Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Sun Feb 24 09:54:40 CST 2013
Hi John: I am glad to hear things have changed since 2009 when I was doing a lot of Dells (on a Dell repair contract). One screw and one slide button for the back off would be excellent...like a power supply. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 9:39 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Repairing the Surface Pro I take apart a lot of laptops. Some are much easier than others. But none of them are the same. Not that I mind a puzzle when I have time but FCOL when I'm in a hurry I'd like to be able to remove one screw, pop in some RAM and be done with it. Thinkpad: 4 screws, turn over, remove plastic cover (top of palm rest) and touch pad if one is included, install RAM, have fun getting palm rest and cover back on, turn over put in 4 screws. Dell Vostro: screw, pop cover off, insert RAM, pop cover on insert one screw. Toshiba: 2 screws, remove cover do three somersaults, throw salt over left shoulder... -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim Lawrence Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 10:55 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Repairing the Surface Pro Hi Hans: You must have a awfully weird cell phone. ;-) It looks like Apple has improved since the older models: http://www.techrepublic.com/photos/cracking-open-the-apple-iphone-5/6385769 My Samsung has a pop-off back and from there everything can be removed right up to the screen. Mind you if you have broken your screen you can either heat-gun the screen off or better yet take it to your service depot and let them do it. ;-) Obviously you haven't lived until you start pulling apart other laptops other than Apples... Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian Andersen Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 3:08 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Repairing the Surface Pro I've never met a cell phone that is serviceable. Never since my first cellphone in 1996... 40 screws on a laptop? The last laptop I took apart only had 8. Best regards, Hans-Christian Andersen On 23 Feb 2013, at 09:04, "Jim Lawrence" <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi John: > > PITA, you will have disagreement from me. > > The last note book I took apart had a good 40 screws and 8 different > sizes and that was just to remove the back. I always lay a sheet of > graph paper out on the desk and draw and number all the holes given > the associated screw > codes, making note of the disassembly order as there is no standard > and try > to remember to pay special attention so as not to lose those little plastic > wedges. > > I would like to think that these new tablets should be at least as > serviceable as any cell phone. > > Jim > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John > Bartow > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 3:10 PM > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Repairing the Surface Pro > > For what you get for the price versus a high end Android Tablet or an > iPad I > think I would still prefer the Surface. None of the are easy to do anything > with. Although they are serviceable notebooks are a big PITA to work > on too! > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim > Lawrence > Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 2:50 PM > To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' > Subject: [dba-Tech] Repairing the Surface Pro > > Hi All: > > Here is an interesting article on the difficulties of repairing your Surface > Pro. You wouldn't be taking it apart to add new memory, batteries, > hard drives or even just cleaning out dust from the ventilation ports. > > How bad is it?...It is being compared to the Ultrabook which has been called > the most unrepairable piece of equipment on the market. > > http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/cracking-open/difficult-to-repair-surface-p > ro-built-more-like-an-ultrabook-than-a-tablet/938?tag=nl.e101&s_cid=e101&tta > g=e101 > > This article might be well worth saving for those purchasing such a product. > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com