpad R61I Fan?

1. Please read the IBM Lenovo Thinkpad R61I manual or maintenance guide if you have before you disassemble the laptop. This file is a universal summary only. Some details may be not the same.

2. Prepare a correct IBM Lenovo Thinkpad R61I CPU fan replacement. The Lenovo thinkpad r61i cpu fan image on our website is for actual product. If you are not sure which one is correct, please contact us.

3. Now, turn off your laptop and disconnect the power cord. And disconnect all external devices connected to the computer. Remove the battery, DVD drive and the hard drive. The hard drive is usually located in a slot on one side of the laptop. Remove the screw that holds the cover in place, then pull out the hard drive.

4. Remove all the screws (may not exist) that hold the keyboard in place, then lift the keyboard up and out. Unplug the flexible ribbon cable that connects the keyboard to the motherboard.

5. Remove the screws (may not exist) that hold the lenovo thinkpad r61i laptop keyboard bezel and palm rest in place. Carefully pry loose any plastic snaps on the sides, then lift the bezel and palm rest up and out.

6. Unplug the old IBM Lenovo Thinkpad R61I Fan. Remove screws that hold the heat sink and fan in place, then remove the entire unit from the laptop. Clean any thermal compound residue from the bottom of the heat sink and the CPU.

7. Apply a thin and even layer of thermal compound on the CPU, then replace the heat sink and fix the new fan. Replace the screws, plug the IBM Lenovo Thinkpad R61I fan back in, then reassemble the laptop.

8. Turn on your IBM Lenovo Thinkpad R61I Laptop. After you use it for a few minutes, you should hear the new cooling fan running and feel warm air blowing from the vent on the side of the laptop. 

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Lenovo Thinkpad X100e and X120e Keyboard removal and installation

For Lenovo ThinkPad X100e
Please perform the following steps as shown in the pictures below.


For Lenovo ThinkPad X120e
Please perform the following steps as shown in the pictures below.
When installing the keyboard, do as follows:
  1. Attach the keyboard connectors.
  2. Attach the keyboard so that the front edge of the keyboard are under the frame as shown in this figure

  1. Secure the keyboard by tightening the screws from the bottom side of the computer.
  2. Purchase Lenovo thinkpad x120e keyboard online



Thursday, June 30, 2011

How to replace HP Pavilion dv6 keyboard

1. Turn off you HP Pavilion dv6 notebook. Unplug the power cable and disconnect any external devices plugged into the notebook. Lift up the notebook and place it upside-down on a flat surface with the battery next to you.

2. Push the battery-release latch above the left side of the battery to the right to disengage it from the notebook. Remove the battery. Remove the three screws along the bottom of the battery bay using a Phillips-head screwdriver.

3. Loosen but do not remove the four screws on the outer edge of the base cover above the left side of the battery bay. Remove the cover.

4. Disconnect the hard drive cable extending from the left side of the hard drive, located in the upper-left corner of the bay, from the notebook. Slide the hard drive bracket to the left edge of the hard drive bay. Lift and remove the bracket.

5. Remove the screw below the lower-right side of the hard drive bay, and remove the screw in the lower-right corner of the base cover bay. Grab the optical drive on the upper-right edge of the laptop and pull it out of the HP Pavilion dv6 notebook.

6. Lift the HP Pavilion dv6 notebook and set it down right-side up. Open the display.

7. Lift the back of the keyboard and slide it back 1 inch toward the monitor. The keyboard ribbon cable that plugs into the notebook just above the mouse touch pad will be visible. Lift the black plastic connector about one-quarter of an inch and carefully pull the ribbon cable out and remove the old keyboard.

8. Reverse the procedure to replace the HP Pavilion DV6 Keyboard.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

How to remove Toshiba Satellite L305D keyboard

This is a simply instructions for removing the Toshiba L305D keyboard.
step 1
Using a sharp object lift up and remove the keyboard bezel.
step 2
There are two screws securing the motherboard under the bezel.
step 3
Lift up the keyboard and place it upside down on the palm rest. Be careful, the keyboard is attached to the motherboard.
You’ll find the video cable connector under the keyboard.

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

TrackPoint

TrackPoint first appear on ThinkPad 700C laptop on 1992,then it become a standard device. It is difference to touchpad, The pointing stick operates by sensing applied force. It have 3 types-Soft Rim, Classic Dome & Soft Dome.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Diy a IM notidication light for your thinkpad laptop

There is a ThinkLight on top of Thinkpad screen. It can't illuminate the keyboard due to its lightenness is so low. It's just a decoration light. So why not add some additional function on the Thinklight.
There is a funly Software plug-ins on pidgin. Its name is blanklight. When you have a new IM message, the Thinklight will flicker three times to inform you receive the new message.
If you like use IM on your ThinkPad laptop. This plug-ins may help you.