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    Picture of m1330 in pieces

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by livincali, Nov 7, 2009.

  1. livincali

    livincali Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just thought it may be of use to someone, this is the M1330 taken apart. I did this to replace the slot-load dvd-ram drive.

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    livincali, Nov 7, 2009
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    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    Holy crap. All for a DVD burner.
     
    surfasb, Nov 7, 2009
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    livincali Notebook Enthusiast

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    lol Yeah, that laptop as a whole was pretty bad from a repair standpoint, I do find the m1340 to be even worse however.

    They're both very nice laptops though, and repair difficulty does increase as size decreases. That's just expected.
     
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    The Inspiron 1420 was relatively ez to disassemble. The HP in my sig was crazy hard to disassemble. I haven't had the XT2 or the X200T long enough to disassemble, but from the looks of it, neither one looks harder to disassemble than the HP.
     
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    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    From my experience, Dells are all actually pretty repair-friendly, especially since they give you a service manual. Try taking apart an old G4 MacBook; then you'll see what "complicated" really is :D
     
    Commander Wolf, Nov 7, 2009
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