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    Melted sharaf in my M17x lol ?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Matthew1993, Aug 26, 2012.

  1. Matthew1993

    Matthew1993 Notebook Consultant

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    Today i put out battery from myne m17x for a bit and i saw some melted sharaf (looked like sharaf) in a hole where the second buckle of battery sits from the right side , also look like there are some 2 wires connected to that sharaf but it's completely melted :| hmmm is that normal? what is that sharaf or something else?XD
     
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    Right. What do you mean by "sharaf"? A quick search of wikipedia gives "Sharaf and ird are Bedouin honor codes", which has little to no relevance to gaming laptop batteries. I'd like to help, but I have no idea what you are asking.

    Also, may I ask you if you have ever heard of an invention called spellcheck? You should probably look into it.
     
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    Sharaf=screw which holds case
     
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    That makes slightly more sense. So you are saying that of the two screws underneath the battery, which hold on the plastic backplate, look melted? or that there are shavings of the screw in the hole after you remove the screw? To the best of my knowledge, there are no wires connected to either of those screw holes though. Or on part of the battery itself?
     
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    its hard to explain but i dont think that's a screw aniway... i think its nothing, i just saw something strange in the hole (one where right buckle of battery sits when you inject battery) something like melted screw and some 2 wires black and white im not sure if they are connected to that melted thingy but it dont matter aniway thanx :p
     
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    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    Like in the very front under the touchpad? That could be either the right speaker or the infrared sensor. You can remove the touchpad/palmrest assembly to see which wires are look bad and where they go to.
     
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    its okay i just wanted to know if that something like screw got melted by laptop heat or something but probably its nothing im just panicking for a bit for no reason cuz i saw such thing on my sexy beast ^^
     
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    take picture of it
     
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    I've marked on battery that right buckle of battery which sits directly in that hole when u put battery hope it helps now.

    ANODE001.jpg
     
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    White and black wire visible thru the battery clip hole? Those would be the right-hand speaker wires. You can take off the palmrest and see what the melted thingy is exactly. It should be clearly visible under the touchpad/palmrest.
     
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    i opened palmrest and i realized that black and white wire is soldered so it's not melted screw as i though so thanx aniway :)
     
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    See now? Got all worked up over nothing.
     
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    still wondering about what's a "sharaf"...
     
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    that's screw i spelled wrong
     
    Matthew1993, Aug 29, 2012
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