Opening an Aspire 5050 - replace trackpad

http://www.laptop-repair.info/aspire...r_manuals.html

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for this model, the button is actually part of the mainboard. the button you press, the plastic one is just that, plastic only.

my advice, don't do it. If you need a guide to take it apart, you don't need to be taking it apart.

to replace the button, you would have to do some solder work on the mainboard. if you mess it up, you mess up the mainboard.

to replace just the plastic part, you would need an uppercase, or maybe if lucky just some superglue.

the link above is expired. can someone repost the service manual for aspire 5050 series? i need to open mine and change the processor. it came with mk-36 and i've bought tl-60 (the 65 SOI). i need the manual.

thanx

http://www.eserviceinfo.com/

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there is nothing on this site about aspire 5050 series

http://www.eserviceinfo.com/index.php?what=search2

aspire 5000 (50xx series), first entry

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thanx for the try qhn. i donwloaded it but it is not what I'm looking for - this is just the FRU for the 3000 5000 series. take a look here: http://www.mk-electronic.de/Herstell.../MS_Aspire.htm
it is the same FRU but specifically about 5050 / 3050 models.

What I'm looking for is the detailed guide - the one with the pictures, because you see the FRU part starts at about page 100 - i want to the first 100 pages. it is there, where the info is.

thanx anyway. i hope to get the file from the second post. Maybe it is more detailed than the FRU.

cheers, peter

looked like that they pulled "free" manuals of the site. u might have to invest a few $$ to get one from a manual/guide resellers
like this one that offered the whole cd (guides/drivers etc ...)
http://www.user-guides.co.uk/acer/ac...0manual%20acer

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I tried everything i could think of - torrents, emules, forums - there is no service manual for the 5050 series on the internet right now. the site you pointed out has some driver cds for wind00$. i'm using linux and it is........ useless. i can pay for the manual but no one is offering it right now.

I just need the pure deassemble / repair / service manual for this model. no drivers, no system checkers or other UNNEEDED windows stuff that can make my wind00$ work free, better or whatever, no fru or anything - just to know when i open the case what to look for - a pure deassebling give for this series.



I've opened the notebook several times - the cpu is clearly visible and accessable but first i need to unscrew the vent. But exactly the vent is stuck in the middle of the problem - it is unaccessable. so no use that i can touch my cpu

i rarely recommend disassembling a unit, especially if you need a service guide.

against better judgement, to get to the cpu....






flip unit over, so looking at bottom, battery closest to you.

remove battery!!!

remove thermal door (memory slot cover) and hdd door. (2 screws each, but they stay attached to doors)

remove hdd, 1 screw on left hand side. slide to right, lift up. While there remove flat silver screw below hdd and keep those scews with the hdd.

move back to the thermal door, and under it you will need to unplug speakers near top, modem cable, mic cable and both wlan antenna.

Then remove all lower case screws on bottom. forgot how many, but many are visible from bottom. don't forget 1 that was covered by thermal door, and 3 that were covered by hdd door

grab unit where battery was and lift up.

should be 3 screws, remove 1 from each hinge, and 1 near usb ports.

flip unit again so it is in front of you like you are going to use it. open lid.

carefully remove middle cover by grabbing right side near hinge and lifting upward. should snap right out.

2 screws to remove KB, fold KB towards you and release connector. be careful as not to break connector.

also remove TP cable from connector

also remove LCD switch from connector, top right hand corner

then remove LCD cable on top left hand side.

pull WLAN antenna up thru from the bottom.

Remove 3 screws from upper case, near the top of where KB used to be.

close lid

stand unit on end, so s-video port is on top.

slowly separate upper and lower case. you may need to gently (GENTLY) pry the upper case as it may hang on the svideo port.

Whole upper case, with LCD should separate from lower case

remove 2 screws securing mainboard. one on right and other towards left center. Screws will be marked by arrows pointing to them.

Place fingers on optical drive and push it away towards the right. should slide right out. if not, you missed a screw on the bottom.

Grab the Battery terminals on the rear of mainboard, and gently (GENTLY) pull unit up and towards you in one motion.

Board, along with DC board attached will come out.

flip board over to look at bottom.

6 screws I believe hold on the thermal module (heatsink + fan). Also make sure you unplug the fan before lifting the thermal module up.

there is the cpu

use a small phillips head to unlock cpu

remove cpu by picking up.



reverse procedure for reassembly.


DISCLAIMER: This was all done from memory, but most steps should be good. Use common sense if you have it to keep track of the screws. If you put screws in wrong place you will damage you case. If you break your unit, don't come crying. If you really need a service guide to disassemble a unit, you don't need to be taking it apart. If you still have a warranty, try that first before you break something yourself. Last but not least.....If you have no experience, and are not fully confident you can do this than DON'T DO IT. You will mess up and you will break it.

This is what i call help. thank you a lot. I've bought a new tl-60 processor, as mine came with mk-36. therefore i need to open it. I've read a lot about this and i thought a giuide would be at help. (just to know where the screws are.).

by the way can you take a look at ma other post here - http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=225751 . What do you think?

can't see the pics, no account over there.

i would stick with the stock cooler. I have put tl-60's in as5050/3050's before with no problem. just get you a good silver or diamond based thermal compound and you should be good. the tl-60 will probably run just as cool as your old processor.

here is the link to the image


should i even try to lap it? what did you do with the gpu when reassembling? paste or pad?

i would stick with the pad for the gpu. you would need such a thick layer of paste it would probably be worse than the pad. you can lap the heatsink, but i heard it doesn't increase cooling that much. you can also lap the processor if you are feeling lucky. but once again it doesn't help that much.

just try stock cooling, use coretemp to monitor the temps and see if it is getting too hot. should be fine, and it will save you some work.

ok, now i have one more question - when deassembling the gpu the pad will stay with the heatsink. and when reassembling can i gust put it back, as though i have never done anything to the pad? I mean can i use the same pad? since my work is with the cpu, not the gpu - the gpu will be untouched but unfortunately i have to separete it from the heatsink because of the design. will that make any demages to the gpu? or should i buy a new pad for the gpu?