HP Photosmart R927 Battery Compartment door latch

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Service and maintenance information -
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HP Probook 4530S Notebook PC and HP Probook 4730S Notebook PC - Maintenance and Service Guide

Bottom Door - Page 49

1) Remove ALL power. Remove the AC adapter (Charger), and Battery.

2) Position laptop bottom side up, Battery Compartment facing you.

3) Remove the Locking Screw if installed.
(Area where Battery Compartment meets Bottom Door, and in the Middle; is screw location)

4) Slide the Bottom Door release latches to release the door.
(One latch on each side of Bottom Door; where Bottom Door meets Battery Compartment. The Latches slide to the INSIDE of the laptop)

5) Slide the door towards the Front of the computer, and lift off.
(Front of computer is AWAY from you. On the opposite side of the Battery Compartment)

Regards,
joecoolvette

[ P.S., you remove the Bottom Door; you wear an ESD wrist strap, and have it's alligator clip attached to a good ground source; or you risk using the laptop for a Frisbee from now on, or a doorstop.
Average cost is around $3 to $6 ]

Lens error. Blow through it. Or tap it gently.

Turn the calculator over. Press down on the latch and then lift up the battery compartment cover. Use a small screwdriver to unscrew the backup battery cover, then lift the cover off. This cover has a tab on the right end (away from the screw) that slides under the case. If you can't get it off after unscrewing, turn the calculator over and knock it against your palm.
Now you'll see the backup battery (the round thing) in a circular compartment with a long slot leading to it from the right. Insert the screwdriver or a thin knitting needle or similar object into the slot, putting the end under the battery, then pry the battery up and out.
To put the new battery in, you'll have to tilt it almost vertically to get it under the tabs on the left and then push to get it flat.

Mine is broken also. There are 2 tabs in the cover and 2 raised slots on the camera body. When you open the battery compartment, you are supposed to slide the lid forward releasing the tabs from the slots, before the cover pops open. If you don't do this, you ~will~ break the tabs (or the raised slots). Well someone who didn't know this got a hold of my camera tried to force the compartment door open, breaking the raised slots that are part of the camera body.
Take a close look at yours and figure out how this latch is supposed to work and then see which part is broken. If it's the tabs on the door you can buy a replacement door online (do a search) and have someone good with electronics install it. (requires soldering). If (like me) it's the slots on the camera body that are broken, then it's not repairable. The original parts are too small and flimsy to be repaired (designed to fail). My best idea is to find some other way to latch the door closed. I've tried a velcro strap but it doesn't hold the lid tight enough and I've looked in hardware and craft stores for some kind of latch that might work, if I could atach it to the outside of the door somehow, but haven't found anything suitable (it would have to be small but sturdy and attach to the thin plastic of the door)
I'm thinking of taking it to a jeweler because they work with very small parts and might have something that could be screwed into the plastic door and camera body.
If you know of a better fix, please let me know.

http://uscamera.com/636-084-2236.htm

Your problem may be due to corrosion on the battery contacts inside the camera which can prevent the full power of the batteries from flowing into the camera. Try this free fix before you do anything else: remove the batteries and wipe the camera contacts firmly with a dry cloth (heavy corrosion may require cleaning with a wire brush, steel wool, or sandpaper). Remove any residue that may have fallen into the battery compartment during cleaning, then wipe both ends of the batteries and place them back in the camera. This cleaning clears the problem about 90% of the time. If it doesn't work for you, the camera may have a problem that requires professional repair.

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The Compaq Tablet PC TC1000? (Marketing Part Number D 70045-236)

Turn the laptop over, you're looking at the bottom. Battery Compartment is to the Right.

To the left of the battery compartment is the Memory Compartment. (The parting line for the memory compartment door, starts to the left of the battery release button)

The Memory Compartment is rectangular in shape. The right lower corner has a half U shaped cutout. (Next to the battery release button)

At the top of this panel, or door, are two Philips head screws. These are removed. The panel is then lifted up at the side the screws are on, SLIGHTLY, then slid forward. (Forward. Away from you)

(There are two plastic tabs at the end towards you. They slide into the body of the laptop, and if the panel is lifted Straight up, these small plastic tabs could break off)

This is HP Support, and the download page for Manuals, for the Compaq TC1000
(HP and Compaq are one, and the same entity now)

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual&lang=en&cc=us&docIndexId=64179&taskId=101&prodTypeId=321957&prodSeriesId=307008

I would like you to download the Hardware Guide for this tablet PC. It explains about the hardware, and also shows how to install ram memory.
(Copy and paste the above link to your address bar, press the Enter key)

Under the - General Reference - section heading.

Click on - Compaq Table PC TC1000
Series Hardware Guide

(Second one down)

This is a PDF file. Your computer has Adobe Reader on it, which uses PDF files.

I advise letting it download all the way before looking through it, or you may break the download connection.

Page 128 starts with telling you how much is the Maximum Amount of ram memory.
(512MB)

Tells you that there is only 1 Ram slot.

The next page tells, and shows you how to open the Memory Compartment door, then details how to remove,and install ram memory.

Assuming that the new battery was the correct type and that it was fresh/fully charged, your problem may be due to or corrosion on the battery contacts inside the camera which can prevent the full power of the batteries from flowing into the camera. Try this free fix before you do anything else: remove the batteries and wipe the camera contacts firmly with a dry cloth (heavy corrosion may require cleaning with a wire brush, steel wool, or sandpaper). Remove any residue that may have fallen into the battery compartment during cleaning, then wipe both ends of the batteries and place them back in the camera. This cleaning clears the problem about 90% of the time. If it doesn't work for you, your camera may have a problem that requires professional repair.

I'm having the same problem with my DSC-W1 camera. I dropped my camera and the battery door latches broke.
I found a replacement door on Ebay for $9.95
I followed the instructions in the description and easily removed the broken door from my camera. Now i'm just waiting on the new door to arrive so I could slide the new door in.
I hope this was helpful.

Here's the seller I bought the door from. Hopefully the seller has more doors. =) :

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-DSC-W1-battery-door-silver-battery-cover-lid_W0QQitemZ110250995036QQihZ001QQcategoryZ107892QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem



In addtion, I found the last two posts on this forum very helpful:
http://www.digitalcamera-hq.com/digital-cameras/sony-cybershot-dscw1_question.html?qid=2382

Good Luck! =)