thefrizzle.com » Asus http://thefrizzle.com Anything and Everything Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:02:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Asus A8Jr Repair http://thefrizzle.com/archives/asus-a8jr-repair http://thefrizzle.com/archives/asus-a8jr-repair#comments Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:22:13 +0000 Mad Francis http://thefrizzle.com/?p=125 I handle a lot of computer repairs… It’s what I do. There are some tasks that are more stressful than others. I would have to say that my least favorite type of repair is specific to laptops. Laptop repairs are so inconsistent. Depending on the manufacturer and the engineers that designed them a laptop can range from simple to extremely difficult to repair. Johnny Blaze and I have been working on an Asus AJ8r laptop that had a malfunctioning LCD hinge that caused a slew of other problems to occur (other parts breaking because the hinge was stuck). This hinge was SUPER STUCK. John and I tried moving it with two pairs of pliers and it was still tough. Either something was spilled on it or whatever lubricant was there is now gone. Anyway, SUPER STUCK.

The broken hinge was causing a lot of stress on a number of other components in the case. We will have to replace the following:

Bottom and Top Case Assembly
Left and Right Hinges
LCD Bezel
LCD Brackets

Oh did I mention that this particular laptop has 60+ screws? It does… They are all over my workbench organized in various steps and sizes. We also discovered that in order to detach the display from the board we either had to completely disassemble the LCD or the entire bottom case assembly. Needless to say it’s a headache. This wouldn’t be so bad if it weren’t so damn hard to find a service manual or a disassembly guide. We googled long and hard for one but came up empty handed. It seems that ASUS keeps a watchful eye on such things.

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