Gateway FX Disassembly Guide (Covers all 17in FX Notebooks)

[TANWare]

you an use ICD on the GPU. Never reuse paste even in puddy form on a chip.

[steviekane]

This an awesome guide. Even an idiot like me was able to take apart my laptop.

However, needing to reset the CMOS, i can't for the life of me find the jumper. Does it even exist on this motherboard?

[TANWare]

no cmos jumper. you could remove the cmos battery and power it on. battery is under the wireless card...............

[slightlyhuman]

excellent thread.

[daggerNC]

Just wanted to say thanks to rickster/OP for the great job he did posting the step by step with pictures on taking the P-78 series apart. My 7805u just had a CPU fan failure and successfully replaced it based on these instructions.

THANKS!
daggerNC

[Mr. Man]

Is there a guide to disassemble the LCD part of the laptop? I think I have some dust that got behind the LCD and whatnot so even if I wipe the screen I can see the matted speckles after I turn the laptop on.

[antonpetr]

you just have to take the rubber pads out and unsrew it... peace of cake)

[Mr. Man]

Originally Posted by antonpetr

you just have to take the rubber pads out and unsrew it... peace of cake)

So by the rubber pads you mean the four tiny rubber circles that add as padding against the keyboard chassis?

[antonpetr]

yup, but there are 6 of them...

[Mr. Man]

Originally Posted by antonpetr

yup, but there are 6 of them...

Including the two longer strips?