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partly disassembled 8204

post #1 of 5
Thread Starter 
Dam buzzing noise was really starting to get to me so i decided to open this up and see what made it work.
Step one: take out all the screws on the bottom
Step two: Take the screws out from the hindges.
Step Three: Tilt lid backwards till its almost in line with the laptop
Step Four: Above the Del button there is a small hole, insert flathead screwdriver or penknife and prise it open by pushing the knife/screwdriver upward.
Step Five: Repeate the exercise for all the holes above the keyboard.
Step Six: There are 2 latches on either side of the keyboard, next to the Del and the Esc, keep lifting the pannel and eventually it will pop off.
Step Seven: Remove screws holding the keyboard in place
Step Eight: Pull keyboard out and remove the cable.
Step Nine: Remove cable for top pannel.

Thats as far as i got and i couldn't see the Choke coil.
Keyboard <--- Yes that is my toe
Pannel
With no keyboard
Where i need to get to
Where the keyboard attaches to
post #2 of 5
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Originally Posted by CoolHotCold
Dam buzzing noise was really starting to get to me so i decided to open this up and see what made it work.
Step one: take out all the screws on the bottom
Step two: Take the screws out from the hindges.
Step Three: Tilt lid backwards till its almost in line with the laptop
Step Four: Above the Del button there is a small hole, insert flathead screwdriver or penknife and prise it open by pushing the knife/screwdriver upward.
Step Five: Repeate the exercise for all the holes above the keyboard.
Step Six: There are 2 latches on either side of the keyboard, next to the Del and the Esc, keep lifting the pannel and eventually it will pop off.
Step Seven: Remove screws holding the keyboard in place
Step Eight: Pull keyboard out and remove the cable.
Step Nine: Remove cable for top pannel.

Thats as far as i got and i couldn't see the Choke coil.
Keyboard <--- Yes that is my toe
Pannel
With no keyboard
Where i need to get to
Where the keyboard attaches to
Maan that looks cool! Well, good luck with the "investigation" and please keep us posted!!!!
post #3 of 5
Thread Starter 
heh. did it all without doing any cosmetic damage.
post #4 of 5
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Originally Posted by CoolHotCold
heh. did it all without doing any cosmetic damage.
Did you get any further???
post #5 of 5
Thread Starter 
naa not yet. Will probably try again tonight.. Hope i can do it without removing the heatsink.
Heh It looks like to get to where i want i need to remove the Screen totaly from the bottom bit, which i'm not looking forward to. But it should be fairly easy now as a kind friend handed me the service manual.. Looks complicated with about a gazillion screws.
Fud just checked the service manual and i can't seem to find on the pictures of the mainboard anything that looks like the coils... Probably going to send this back to Acer for repair
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