Laptops - Care and Repair

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I only have owned two brands of laptops. IBM and Compaq. But in my career I have worked on many other brands. So most of my information and experience will be from the IBM. Each page will give some instructions on how to do the task, or information on the subject of the page. Most of the

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information will apply to all laptops but in some cases it may be product specific, as a technician you do not always get to work on all makes and models. The company I worked for over the last ten years was an IBM and Dell shop as far as laptops were concerned and the IBM ThinkPad was the computer of choice due to the warranty that IBM has for larger business.

If you are wondering if your laptop will run Windows 7 then check the hardware requirements then look at the optimization articles of Windows 7 section.

So what is your laptop problem?

• The battery will not last as long as it used to?
• Does the keyboard have dead keys?
• Your hard drive to small?
• Want to increase the memory?
• What about the processor?
• Can you upgrade the cpu?
• Can a laptop be overclocked?
• Just how would you go about opening a laptop anyway?
• How do you clean the video screen?

Than and much more are in these page resources:

Facts and myths about your laptop battery.	Batteries
How to open it with out destroying it.	Case
How to replace it correctly.	Keyboards
How to upgrade and how far you can go with an upgrade.	Processors
Upgrading an older laptop may be feasible and cost effective	Upgrade Your Laptop!
Why you should keep a current backup of your data.	Hard drives
Memory replacement?	Repair or Replace Memory
Replace your hard drive with a Solid State Drive in your laptop?	SSD Upgrade for your Laptop
Do you have all the correct drivers?	CD/DVD ROM Drives
Keeping your laptop's processor fan and heat sink clean is a must!	Cleaning a Laptop
What is the power supply and what is the adapter?	Power supplies
How to fix these important devices.	Touch pads / pointer / mouse
It is easier than you think.	Video screens Repairing
What materials you should not use.	Video screens Cleaning

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