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   Bobbie Sellers to Simon   
   Re: Trouble with laptop display   
   19 Jul 25 21:43:11   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 7/19/25 06:36, Simon wrote:   
   > On Sat, 19 Jul 2025 15:11:59 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
      
   	Oh you unfamiliar with the concept!  A muffin tin is a baking tool that   
   has a   
   number of cups to hold the muffin dough.  So that one tin has from 8 to 12   
   cups on it and the fewer cups, the larger the individual cup are so that   
   your   
   screws have plenty of space>   
   >   
   > You should note what came from where, a very simple way to document it all   
   > is to video the disassembly, then you can refer back when rebuilding it.   
   >   
      
   	In any video the problem is distinguishing any tiny part from another.   
      
   bliss- Dell Precision 7730- PCLOS 2025.07- Linux 6.12.39- Plasma 5.27.11   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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