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    Opening Up my Acer

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by riceman2k5, Oct 4, 2007.

  1. riceman2k5

    riceman2k5 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello Guys,

    I spilled some soup onto my keyboard, and my spacebar is broken :( so i want to open up my acer 8200, but i can't figure out how to do it... Does anyone know how to do this?

    thanks!
     
    riceman2k5, Oct 4, 2007
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  2. Ice-Tea

    Ice-Tea MXM Guru NBR Reviewer

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    If only the spacebar is broken then why don't you pop a couple of keys and clean it out (when the battery is removed, off course)
     
    Ice-Tea, Oct 4, 2007
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  3. samuderaindia

    samuderaindia Notebook Consultant

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    There are two screws in hinge

    after you open open the lid untill flat.
    The cover above keyboard can be removed it just secured by a little plastic part to hold
    remove it and you can remove the keyboard also, only two screws also.

    Dry it with a hairdryer, or just buy new keyboard for 50$
     
    samuderaindia, Oct 4, 2007
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  4. riceman2k5

    riceman2k5 Notebook Enthusiast

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    hello,

    how would i pop keys off?? it feels like i'm going to break it when i pull at the keys... tahts actually how i broke my space bar =p.. should i use a screw driver.

    also, i unscrewed all the screws on the bottom of the laptop, including the ones by the harddrive, but nothing is coming off.. it seems like something in the middle is holding it, but i can't find any screws, unless they are screws attached to the motherboard..

    any ideas?
     
    riceman2k5, Oct 4, 2007
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  5. andyasselin

    andyasselin Notebook Deity

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    It easy then that 3 screw on back monitor by port remove trim about keyboard

    then you see screw for the keyboard
     
    andyasselin, Oct 4, 2007
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