Compaq Laptop Dissasembly

[cbman]

Alright.

I have a Compaq Armada that I am trying to fix (1590DMT)

I can't get the case apart. I can separate the whole thing except in the middle at the front. There is a little access hole type thing in the bottom that points in the direction of whatever is holding the damn thing together.

Anyone know if its a screw or a tab or a hook or anything.

Damn thing.

(Other than that dissasembly is easy.)

[Technoid]

its usualy a screw

The only good compaq is one rolled over by a tank

[cbman]

Anyone have any idea of how to get at it? If it is a screw?

I will putter away at it at work tommorrow and see what I can find.

Bastard thing.

Other than the screen messing up once and a while (Loose connection, shutting and opening the lid usually fixes it) it isn't half bad for such an old piece of hardware.

[Taz]

I assume you've found the screws under the battery and floppy

[DentyCracker]

Go search Compaq's website, they usually have the instructions buried somewhere on there. It may take a bit of searching though

[SteveC]

It's not one of those real tiny ones, is it? (No Drives, battery clips onthe back). Many parts of those are <I>glued</I> together

I'm currently trying to fix an Armada e500 (easy, just got to find a screen), and an Armada m300 (tiny horrible glued together). I'm actually going to send the little one off to get it done as I haven't the patience or carefulness (is that a word?) to take it apart to replace the screen.

[cbman]

Come on... you have to give me more credit than that... of course I found the screws under the Battery and Floppy drive bays.

This is an all in one

P166MMX
80MB Ram
2.1GB Hard Drive
13.1 Inch TFT
20x CD Rom
Floppy
Xircom PCMCIA 10MBit Network Card
Intel Wireless PCMCIA Card

But it comes apart really well except for whatever is holding the lid on the top... Grrr... I have a digital camera I can use here at work I will post a pic in an hour or so.

[cbman]

Well.. here are the pictures... I had to make them really small in size so they lost alot of detail. Oh and you will have to forgive my l33t paint program skillz

[cbman]

Back view (I can get all the back off fine but I thought I would post it anyways.)

The only think this notebook lacks is a usb port.

[cbman]

Last but not least...

[cbman]

Now the part in the center goes towards the front and no screws are visible as far as I can tell...

[Technoid]

Just remembered one thing!

Check if there is a screw under the keyboard!!!!

They had that twist one one of ther Damn models!

[cbman]

I will give it a try, but I don't think it is there. It's held together just infront of the touchpad somehow.

Grr... stupid thing.

Oh well.. it plays Age of Empires pretty decent when I am having a coffee at the coffee shop in the morning before going to work.

[Technoid]

And another thing wile I'm already are bugging you

Se if the front part (with the speakers) can be pried off.

As already stated: they do there best to anoy you.....