Removal of durabook hard drive

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R15D Notebook PC with 11ag WLAN User Manual Twinhead

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Notebook PC with 11ag WLAN Users Manual details for FCC ID FKGR15D made by Twinhead International Corporation. Document Includes User Manual Users Manual.
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Dear Robert,


NB: STOP! MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE TURNED THE POWER SWITCH AT THE WALL OFF! THEN PRESS & HOLD DOWN THE MAIN POWER BUTTON FOR A FEW SECONDS! THIS SHOULD "EARTH" THE UNIT. IT IS BEST PRACTICE TO USE AN ANTI- STATIC WRIST BAND CLIPPED TO A BARE-METAL PART OF THE FRAME. They are available from an electronics shop for just a couple of bucks. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ONE ""AT LEAST"" \'EARTH\' YOUR BODY BY TOUCHING - FOR A COUPLE OF SECONDS - A SCREW-HEAD OR OTHER BARE-METAL PART OF THE FRAME. Wait until any LED-lights on the main mother-board have gone off. Clip your wrist-strap on to a screw-head, etc. ... First thing I noticed is that it APPEARS that you have to remove 2x screws to release the side cover which seems to slide back to open.Remove the power cable from the hard drive. GENTLY Remove the data cable from the hard drive. It then looks like that you have to remove another 2x screws holding the hard drive frame. Remove hard-drive assembly. Remove HDD from frame. Replace; - it appears to be a "SATA" drive in the vid that i watched...make sure that yours is ...unless it is an older model than the one in the vid i watched, in which case it will be a "PATA " drive...(PATA: Parallel ATA; SATA: Serial ATA - most modern boxes are now fitted with SATA drives which have a much more narrow cable & plug, than the very wide strapped PATA drives.) NB: Make sure that the tiny "Jumper" connector on the back edge of the HDD is in the same position on the new drive - (logical position, not necessarily the same physical position- if in doubt "CS" = "Cable Select" is always a safe choice) Reverse the procedure & when ready - reboot: your "BIOS" - (Basic Input Output System) - should find & configure the new hard-drive, while booting-up. BTW: A lot of people will tell you that an anti-static strap is un-needed, but almost ALL of the chips in the box are extremely sensitive to static electricity & the human body can carry up to 50,000 volts of static - very easily generated by clothing; walking on carpet; etc. IF YOU DO BLOW A CHIP, THEN IT CAN CAUSE (A) FAULT(S) THAT ARE HARD TO FIND & EX$PEN$IVE TO REPAIR! I hope that this helps. Kind regards - Bruce Gilbert.

The 2 screws are the only pieces of hardware holding it in place. There is very sticky adhesive holding the keyboard down in the middle, which seems like it's a screw. Just grab a precision flat head screwdriver and gently pry it up. Hope this helps.

I found this online, so hopefully it helps. It's to a page selling a second hard drive caddy for the 3623WXCi, but at the bottom is has directions on replacing the hard drive for that model as well.

http://www.batterystyle.com/acer-aspire-3623wxci-caddy-p-413622.html

Not all computers need both sides removed. Some times you need to remove the housing holding the DVD drive. Look for screws holding the metal/plastic housing to the case. Once these are removed the whole assembly will pull out.
Make sure you set the screws on the far side before reinstalling the DVD assembly!

Before you start, be aware that minute traces of static electricity can destroy a hard drive. If possible, wear an anti-static wrist or foot strap; at the very least, do not work on a carpeted floor, bed, or while wearing static-producing clothing (like fleece). Work on a non-conductive (wood, glass) table grounded to a non-conductive floor (wood, linoleum, tile). Wear latex or anti-static gloves and turn off fans and close windows to avoid dust damage.
1. If you haven't already, back up your data on an external drive. 2. Shut down the computer and unplug the power cord from the computer. Remove the battery. 3. Close the laptop and set it screen-side down on an even surface, with the hinges facing away from you. It should look like this:

4. The component labeled "7" in the above picture is your hard drive. With a small Phillips head screwdriver, carefully remove the screws on this outer casing only. Set them aside and remove the hard drive cover. 5. Your hard drive will be screwed in by one to four screws, depending on assembly. Gently unscrew these, being careful not to apply too much pressure to the very delicate top and bottom of the drive. Handle by the sides only. 6.There are connecting pins on one side of the hard drive. Identify these and gently pull the hard drive out from this side, not forcing if there's any resistance. 7. Depending on your problem, you may need to remove the silver enclosure to the hard drive. With the appropriate Phillips head screwdriver, unscrew the screws and set them aside, carefully sliding the enclosure off of the hard drive. At this point, your hard drive is extremely susceptible to shock, electric shock, dust, and simple trauma. Be careful.

Hi,

The hard drive is located under the CD/DVD drive. Before you start taking apart the laptop, remove the battery and unplug the AC power.

1. You have to remove the CD/DVD drive. Turn the laptop over. Remove one screw right above the dive and slide the drive out of the laptop.
2. When the CD/DVD drive is removed, you'll see a metal plate. The metal plate is secured by 4 screws. Remove them and lift up the plate from the bay. The hard drive is located right under the plate.
3. After you remove the plate, you'll see the hard drive. The hard drive also secured by 4 screws. Remove the screws, slide the hard dire to disconnect it from the connector on the moterboard and lift it up.
4. You have to transfer the brackets from the old hard drive to a new hard drive. Also, if there is a foil shielding around the old hard drive, you'll have to transfer it to a new hard drive too.

Below is website with a picture guide on how to remove the hard drive>>>>


http://www.irisvista.com/tech/laptops/Toshiba-Satellite-P10/remove-hard-drive.htm




Regards.

Flip the laptop over and slide the 2 tabs that are near the carry handle to the unlocked position. This will allow the metal cover on the underside of the laptop to hinge up and be removed.

With the laptop upside down and the carry handle facing you, you should see the battery on the left of the laptop. On the right, there is a silver case about 4 inches long and 2.5 inches wide. This is the hard drive caddy.

To remove /this/ part, carefully push the connecting cable towards the battery until it smoothly disconnects from the hard drive caddy. Remove the caddy from the laptop. Using a small phillips screwdriver, remove the 3 small screws which hold the top of the caddy on. Remove the top, and you will see the hard drive.

As a note - be sure you do not remove the gel lining. This is 99.9% of the hard drive's shock protection. When you remove the hard drive, the cable should come out of the caddy as well. Put the new cable on a new hard drive (HDD must be smaller than 65,536MB), put the new hard drive into the caddy with cable attached, make sure the cable assembly is fitted into the caddy slot, replace the caddy cover, replace the screws, replace the caddy into the laptop. Then, make sure you connect the cable from the laptop PC board to the caddy cable assembly. Replace cover, turn on computer, and set up your Operating System (if needed).

http://www.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~motl/hp-keyboard/manual4700.pdf
PAGE 39
1. Unplug the AC adapter, if present, and then remove the battery.
2. On the bottom of the notebook, remove the hard disk drive rubber screw plugs and
M2.5×6.0mm screws. (The number of plugs and screws varies by model).
3. Carefully pull the hard disk drive out of the notebook.
4. Remove the four M3.0×4.0mm screws from the hard disk drive and hard disk drive tray,
and then lift the drive out of the tray.
5. Remove the connector bar from the hard disk drive.
The manual does have little picture to help you. The link above is to download the service manual.

Is this a power on password? Or a windows password?

As long as I have worked on laptops, never seen one that had a password jumper. Now, I'm not that familiar with the Durabook. But my guess would be, they are just like the rest.

System passwords are not meant to be easily removed. Since laptops are easily stolen these days, system passwords are sometimes a real pain to clear.

You can look inside for a CMOS battery and try removing it to see if that removes the password. This works on some older laptops. But in todays age, alot of manufacturers have resorted to storing the system password on a different chip, outside of the cmos chip.

You may need to send it in to the manufacturer to have it removed. Or there are some other, more complicated measures that can be taken to attempt to clear it.