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    Gateway FX Disassembly Guide (Covers all 17in FX Notebooks)

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by azrickster, May 18, 2009.

  1. Audizzz

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    Thanks for the pic TANWare!!
    Now I know what to get
     
    Audizzz, Jan 25, 2015
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    NP, now if you stay C2D any CPU HS will be fine.
     
    TANWare, Jan 26, 2015
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    Im going to stay with C2D. I will get P-7908U from Aliexpress for $120
     
    Audizzz, Jan 26, 2015
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    It has been a while, did you get the main board? If so how did it go?
     
    TANWare, Feb 11, 2015
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    Im going to order MB next week, because this week Im moving..
    will report back, Thanks
     
    Audizzz, Feb 11, 2015
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    I have received MB today. It took a while..

    TANWare:
    Do you remember what Soft I should uninstall in order to replace MB from 7811FX to P-7908U ?

    -Sound Drivers
    -Nvidia
    anything else?

    Thanks
     
    Audizzz, Mar 23, 2015
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    You do not need to uninstall anything. It will come back though and change the sound card drivers and may change the video driver. If you use MSI afterburner I would disable it until the new system booted.
     
    TANWare, Mar 25, 2015
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    P-7908U MB from Aliexpress + upgraded GPU heatsink is in my Notebook now- everything works fine.
     
    Audizzz, Apr 25, 2015
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    good too hear.....
     
    TANWare, Apr 25, 2015
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    The first MB that seller sent me was bad one -> I was able to boot, but could not install Nvidia drivers at all - Installation says that there is no nvidia chip available, also I had some artifacts on the screen.
    Then seller sent me 2nd MB - and its fine now.
     
    Audizzz, Apr 25, 2015
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    Like any other older hardware this can happen, glad it all went well though.
     
    TANWare, Apr 25, 2015
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    I have got a problem. I try to put it back after dissemblying but I don't remember the order of those two thin cables which go from LCD to Intel WIFI. black and white. Which is 1 and which is 2. can someone help?
     
    nindustrialny, Jun 18, 2015
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    White =1, Black =2
     
    Audizzz, Jun 18, 2015
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    Can the author of the thread reupload pictures?
    I need to know where exactly the BIOS battery is. I have to replace it.
     
    nindustrialny, Dec 11, 2016
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    If you can download the service manual here: http://tim.id.au/laptops/gateway/gateway p-78.pdf you will find step by step instructions to replace the CMOS battery.

    You will have to remove the IEEE 802.11 wireless card in order to get to that battery.
     
    TreeTops Ranch, Dec 12, 2016
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