26 February 2020

Lay My Hands On Thee

The emergency, backup, spare laptop has been resurrected!

An ancient Gateway NV57H96U.

Dead keyboard.  Insufficient RAM.  Beyond dead battery.

Since the RAM is doubled, it runs better than new!

Gateway clearly did not expect anyone to change out the keyboard very often.

There's about 25 teeny screws to remove to get the top and bottoms seperated; then 10 more to get the top cover halves apart to remove the keyboard sandwiched betwixt them.

At least they gave the ribbon cables enough slack.
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2 comments:

  1. Vlad26 February, 2020 22:04

    They clearly weren't thinking about repairability. In contrast, the T Series ThinkPads treat the keyboard as user replaceable part held in by two clearly marked screws.

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    1. Angus McThag27 February, 2020 13:24

      So far, there's nothing I've had to replace on a T410, T420 or T420S that's been even remotely difficult.

      The keyboard has to come off on a 410 and 420 to get at the RAM. You just couldn't make that hard and expect repeat customers.

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