[Tfug] Swapping out a notebook's LCD?

[Jeffry Johnston]

Will opening it void your warranty?

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Ryan Cresawn <jrcresawn at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/11/08, Claude Rubinson <rubinson at u.arizona.edu> wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 03:07:42PM -0700, Claude Rubinson wrote:
>>> I haven't opened up the new machine yet, but I'm almost certain that
>>> they will be the same.  IBM's pretty good about providing detailed
>>> maintenance manuals, so I'll try to dig one up to verify.
>>
>> Remembered that I had a copy of the maintenance manual on my machine.
>> I've confirmed that the T40--T42s are all physically identical
>> w/regard to the LCD assemblies.  So I can definitely swap them.  The
>> question still stands: is there any reason that I shouldn't try?
>> While it's not too complex, neither is it a trivial operation.  And
>> there's also the risk of damaging one or both of the LCDs.  If it's
>> not going to work, I don't want to open up my new machine.
>>
>> (Plus, almost certainly some of the sticky plastic covers that hide
>> the screws won't stay on after the operation, so the patient will
>> emerge regardless with some noticeable scarring.)
>>
>> Claude
>
> Claude,
>
> Go for it!  What could go wrong?  ;)
>
> Ryan
>
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