[Elecraft] OT - sound cards

[Bill K9YEQ]

Fred,

When I have to work on one, I have to carefully lay out the screws during
removal to help remember where to reinstall them.  None are the same size!
I replaced a G4 PowerBook HDD and it took much longer than a Toshiba laptop
of same vintage.  I use Toshiba as an example as they used to be a
nightmare. Older keyboard, track pads on laptops remain a tech level task.
Most Laptop PC's today have simple access to RAM, HDD and Keyboards which is
quite a quick task for a tech.  Steve didn't want anyone to know what he had
inside, the components are nothing special, just a pretty face. ( I am ready
for flaming, have my suit on. :-))

73,
Bill
K9YEQ

-----Original Message-----


On 1/9/2012 2:00 PM, Mike wrote:
> How does one bond a flaptop? Most of the Win machines I've seen have a
plastic case.
> My Macbook Pro has a metal case, but the screws that hold the bottom cover
are tiny.

It can be hard to find metal.  My laptop has a DB-15F for an external
monitor or projector on the side, and I get a chassis connection there using
a short screw in one of the two tie-down nuts.  Seems to work fine.

FWIW:  Youngest son and family gave me the Steve Jobs biography for
Christmas.  I'm about half way through, but far enough to understand that
Jobs very specifically intended that users not be able to take the Mac
apart, to the extent that they used some screws that required a special
tool.  Don't know about the Macbook Pro, but if I had one, I don't think I'd
take the screws out.  He was pretty paranoid about this ... it might
self-destruct. :-)

73,

Fred K6DGW