18 Nov
2002
18 Nov
'02
8:35 a.m.
On disassembly:
Toth wrote:
First you'll want to remove lower portion of the
plastic shell. There are
5 screws on the bottom of the unit, and two clips on the front edge.
Figured out how to release those. Stuff a flat-head screwdriver blade in
from the bottom side, so it slides between the plastic
clip and the metal
tab it locks over. That way it's pretty easy to lever the
plastic *only*
far enough to disengage.
Once the graphics board is out, there are 3 more
phillips screws at the
back edge of the mainboard. The plastic clips pull up to release, but with
the bottom shell off, you can use something to push them up from the
underside.
That works. I used the point of needle-nosed pliers as a pin-driver (set in
place, hold the handles, use the other hand to hammer on the one holding
the pliers). Once the pins were driven mostly out, the whole clip could be
wriggled out with not too much trouble. I still hate those clips. What do
they do that a screw and lockwasher wouldn't do better?
Big help! Thanks! I had the motherboard out in my hands last night, so I'm
ready to go to work desoldering either the comparator or the resistors.
Anyone have any educated guesses which one to try first?
- Mark