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Attacking a laptop
15-04-2009 6:53 PM
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It's keyboard has a strong preference for typing multiple mmmmmmmmmmmmmm's and nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn's
I'm pretty sure this is due to the quantity of crumbs embedded inside the keyboard.
It's latterly shown a tendency to say the ethernet cable is unplugged:-
PXE-E61 Media test failure....
PXE-M0F Exiting PXE ROM
Luckily the Wireless still works.
I have given the keyboard a gentle bashing - is it reasonably easy to get to the keyboard on a laptop
without having to bore through the motherboard?
I want to bash it quite hard.
It's a Toshiba Satellite A110-42
I've never opened a laptop before - only proper PC's
I'm also going to try a Linux Live CD, in case it contains a better keyboard driver
All help gratefully accepted...
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
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15-04-2009 7:34 PM
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15-04-2009 7:38 PM
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If it helped click the thumb
If it fixed it click 'This fixed my problem'
Re: Attacking a laptop
15-04-2009 7:42 PM
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Unfortunately the kids use the laptop; their is several years of accumulated debris.
I really need a high-pressure water jet - or similar.
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Re: Attacking a laptop
15-04-2009 8:01 PM
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i find the best method is to turn the laptop upside down (open) and slap the bottom. then turn it the right way up and use canned air on it.
Re: Attacking a laptop
15-04-2009 8:08 PM
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Quote from: artificer if you take off the keycaps, they will 1, fly all over the place, never to be seen again and 2, will be impossible to return to their place.
Never had that issue myself on the three laptops I've done it on.
If it helped click the thumb
If it fixed it click 'This fixed my problem'
Re: Attacking a laptop
15-04-2009 8:10 PM
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15-04-2009 9:13 PM
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Why don't they just weld the thing together and have done with it
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15-04-2009 10:01 PM
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I am considering stripping a HP laptop with a view to repairing the power supply socket on the motherboard. I am looking for a good strip down guide before I attempt that though!
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15-04-2009 10:01 PM
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15-04-2009 10:16 PM
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15-04-2009 10:23 PM
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16-04-2009 9:38 PM
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17-04-2009 12:26 AM
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A couple of the key caps came loose, but I managed to press them back down - and it now (touch wood) seems to be working.
I've removed about 15GB of unwanted games - but it's still got about 60GB of rubbish on it.
It seems that every time M$ issue a patch, upgrade, service pack etc it gets added to the disk!
Thankfully M$ have just stopped "supporting" XP - although I must admit I didn't bother with most of their updates.
I'm planning on loading a small Linux partition, so that I can rsync this rubbish via wireless to a NAS device.
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17-04-2009 8:35 AM
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If you are happy that your system is stable, and you won't want to uninstall them in future, you can simply delete the uninstallers.
Don't forget to give it a once-over with something like CCleaner once in a while too.
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