[ale] laptop diagnostics

[Jack Schneider]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2011 15:41:08 -0500
Paul Cartwright <ale at pcartwright.com> wrote:

> 
> never having worked on a laptop before, I'm lost. I was just sent a
> laptop that is .. flakey to say the least. I actually saw it boot up
> to the WIndows screen, but most of the time it either does nothing,
> or some lights come on, then go out.
> Dell Latitude D600. I can't even find where the hard drive is. there
> are 2 screws that open on the bottom, one is the memory, not sure
> what the other is.
> 
Hey,Paul

Just finished fixing a dell laptop.. Changed the DVD-optical.  Went to
the dell website http://support.dell.com put in the service tag #.
(usually on the bottom) and then search for the manual, ~800 available. 

service manual was available  for this box...

YMMV.

Jack