XPost: comp.os.linux.misc   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-07-20 06:43, Bobbie Sellers wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > 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>   
      
   Oh, language problem here. I did not realize what muffin tin you were   
   talking about. English is not my first language.   
      
   Ice cube boxes :-)   
   Or egg boxes.   
      
   I had forgotten them.   
      
   In my 20x I could disassemble something and remember where everything   
   went. Not any longer.   
      
      
   >>   
   >> 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   
   >   
   >   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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