[NBLUG/talk] Local laptop repair recommendations?

[Troy Arnold]

On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 03:53:39PM -0600, Jeremy Turner wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 10:01:21AM -0800, Robert Hayes wrote:
> > An acquaintance called asking for a local repair depot for her Dell
> > laptop.  It has gone out of warranty, and she wants to
> > increase/replace memory and the hard drive.
> 
> I'm a bit late to this thread, but most laptops that I've worked on from
> Dell, IBM, HP, or Panasonic classify memory and HDD as
> customer-replaceable units (CRU) or something of the sort.  Depending on
> the model, RAM can be added or replaced by removing a screw and RAM
> cover from the bottom of the laptop and the hard drive from a side of
> the laptop.  The HDDs usually have some sort of packaging or caddy to
> keep them in place.  The only tricky part is replacing the component
> with the right part.  Some HDDs have different voltages, and making sure
> you get a compatable SO-DIMM or whatever for the RAM.

Yep.  A place like crucial.com can assist in choosing the correct RAM
for your machine.  And crucial RAM tends to actually be reliable as
opposed to that *cough* stuff you can get at Costco or CompUSA.

-troy