XPost: comp.os.linux.misc, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-07-19 04:42, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > On 7/18/25 15:31, Paul wrote:   
   >> On Fri, 7/18/2025 5:05 PM, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>> On 18/07/2025 21:24, Jack wrote:   
   >>>> On 18/07/2025 11:11, The Natural Philosopher wrote:   
   >>>>> So if it is *merely* a display problem perhaps you could send it to   
   >>>>> all   
   >>>>> the peole here who thingk that replacing a screen and cable is a   
   >>>>> doddle..:-)   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The thing(s) most users of laptops can do themselves are:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Change/upgrade HDD/SSD   
   >>>> Upgrade Memory   
   >>>> Apply new CPU thermal paste   
   >>>> Clean internal fan   
   >>>> Change keyboard (but very rarely!!)   
   >>>> Change battery (but requires unscrewing the old one on thin laptops   
   >>>> - not   
   >>>> accessible easily these days)   
   >>>>   
   >>> Unfortunately all these require one thing most users of laptops   
   >>> *cannot* do themselves   
   >>> Open the fucking thing up without destroying it!   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>> Anything else requires careful cost/benefit analysis.   
   >>   
   >> They're just screws, they won't bite :-)   
   >   
   >      No but they will roll away and hide. Use a clean unused muffin tin   
   > to confine them to work area.   
      
   If you can grab them before they jump.   
      
      
   Also, not all of them are the same thread, or the same length. So using   
   a single tin is problematic.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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