author=Adrian Glaubitz title=Disassembly Guide backgroundtext=off ====== Disassembly Guide ====== This page describes how to properly completely disassemble the XO-Laptop for repair and parts-replacement. It is assumed, that you have already some advanced experience in electronics and computer hardware in order to be able to follow the instructions in this guide. You will also need a minimum set of quality hand-tools like screwdrivers, tweezers and useful little helpers like duct-tape to fix cables for example and a tray to store screws and other little parts while you disassemble the unit. After the repair, you want to reassemble the unit again, see [[AssemblyGuide]]. ===== Prequisites ===== (Move to an extra page) Before starting to disassemble the XO, please make sure you went through the [[TroubleshootingGuide]] in order to eleminate other sources of failure causing the XO to malfunction. Once you have assured the XO to be broken, you can prepare for disassembly. For a proper and comfortable work, you should prepare a sufficiently large desk so you can store all parts of the disassembled unit on it and still have enough space to do a convinient repairjob. In an ideal case you have a dedicated place for the repairjob, so you can leave the parts on the desk once you have to interrupt your work for any reason. A bad example would be the kitchen or living-room table which you'd have to clean-up once your wife comes home, the probability that any of the amount of small parts will get lost during the clean-up is very high. Also make sure the light at your work-place bright enough, so you can look into all edges and angles of the parts of the unit. Cracks, breaks or cold-solder joints are hard to track down with just a candle on your desk. A dedicated 100W table-top lamp with a flexible arm is just perfect for the job.