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    How to open Gateway CX-2618 case ?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Reg, Sep 9, 2008.

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    I have a CX-2618 tablet laptop.
    I had a CX-2610 previously, but had to junk that because the swivel fell apart.

    Anyway, I have the power plug problem with the CX-2618 and feel confident that I could replace the socket or solder any broken surface etch if I could only get the case apart.
    OK, so I removed all the screws from the back, all the access panels, the two screws under the hard drive, the one under the heat sink & cooling fan assembly, three more that were hiding over the CD-DVD drive bay. . That was all I could find, including the two marked "K". The trim around the keyboard lifts up a bit, but there is no clear sign that the case will open and give up the motherboard. From other readings I gather I need access to BOTH sides of the m/board, so that pretty much says it has to come out entirely.

    How have you separated the case halves, or otherwise got the m/board out ?

    tnx,

    Reg
     
    Reg, Sep 9, 2008
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