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    Workability

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by Super Bee, Jul 12, 2012.

  1. Super Bee

    Super Bee Notebook Consultant

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    :confused: Are these laptops easy to work on for upgrading?

    With my current Fujitsu you have to pry it apart to get to the inners.
    Given up on how to replace the speakers.
     
    Super Bee, Jul 12, 2012
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    Bonetwizt Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have not yet received mine, but they are user serviceable, requiring a few s read to be undone.

    Sent from my ADR6425LVW using Tapatalk 2
     
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    Maverick1987 Notebook Geek

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    See Here for Photo Examples

    These are very easy laptops to work on, I can swap and repaste a video card in under 10 minutes. Good access, well thought out and certainly a more metal, less plastic design. I've attached a thread with good pictures.
     
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  4. Super Bee

    Super Bee Notebook Consultant

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    That looks especially simple to work with:

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    Nice to see copper pipes on the heatsinks! ;)

    Cool pics!
    Thanks! :cool:
     
    Super Bee, Jul 12, 2012
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  5. Maverick1987

    Maverick1987 Notebook Geek

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    The MXM 3.0 card has 7 screws to remove, the CPU even less, the only even remotely challenging one is either the secondary HDD bay on the 9170 (it's under the DVD Drive, 1 screw) or the Secondary RAM DIMMs under the keyboard. Other than that these things are cake to work on.
     
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  6. Heihachi_1337

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    The Sager laptops are one of the easiest systems to work on. The only other one that comes close in our experience is the MSI GT/GE series laptops.

    For the end user, we have had our tech support team walk customers through how to remove components on these laptops easily so long as the customer can use a screwdriver.
     
    Heihachi_1337, Jul 12, 2012
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    Its not a good idea trying to replace speakers on a laptop. There are many things that can go wrong and your warranty is the least of them.

    These laptops are a breeze to open up and easy to clean. I love my machine.
     
    b0b1man, Jul 12, 2012
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