Recent content by Componentgirl90

Thanks everyone. I am going to stick with the insulator tape which seems to seal the affected area nicely.

Luckily I have some insulation tape. I was thinking about removing the cable and just buying a new one, however, I am having some difficulty removing the connector from the motherboard (which is pretty much a first for me having worked on quite a few PCs/laptops). I don't think its soldered...

My laptop has a motherboard power cable made up of 6 smaller cables (red,white,blue,yellow,black and grey). Right near the motherboard end the yellow cable has a split in the insulation leaving the wire exposed. I believe the yellow wire may be the live 12V (or could possibly be the ground)...

Hi guys, I drilled in with an old hand drill I found in the garage. During the drilling it must have been turned by the drill and came out. @Alabalcho - Thanks for that. I tried that a few times but that method unfortunately didn't work for this screw.

Thanks Aldan. It is for sure a tiny screw. I dont think the screw is important. It holds part of the keyboard in place but I am pretty sure the keyboard will stay in place without it. Drilling through it will probably cause no damage to the laptop so long as I dont use too big a drill. I...

Ok guys. thanks for that. I will try and find an appropriate screw extractor and then drill it out if necessary

Thanks for the quick reply. I will try a screw extractor first. I am uncertain as to how to determine the appropriate size extractor. I wonder if any extractor with a head less than the diameter of the screw head (4mm, 0.16 inches), would do? The body of the extractor can be no wider than...

I have a HP laptop which has a problemetic stripped screw in it. I managed to get another stripped screw out by trying different screwdrivers but this one doesn't seem to budge. To add to the issue, it is deep inside a hole in the case which is about 6mm or so wide. The hole means it is...