Yes, given space to work, and two hands, they are fairly simple, but trying to do it one-handed was quite a challenge. If I had been at the shop, I would have found a prop to hold up the LCD panel, lean-to style, but didn't have that luxury at the client's office. Larry, the brown cable in your picture is clearly NOT seated correctly - fully half of my attempts the other day ended up looking like that!
Yes, I noticed that. The picture was taken of the second Alienware recently received for a fan replacement and the customer advised last night that they are not going to proceed. The poor alignment is not my doing; other than taking the back panel off, I did nothing other than wait on the customer to approve the quote. Disconnecting and reconnecting the cables under the cover at the back is a nightmare, given the minimal spacing around the connectors.
Great.. Can you provide me a link? I will buy one and put it in my pile of pry tools
This is by far the best tool I've ever bought in my entire life. I have dozens of them scattered all around my house. I really don't know how I did my job before I owned this tool. Unfortunately you have to buy it as part of a kit and I found the other 3 pry tools it comes with to be absolutely useless.
www.ifixit.com
I bought a nice set of metal spudgers for my son that have the colored metal grip on them. He uses them every day and loves them.This is by far the best tool I've ever bought in my entire life. I have dozens of them scattered all around my house. I really don't know how I did my job before I owned this tool. Unfortunately you have to buy it as part of a kit and I found the other 3 pry tools it comes with to be absolutely useless.
Metal Spudger Set
Pry, scrape, probe, and poke like a pro. The four metal spudgers in the flexible plastic tool roll have seven blades between them, one tool for every repair situation.
I got all excited, but looking at the thing, I think I need a video of it in action. I don't see how that would help at all with those finicky button connectors.
Here you go. It helps take them off as well as put them back on.
You beat me to it Larry...lol.. Yes, the tools help to install and remove the antenna cable. I haven't used one yet but plan on buying one or maybe both as I have a really hard time installing those cables
Haha, beat you Scott. I ordered one from Future Electronics because the price was better ($7.74+$8 S/H CAD). What do you mean by both? I assume there are tools for different sizes? Hope I ordered the most common size. I've lived without this tool for a long time so doesn't matter.
Yeah ifixit has 2 different sizes not sure how much of a size difference there is. The price at Future Electronics is much better, I may have to order one or 2 myself.
Yes - that seem reasonable for what is basically a very-specifically bent piece of metal. i-Fixit only has the MHF-5 size in stock, at $30! https://www.data-alliance.net has the MHF-4 size, at $16.50. Jeez, price gouge much?
I disagree. Seeing as most modern laptops have WiFi cards that are permanently soldered to the motherboard, I want to make 100% sure that I don't damage those little connections. I've only done it once or twice, and thankfully only on WiFi cards that were easily replaceable, but it would p*ss me off beyond belief if I damaged the connections on a WiFi card that was permanently soldered to the motherboard. I almost damaged one couple of weeks ago on an expensive Alienware. I don't know how much that board would be to replace but I'm guessing it would cost $500+ plus my time and the aggravation of me having to replace it. I'll pay the $40 or whatever for the right tool in order to eliminate the possibility of this happening, thanks anyway.
I use a hammer.
I get my son to do it....... lol
