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Dear ColGeek: Would you agree or rather disagree that on some notebooks you just have to remove several screws on the backplate to open the case, while others are much more complicated to open? The latter ones - in case you agree with me - if it is necessary to remove the keyboard and the...

What I want to know is which brands I can open, clean the dust, apply new thermal paste when the time has come and all that without risky proceedures (like removing of the keyboard first e.g.) to get access to the components and the dust.

Your link with the impressive Acer Notebooks with GTX 1650 resp. GTX 1650 TI (they are tempting for this price - despite what I've written above about IGU: ==> Either it is written on Amazon.com "We don't ship to Switzerland" or they do want a crazy shipping costs of ludicrous 550$ ==> and if...

My english is not that good so I like to doublecheck if I really understood you right: Do you want to say, that a modern laptop with Intel Onboard Video (we talk here about an IGU chip - Integrated Graphical Unit - right?) will have a better performance than my 11 year old Toshiba Satellite...

Thank you for the link to the article and please don't give up on me. I appreciate your patience. I just wanted to point out, that in my favorite shop www.digitec.ch, were I buy since over 20 years all my computer related stuff, my searches found no results to "USB to PCIexpress" or "USB...

I tried to keep it general but you are asking for specifics. Here we go: What I mean is l easy to open and clean dust. Also easy to upgrade the SSD and RAM. A good performence is welcomed as such notebooks last way longer. The price mostly is a compromise. It shall be a private notebook...

Yes, you are right. When I buy a new Laptop first thing I do is cloning the already installed SSD to the biggest SSD avaiable. So the new SSD will be on USB, the installed one inside on PCI-Express. ==> But this proceedure will only work if there are USB adapters that emulate PCI-Express. And...

Thank you You might be generally right, but there are still huge differences between consumer grade notebooks resp. notebook brands. Lenovo notebooks for example are oftenly described as very good accessable and upgradable, but I do not want a Lenovo - I find the price/performance ration not...

So there are USB connectors that emulate SATA resp. PCI-express (depending which kind of SSD I need to clone)? No, correction: ... depending TO which kind of SSD I need to clone. I guess that the full SSD must be in the notebook, while the new SSD is connected to the USB adapter. After a quick...

thank you anyway do you know by chance another forum with more, a lot more, avtivity? exept your very appreciated participation this forum seems to be dead and I really need to inform myself about notebooks

(not sure if this question belongs to general or technical section...) Let's start with three negative examples: Toshiba - can't be opened without removing the keyboard and risking heavy damage Medion - same keyboard problem Apple - densely packed and rather difficult to upgrade Which...

Thank you AlHuneke Removing the keyboar to open the case is really the worst case, epening on how the keyboar is connecte. I really ont want to risk it. On the other sie the fan is riving me crazy. I really ont unerstan why the fan can be quiet for weeks an then again very noisy. I know I...

Thank you AlHuneke for the clear words about thermal repasting. I think in my case it is not worth the trouble. Thank you especially for hint with the "service manual", so I found this fitting maitenance manual, hurray...

I am Toshiba Notebook owner (yes it is 11 years old and has a dedicated graphic card which made it expensive and still valuable, model name: Satellite Pro L670-1E6, part number: PSK3FE, see the two URLs below) and it is many times overheated resp. since I used my vacuum cleaner on the fan...