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    Reusing the screws to secure palm rest?

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by rjkays, Jun 21, 2008.

  1. rjkays

    rjkays Newbie

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    I'm going to be doing a one time removal of the palm rest to add more memory in a 14in R61. Is it truly necessary to use fresh screws everytime or can the screws be reused a few times before the connections start to suffer? Thanks!
     
    rjkays, Jun 21, 2008
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  2. Hep!

    Hep! sees beauty in everything

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    You reuse the screws...
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    Your post makes it sound like screws are a consumable.
     
    Hep!, Jun 21, 2008
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    adwoodw Notebook Guru

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    I must have removed and reinserted the screws on my laptop 10 times or so without any issues. What I would be more worried about is refitting the palmrest correctly so that you do not introduce keyboard/palmrest flex.
     
    adwoodw, Jun 21, 2008
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  4. stewie

    stewie What the deuce?

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    You don't need to use fresh screws every time, just use a proper sized screw driver so you won't strip the screw heads.
     
    stewie, Jun 21, 2008
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    As far as I remember the need for fresh screws are for some very specific parts within the mainboard or something like that. I read somewhere that it was recommended not to reuse the screw BUT for those parts only.

    Don't worry about the ones on the palm rest.
     
    rlazo, Jun 21, 2008
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    Sounds Good. Thanks!
     
    rjkays, Jun 21, 2008
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