Screwdriver for opening panel at bottom of laptop?

luckykitty · Post by **luckykitty** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:51 pm

Hi,
I want to get a screwdriver that can open the ram panel on the bottom of laptops. Where can I find that? and what size is that?

Thanks!
Luckykitty

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interleukin · Post by **interleukin** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 9:55 pm

I dont know exactly which kind of screwdriver you would need for that, but I know that Clas Ohlsson has kits of screwdrivers to fix mobile phones and computer parts. Maybe you can find what you want there.

Upphew · Post by **Upphew** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:38 pm

I open my laptop's (acer) screws with leatherman's screwdriver

luckykitty · Post by **luckykitty** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 10:43 pm

whats leathersman's screwdriver, and what size is it?
i have some cheap miniscrewdriver kits but none of them worked : (
or are the screws just really tight :S

Hank W. · Post by **Hank W.** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:19 am

They are not philips head and not hex but torx?

They have a reason to make it hard to open the computer.

Karhunkoski · Post by **Karhunkoski** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 6:37 am

Regarding the kits with 5 small screwdrivers, sometimes the handles are so small that you cannot get enough leverage to open the screws. Suggest finding one with a thicker handle.

littlefrank · Post by **littlefrank** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:13 am

go to your laptop manufacturers web site, put in the model number and find the manual, or Google the name and model number and add dismantling or change ram and you'll find the size/type screwdriver you want.

luckykitty · Post by **luckykitty** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:19 pm

Frank: I googled and the screwdriver size didn't show up. And my tablet manual just told me to unscrew it, and screw it back in later, didn't even mention a screwdriver, let alone the size

But thanks for all the suggestions

everyone. Yeah and karhunkoski, ur right. The little metal screwdrivers that come in a kit don't have very good leverage or grip. Actually now i understand why the screws kept falling out all the time on my toshiba laptop (well, not really, they shouldn't have been falling out in the first place since it came back from the official toshiba repair centre

), but I would screw them back in with the little metal screwdrivers, and they would fall out again in a week or so.

littlefrank · Post by **littlefrank** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 7:21 pm

luckykitty wrote:Frank: I googled and the screwdriver size didn't show up. And my tablet manual just told me to unscrew it, and screw it back in later, didn't even mention a screwdriver, let alone the size

But thanks for all the suggestions everyone. Yeah and karhunkoski, ur right. The little metal screwdrivers that come in a kit don't have very good leverage or grip. Actually now i understand why the screws kept falling out all the time on my toshiba laptop (well, not really, they shouldn't have been falling out in the first place since it came back from the official toshiba repair centre ), but I would screw them back in with the little metal screwdrivers, and they would fall out again in a week or so.

So what is your laptop model and model?

luckykitty · Post by **luckykitty** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:27 pm

Toshiba Portege M200, well i googled for the manual, i hope it was official

luckykitty · Post by **luckykitty** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 8:28 pm

actually i have more than one laptop to open, cos i have 2 unworking laptops and just trying to get out the ram so i can put it in a laptop that is working. i had the idea that the screw sizes were the same for the ram panel thing on most laptops, but i guess it varies?

littlefrank · Post by **littlefrank** » Wed Jun 11, 2008 9:23 pm

Use a size 0 Phillips screwdriver

http://www.toshibadirect.com/content/pc ... ersion.pdf

laptop manufacturers tend to make all their models different so you can't swap bits and pieces. You'll be ok with memory though, probably

karel · Post by **karel** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:02 am

luckykitty wrote:actually i have more than one laptop to open, cos i have 2 unworking laptops and just trying to get out the ram so i can put it in a laptop that is working. i had the idea that the screw sizes were the same for the ram panel thing on most laptops, but i guess it varies?

The screw sizes are usually the same. Small cross head.

You might wanna check if your RAM goes in the other laptop, though. You can't just stick any memory in whatever combination in any laptop.

littlefrank · Post by **littlefrank** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 9:10 am

karel wrote:
luckykitty wrote:actually i have more than one laptop to open, cos i have 2 unworking laptops and just trying to get out the ram so i can put it in a laptop that is working. i had the idea that the screw sizes were the same for the ram panel thing on most laptops, but i guess it varies?

The screw sizes are usually the same. Small cross head.

You might wanna check if your RAM goes in the other laptop, though. You can't just stick any memory in whatever combination in any laptop.

I've can't remember coming across a laptop with the same screws, unless they're the same model, but I haven't repaired that many laptops, fiddly horrible things... But there's only one way for you to find out.

I did say 'probably' about the ram, should have been more helpful. So here is the ram specs for your Toshiba

Standard Memory 256 MB (removable)
Maximum Memory 2.0 GB
Memory Expansion 2 sockets
Memory Comments PC2100/2700 DDR SDRAM SODIMMs

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