Institute of Laptop Engineering

 

 

 

 

 Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Installing Operating Systems on Laptops & Netbooks To those of you who have never installed an operating system, I will explain the basic process taken before going any further. Always remember that when reinstalling an OS, you will also need to re-setup your Wi-Fi… So if this repair is not for yourself, you must ensure that the person you are doing an Operating System Reinstall for knows their WEP or WAP key to be able to reinstall their Network SSID and KEY. There are a couple ways to start this process. First would be putting the OS install cd/DVD into the optical drive. You must be powered on to eject the optical drive tray or to insert cd into slot. Next you can try using your corresponding ―Fǁ key, such as F12 or F11 to tell the laptop to boot from CD/DVD. Some laptop default BIOS splash startup screen settings will show you for a brief second the correct ―Fǁ key to press to boot from CD, if not, you can power back off and on and try a different F key...

Chapter 2 Common Parts and Functions of the Average Laptop I will quickly go over all the basic and additional parts and components that make up your laptop. ◻      Palm rest -     This is the part that you place your hands on when typing, it is basically the whole top-half of the lower half of your laptop – minus the keyboard and media strip. When replacing the palm rest, it is common for the replacement part to also include the touchpad. ◻      Keyboard - Self explanatory here… If repairing the keyboard, the simplest way is to replace the entire keyboard, though Single key replacement parts are readily available on Ebay. ◻      Display Screen -       This is what produces the images, accessible by removing the front bezel. Cracked screens can not be repaired and do nee...