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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
need to be replaced.
CCFL Bulb -
This is located in the display panel and will be found on the bottom end of the
screen stretching from the right end to the left end…The CCFL bulb is enclosed
in an open end metal tray that hugs the bottom edge of the glass panel on the screen and shines
the light up through the glass panel to illuminate the entire screen evenly.
Display Cable -
These are made specific to each
model laptop and are not interchangeable. ¾ of the cable will house the ―dataǁ wires and the
other ¼ will house the Power/Negative wires for the inverter.