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    Any place that can professionally customize any laptops professionally?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by jhl1989, Nov 30, 2011.

  1. jhl1989

    jhl1989 Notebook Consultant

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    Anyone know a place where they can professionally disassemble any laptop and customize it to my preference???
     
    jhl1989, Nov 30, 2011
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    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

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    Mostly its shops where you order a machine and its built to your spec.

    With parts being so expensive and the machines so labour intensive to work on you may as well get a new machine if you are not willing to do it yourself.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Nov 30, 2011
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    Morgor Notebook Geek

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    jhl1989 Notebook Consultant

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    Depends, what are you thinking about customizing?
     
    MidnightSun, Dec 1, 2011
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    geeksquad? i wouldn't let someone at geeksquad touch my laptop...heck, i wouldn't even let a dell tech touch my laptop after hearing all the horror stories...of what should have been routinely simple fixes, but they come over and the next thing you know, everything is getting changed...mobos, vid cards, etc...leading to completely dead laptops...and 3-4 weeks at the depot
     
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  7. jhl1989

    jhl1989 Notebook Consultant

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    hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

    I have a Samsung Series 7 Chronos and I'm trying to switch the HDD to a SSD. However, when I contacted Samsung they told me that the computer doesn't have a "user friendly accessible hard drive". So I was planning to send to a place where they professionally handle laptops.
     
    jhl1989, Dec 1, 2011
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    Tsunade_Hime such bacon. wow

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    Perhaps see if there are available service manuals? Most computer repair shops should be able to do an upgrade, I know ours does (Microcenter, though adunno if there is one locally near where you live).
     
    Tsunade_Hime, Dec 1, 2011
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    This can be interpreted in a manner that you have to disassemble the entire machine in order to reach the HDD bay.

    Alternatively, you could try getting your hands on the service/dissasembly manual for your laptop and do it yourself.

    Although... to be perfectly honest, in my experience, even laptops that required dis-assembly to reach internal components almost always had fully accessible HDD and RAM for example.
    So, you might do well and check before you send it off to someone.
    Turn your laptop off, flip it over and check for any compartment that would be big enough to hold a HDD and has screws in place which allow for the removal of that panel.
     
    Deks, Dec 2, 2011
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    BWAHAHAHAHAHA, that may have made my day or at least a good joke. :D
     
    cdoublejj, Dec 2, 2011
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