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Tim’s laptop service manuals

Introduction

Practical stuff1.

Organisation2.

Feedback3.

More resources4.

I need your help.5.

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Acer2.

Apple3.

ASUS4.

BenQ5.

Clevo6.

Compaq/HP7.

Dell/Alienware8.

Gateway9.

IBM/Lenovo10.

JVC11.

LG12.

NEC and Packard Bell13.

Panasonic14.

Samsung15.

Sony16.

Toshiba17.

Twinhead18.

Last updated 12-1-2011.

Introduction

In the same vein as in my driver guide, I’ve started finding laptop service manuals and hosting them on my site. These are

the professional, official documents published by the various laptop makers, either for their own technicians or for the use

of the general public.

They generally detail the exact list of parts in each model of laptop – often down to individual screws, if you happen to

have lost some and need to know the exact size for a replacement – and describe the procedure for disassembling and

reassembling the entire machine, including panels, RAM, wireless cards, keyboards and touchpads and LCD screens, all

the way down to the motherboard itself.

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They’re difficult to find – you have to know where to look in their support site, or come up with the right Google search

string, or beg and steal from someone you know in the industry. There are blogs and forums that post small numbers of

these manuals every now and then; what I hope to achieve here is the most complete repository of laptop disassembly and

service manuals available on the internet.

This page, and indeed my whole site, has no ads. I do not charge for downloads. This is not a community-run project where

some files turn out to be incomplete, or the plain old user manual you already have, or completely the wrong thing. I do not

hide files behind pages designed to confuse and delay you under the guise of providing a difficult service. I do not hotlink

manuals on other sites – everything’s hosted in the same place as this page.

Every single file linked from here has been carefully handpicked, verified, sorted and uploaded by myself to make sure

this page is as complete and accurate as humanly possible. Basically, click on the model number of your laptop below,

and you’ll have all the information you need on how to take it apart.

Practical stuff

Firstly, I do not claim ownership, authority or copyright of anything here on this page. These files, and the information

contained therein, is entirely owned by the original publishers, be they Dell, Sony, Acer or anyone else. It’s possible I’m

breaking some law or another by distributing these, but I’m going to take the stance that they’re generally difficult to get

ahold of without this sort of project, and that everybody – Dell, Sony, Acer et al included – will be better off as a whole

for it having been done.

If you happen to be in a position to say I shouldn’t be hosting these files, please consider the spirit of my little project here

and think about what your company could do to support and promote the continued use of your own products. You might

also consider that there are online businesses that make a profit reselling your copyrighted material who pose a far worse

threat than I.

Secondly, I can make no claim as to the completeness or accuracy of these files. That falls back again on the original

publishers, who themselves generally use the same disclaimer. What you do with your own property is your own business,

and I cannot be held responsible for anything that goes wrong in the course of using one of these service manuals.

Thirdly, my aim here is to distribute knowledge, and that knowledge happens to be the general procedures for in-depth

laptop repairs. Actually performing those repairs is something many people, including myself, frequently charge hundreds

of dollars for.

If you do need help with this sort of thing, I suggest you enlist the help of your local computer repair shop, but remember

it’s frequently not worth the cost to repair old laptops – replacement parts for obsolete gear isn’t cheap, and the hours of

labour can stack up for even the simplest-looking jobs.

Organisation

These files are all hosted on my website’s server, and individually available by viewing the directory that contains them:

http://tim.id.au/laptops. There’s no need to go hunting in there file by file however; press ctrl+F here on this page, type in

your laptop’s model number, and chances are you’ll zoom straight to the link you need.

Laptop models that are listed here but not actually linked to a file in /laptops are probably just waiting for me to upload

and link them. If by coincidence you’re after one of these, email me and I’ll see about getting it to you ASAP.

Some of these files are quite large. If you have problems downloading a particular manual, I recommend using a download

manager of some kind. If that doesn’t help, let me know and I’ll try emailing you the file directly.


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Feedback

Did one of these manuals help you out of a tight spot? Email me – I’d love to know what the problem was, and how you

fixed it.

Do you have a legal issue to bring to my attention? Email me, and we’ll work something out.

Have you come here looking for a manual for a particular model, but can’t find it? Email me – I’ll have a look around the

net and see if I can’t find a copy hiding somewhere. I might find several manuals for similar models at the same time, all of

which I’d put up here as well, which could save ten other people the same trouble.

Have you found a service manual I don’t have? Know of another site with the same idea as here? Email me and you could

have the gratitude of fifty happy people!

More resources

http://printer1.blogspot.com/, who seem to collect service manuals for both printers and laptops;

http://www.laptoprepair101.com/, a blog with walkthroughs for anything from fixing broken power connectors to

modding laptops with inbuilt Bluetooth;

http://repair4laptop.org/, a site dedicated to owner-made repair guides and mods;

http://www.notebookrepairguide.com/, a directory of sites with laptop tech support, service manuals and

replacement parts;

http://www.laptopka.com/, hosting a small collection of home-made and user-contributed disassembly guides for

Toshiba laptops;

http://www.irisvista.com/tech/, in-depth, user-made service guides for many Toshiba laptops;

http://laptopservicemanuals.no-ip.org/, a link hub for Toshiba and IBM/Lenovo service manuals;

http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/, probably the best resource on the internet for disassembling Apple devices, including

iBooks/MacBooks, iPods, and some desktop models (iMac/Mini);

http://laptoprepairmanual.blogspot.com/, another blog and the source of some of my Acer material.

I need your help.

I’ve been experimenting with this page in the last couple of months, trying to come up with an easy way for you to help me

out. I’ve long been loathe to ask for money, both as a point of pride and as a personal challenge to myself to do the best I

can without it. It’s worked well so far, and I’d confidently say today I have the largest collection of free laptop service

manuals of anybody on the net.

I’m currently getting several emails a week from readers like you asking for help finding a manual for their laptop, and my

only reliable sources are sites that want to charge for each and every one. As much as I’d like to, I can’t pay for them all

out of my own pocket as I’ve been doing, and am really at the point where I can’t go it alone much further.

So what I’m doing is finally giving in, swallowing my pride and putting out my hat for donations. Each and every cent,

centime, denari, ruble and yen I receive will go towards improving this page and collecting new manuals to upload here and

share for the greater good of the internet.

I would ask for US$10, roughly the cost of a single laptop service manual, but it’s up to you. If I’ve helped you out of a

bad spot with one of my manuals here, think for a moment and decide for yourself what my time is worth to you. Every

little bit counts, and your donation will help save someone else the time that I’ve saved you.


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Acer

Acer do have their service manuals on their site, but it’s behind some kind of member/partner login that isn’t open to the

general public. To find your 4 digit model number here, change the last digit to a zero and look for that (eg. 1694 -> 1690).

Aspire One, NAV50

Aspire 1200, 1300, 1310, 1350, 1360, 1400, 1410, 1420PT, 1450, 1500, 1520, 1600, 1606, 1610, 1620, 1640Z,

1650, 1650Z, 1660, 1670, 1680, 1690, 1700, 1710, 1800, 1810t, 1820PT, 2000, 2010, 2020, 2420, 2920, 2920Z,

2930, 3000, 3010, 3020, 3050, 3100, 3300S, 3500, 3510, 3600, 3610, 3620, 3630, 3640, 3650, 3680, 3690, 3810T,

3810TG, 3810TZ, 3810TZG, 4220, 4220G, 4230, 4310, 4310G, 4315, 4320, 4330, 4332, 4520, 4520G, 4530, 4710,

4710G, 4715Z, 4720, 4720G, 4720Z, 4730Z, 4730ZG, 4732Z, 4740, 4740G, 4820T, 4920, 4920G, 4930, 4930G,

4935, 4935G, 5000, 5010, 5020, 5050, 5100, 5110, 5220, 5230, 5235, 5236, 5241, 5242, 5310, 5310G, 5330, 5332,

5335, 5338, 5340, 5500, 5500Z, 5510, 5515, 5517, 5520, 5530, 5530G, 5534, 5535, 5536, 5536G, 5538, 5540,

5541, 5542G, 5560, 5570, 5580, 5600, 5610, 5620, 5630, 5650, 5670, 5680, 5710, 5710G, 5720, 5720G, 5730Z,

5732Z, 5735, 5735Z, 5737Z, 5738, 5738G, 5738DG, 5738ZG, 5738DZG, 5738Z, 5738Z, 5738ZG, 5739, 5739G,

5740, 5740D, 5841, 5741G, 5910, 5920G, 5930, 5930Z, 5935, 5940G, 5942, 5942G, 6530, 6920, 6930, 6930G,

6935G, 7000, 7100, 7110, 7120, 7220, 7220G, 7230, 7315, 7336, 7420, 7520, 7520G, 7530, 7530G, 7540, 7715Z,

7720, 7720G, 7730, 7730G, 7736, 7736Z, 7740, 7740G, 7745, 7745G, 8530, 8730, 8730Z, 8920, 8920G, 8930,

8930Q, 8935G, 8940, 8942, 8942G, 9100, 9110, 9120, 9300, 9400, 9410, 9420, 9500, 9510, 9520, 9800, 9920,

ASX1200, ASX3200

Extensa 365, 390, 450, 500, 510, 570, 600, 610, 650, 660, 670, 700, 710, 900, 2000, 2500, 2700, 3100, 5210, 5220,

5230, 5610, 5620, 5630, 5630Z, 6600

Ferrari One

Ferrari 1000, 1100, 1200, 3000, 3200, 3400, 4000, 5000

Travelmate 200, 210, 220, 230, 240, 250, 260, 270, 280, 290, 310, 330, 340, 350, 380, 420, 430, 505, 510, 520,

530, 550, 610, 620, 630, 650, 660, 720, 730, 740, 800, 2000, 2100, 2200, 2300, 2350, 2400, 2410, 2420, 2430,

2440, 2450, 2470, 2480, 2490, 2500, 2600, 2700, 3000, 3010, 3030, 3040, 3210, 3210Z, 3220, 3230, 3240, 3250,

3280, 3300, 4000, 4010, 4020, 4050, 4060, 4070, 4080, 4100, 4150, 4200, 4210, 4220, 4230, 4260, 4270, 4280,

4320, 4330, 4330G, 4400, 4500, 4520, 4530, 4600, 4650, 4670, 4720, 4730, 4730G, 5000, 5100, 5110, 5220,

5220G, 5230, 5310, 5320, 5330, 5520, 5520G, 5530, 5600, 5610, 5620, 5710, 5720, 5730, 6000, 6231, 6291, 6292,

6293, 6410, 6460, 6492, 6493, 6500, 6592, 6592G, 6593, 7100, 7220, 7230, 7300, 7320, 7510, 7520, 7520G, 7530,

7720, 7730, 7730A, 8000, 8100, 8200, 8210, 8331, 8371, 8431, 8471, 8531, 8571, C100, C110, C210, C300

eMachines E430, E627, E628, E630, EM250, G430, G627, G630

Apple


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Thanks to some incredibly kind people, I’ve been given a copy of basically Apple’s entire set of service and

troubleshooting manuals published up to this point (late 2010). I’ve finally categorised pretty much everything now, so

here it all is!

eMac – 2004 original, 2005 ATI/USB2

iBook – honestly, these are a mess to categorise without a degree in Apple products, and there’s aren’t that many of

them anyway – folder’s here.

iMac 2000, 2001, Summer 2001, DV, DV Special Edition, Flat Panel, Flat Panel USB2.0, 17″ Flat Panel, 17″ Flat

Panel 1GHz

iMac 17″ mid 2006, late 2006, late 2006 CD

iMac 20″ early 2006, late 2006, mid 2007, early 2008, early 2009, mid 2009

iMac 21″ late 2009, mid 2010

iMac 24″ 2006, mid 2007, early 2008, early 2009

iMac 27″ late 2009, mid 2010

iMac G5 17″ original, iSight, Ambient Light Sensor

iMac G5 20″ original, iSight, Ambient Light Sensor

iPad Wifi+3G

MacBook Air original, late 2008, mid 2009

MacBook 13″ original, late 2006, mid 2007, early 2009, mid 2009, late 2009, mid 2010, Aluminium late 2008

MacBook Pro 15″ original, Core 2 Duo, 2.2/2.4GHz 2007, early 2008, mid 2009, 2.53GHZ mid 2009, mid 2010

MacBook Pro 17″ original, Core 2 Duo, 2.4GHz 2007 and 2008, early 2009, mid 2010

Mac Mini 2006, Mini 2006/7, Mini 2009, Mini 2010

Mac Pro, 8x, 2008, 2009, 2010

PowerBook 100, 140, 145, 145B, 150, 160, 165, 165c, 170, 180, 180c, 190 and 190 REA, 200 series, 500 series,

550c, 1400 series, 2300c, 2400c, 3400c, 5300 series and 5300 series REA, Firewire

PowerBook G3 original series, Bronze series

PowerBook G4 original, DVI, Gigabit Ethernet, 1GHz/867MHz

PowerBook G4 12″, 12″ DVI, 12″ 1.33GHz, 12″ 1.5GHz

PowerBook G4 15″ 1.67/1.5GHz, 15″ Double-Layer SD, Firewire 800, 1.5/1.33GHz

PowerBook G4 17″ original, 17″ Double-Layer SD, 17″ 1.67/1.5/1.33GHz

Power Mac G3 All-In-One, Blue-White, Desktop, Server Minitower

Power Mac G4/Macintosh Server G4, Power Mac G4 Mirrored Drive Doors/Firewire 800, G4 Cube

Power Mac G5, 2004, 2005

Xserve 2003, 2005 G5, 2006, 2009, Xserve RAID

Macintosh Classic, Classic II, Color Classic, Color Classic II, 128k, 512k, II, IIcx, IIci, IIx, IIfx, IIsi, IIvx, IIvi, Plus,

Portable, SE, SE/30, TV

Macintosh LC, LC II, LC III, LC 475, 520, 550, 575, 580

Macintosh/Powermac/Performa 200, 275, 400 series, 500 series, 580CD, 600, 630, 4400, 5200, 5260, 5280, 5300,

5400, 5500, 6100, 6200, 6300, 6400, 6500, 7100 series, 7200 series, 7300, 7500, 7600, 8100, 8200, 8500, 8600,

9500, 9600, WS6150, WS7250, WS7350, WS8150, WS8550, WS9150, WS9650


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Macintosh Quadra/Centris 605, 610, LC630, Performa 640, 650, 660AV, 700, 800, 840AV, 900, 950, WS60, WS80,

AWS95

Macintosh Network Server 500, 700

The Twentieth Anniversary Mac (user guide only – no official take-apart guide exists for these)

Apple Displays – including Monochrome, RGB, AppleColor, AppleVision, Multiple Scan, Cinema and Studio

displays.

Miscellaneous manuals – including external drives, printers, ADB devices including keyboards and mice,

eMate/Newton MessagePads, and various upgrade cards.

ASUS

There are very few ASUS manuals available on the net; most that I’ve found are just the disassembly chapter, not the

whole manual. That’s enough for most people though, so I’m listing them here:

Eee PC 4G (701)

A6JC, A6JM, A7T, A7V, A3000N, G1S, G73, KN1, L8400, M2400NE, M6000, S37E, S62, S62F, S96J, S97V,

SW1, V1S, W5F, W3000A, X50RL, Z93E, Z500A, Z9200K, Z97V

I recently had to work on an ASUS without a manual available; when I rang ASUS Australia the fellow was incredibly

helpful – he wasn’t permitted to send me the full service manual, but could email me enough parts of the disassembly

process to enable me to get the motherboard out. I strongly recommend giving your local ASUS office a call if you need

help working on one of their laptops, it worked for me.

Sad news – I’ve called ASUS again looking for manuals, and I could no longer get ahold of the wonderful tech who helped

me before. Instead I had someone tell me quite bluntly that “those manuals are our intellectual property and we will not

distribute them in any way, shape or form”; after mentioning I’d had someone help me out before, they asked if I

remembered who that was, because “that’s a punishable offense in this company”.

So, I now place ASUS in the unrecommended category – their laptops are pretty good value, quite reliable, and generally

come with at least a 2 year warranty, but not only are they tight about spare parts, I’m going to say they treated me in a

pretty hostile manner when I asked for some after-sales support. Sorry, ASUS, but that’s just terrible service compared to

many other brands.

BenQ


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Joybook A33, R23, S52, S72

A customer recently asked me if we could replace the keyboard on his BenQ laptop. Not only could I not find an easy

source for the part, when I rang BenQ to enquire about getting a service manual I was told “BenQ’s service manuals are

confidential documents and cannot be distributed outside our service centres.” I can completely believe they do their best

in that, as I’ve only ever found these four manuals. This would be a brand to avoid, IMHO.

Clevo

Clevo laptops are also sold under many brand names, including Sager, Eurocom and Gericom. Medion laptops are

probably all made by FIC. It’s hard to dig through the layers of notebook badge engineering, but I’ve seen more Clevos

here in Australia than any other brand, so rebadged laptops will end up in this section.

Clevo 888E, 2200C, 2700C, D400E, D400S, D410E, D410S, D470V, D480V, D500E, D510E, D520E, D530E,

D610S, D620S, D630S, D800P, D900C, D900F, D900K, D900T, L295N, L295T, L297N, L390T, LV19C, LV19N,

LV22C, LV22N, M570A, M570TU, M575A, M590KE, M660SE, M665SE, M720T, M728T, M729T, M730T,

M740T, M740TU, M760T, M760TU, M860TU, M980NU, TN120R

Compal CL50, CL51, CL56, CY23, CY25, HEL81

Eurocom M350C and M360C

FIC/Medion A360, A440, A985, M295, M296, M785, MB02, MB05W, MD02

Mitac 7521, 8011, 8050, 8050D, 8050QMA, 8066MP, 8081, 8170, 8224, 8355, 8399, 8575A, 8599, 8965, W130


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Sager NP2280, NP4060, NP4780, NP5270, NP5690, NP61x0, NP8886, NP8890, NP9260, NP9261, NP9750

Uniwill 340S2 and 340S8

Compal host service manuals for some models (IFL/JFL/IFT/JFT/JHL/JHT/KHL/KSW/KFT) on their driver download page

here.

These manuals are reasonably easy to find on the internet, but I’m yet to find Clevo/etc spare parts shop that’s in or sells

parts to Australia despite the prevalence of these machines here. Your luck may vary elsewhere in the world.

Compaq/HP

To celebrate HP being named the manufacturer of the least reliable laptop computers in this study of 9 different brands,

I’ve decided to add a number of HP/Compaq laptop service manuals to this page. Each of these files has been downloaded

from HP’s support website, and manuals for newer models (and more recent versions of existing ones) can be downloaded

for free from there.

If you happen to own an HP or Compaq laptop that isn’t mentioned here, let me know and I’ll grab a copy from HP’s site

and add it.

Compaq 100, 510, 511, 515, 516, 610, 615, 800, nx4820, nx9010, nx9008, nx9005, nx9000

Compaq Armada 100, 100s, 110, 1100, 1500, 4100, 4200, E500, E500S, E700, M300, M700, V300

Compaq Business nx7000, nx9100, nx9500

Compaq Evo N110, N150, N160, N180, N400c, N410c, N600c, N610C, N610v, N620c, N800c, N800v, N800w,

N1010v, N1050v

Compaq Mini 110, 311, 700

Compaq Presario 1100, 2100, 2500, 2800, 3000, CQ50, CQ60, C300, F500, C700, M2000, M2300, R3000, R4000,

V2000, V2400, V4000, Widescreen x1000

Compaq Tablet PC TC1000

HP 500, 510, 520, 530, 540, 541, 550

HP 2533t, 4410t mobile thin client

HP Compaq nc6110, nx6110, nc6120, nx6120, 6720t mobile thin client, 8710p notebook, 8710w mobile

workstation, NC4400, TC1100 Tablet, TC4200 Tablet

HP Elitebook 2530p, 2730p, 6930p, 8530p, 8530w, 8730w

HP Envy 13, Envy 15

HP G50, G60, G3000, G6000, G7000

HP HDX 16, HDX 18, Pavilion HDX


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HP Media Center zd7000

HP Mini 110, 311, 1000, 1101, 5101, Mini-note 2133, Mini-note 2140

HP Omnibook xt1000, xt1500

HP Pavilion dm1, dm3, dv2, dv3, dv4, dv5, dv6, dv7, dv8, dv1400, dv2000, dv4000, dv6500, dv6600, dv6700,

dv8000, dv8200, dv9000, dv9200, dx6500, tx1000, tx2000, tx2500, xz100, xz300, zd7000, zd8000, ze2000, ze2300,

ze4100, ze4200, ze4300, ze4400, ze4500, ze4600, ze4700, ze5200, ze5300, ze5400, ze5500, ze5600, zv6000,

zx5000, zv5000, zt1000, zt1100, Widescreen zt3000

HP Probook 4310s, 4311s, 4410s, 4411s, 4510s, 4710s, 5310m

HP Special Edition L2000

HP TouchSmart tx2

Reliability aside, these laptops are very easy to work on and spare parts are quite easy to find, often quite cheaply.

Dell/Alienware

Dell’s support website is excellent and hosts the service manuals for pretty much every Dell laptop ever made. Look up

your service tag or model number there and you should be able to find it.

Of all the laptop brands in that reliability study that provide both service manuals to all their machines and easy access to

replacement parts, Dell are the most reliable. This firmly sets them as my most recommend brand of laptop to buy today

and keep for tomorrow – every laptop I’ve personally bought for myself or others was a Dell, and I have not once regretted

that decision.

Inspiron 300M, 1501, 7000, 9100

Inspiron XPS 9100

Latitude CP, CPi, CS, LM, XPi CD

Latitude C500, C600, C800, L400, X200, X300

Alienware fall within Dell’s little domain now, and Dell provide Alienware manuals for modern models, but older ones are

a little harder to find. Consider this single contribution so far to be the promise to hunt down more alien material:

Alienware M17x

Gateway


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Gateway 400, 450RGH, 450ROG, 600, 6000, 6100, 6500, 6600, EC14, EC14D, EC14T, EC18, EC18T, EC34,

EC38, EC54, EC58, LT21, LT31, NV42, NV53, NV59, NV59C, M275, M305, M350, M360, M675, MX6100,

MX6200, MX6400, MX6500, MX6600, MX6900, NX500, P-78, P-79, Solo 1450

Gateway Profile 4, Profile 5

Gateway Convertible Notebook CX200, CX2000, M280, M285, S-7200, TA1, TA6, TA7

For other Gateway models, you might have some luck here.

IBM/Lenovo

Lenovo apparently aren’t releasing hardware maintenance manuals for most of their IdeaPad range. Only one IdeaPad

service manual has surfaced on the net, covering three models:

IdeaPad S9e, S10, S10e

Fortunately they are maintaining full hardware maintenance manuals for their ThinkPad products:

ThinkPad 240, 240X, 380, 380XD, 380Z, 385, 385XD, 390, 390E, 390X, 560, 560E, 560X, 560Z, 570, 570E, 600,


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600E, 600X, 760C, 760CD, 760E, 760ED, 760L, 760LD, 760EL, 760ELD, 760XL, 760XD, 765D, 765L, 770

ThinkPad A20m, A20p, A21e, A21m, A21p, A22e, A22m, A22m wireless, A22p, A30, A30p, A31, A31p

ThinkPad Edge 13″, E30, E31, Edge 14″, E40, Edge 15″, E50

ThinkPad G40, G41

ThinkPad L410, L412, L510, L512

ThinkPad R30, R31, R32, R40, R50, R50e, R50p, R51, R51e, R52, R60, R60e, R61, R61e, R61i, R61i widescreen,

R500

ThinkPad S30, S31, SL300, SL400, SL400c, SL410, SL500, SL500c, SL510

ThinkPad T20, T21, T22, T23, T30, T40, T40p, T41, T41p, T42, T42p, T43, T43p, T60, T60 widescreen, T60p,

T60p widescreen, T61, T61 widescreen, T61p, T61p widescreen, T400, T400s, T410, T410i, T410s, T410si, T500,

T510, T510i

ThinkPad R400

ThinkPad W500, W510, W700, W700ds, W701, W701ds

ThinkPad X20, X21, X22, X23, X24, X30, X31, X32, X40, X41, X41 Tablet, X60, X60 Tablet, X60s, X61, X61

Tablet, X61s, X100e, X200, X200 tablet, X200s, X200si, X201, X201 Tablet, X201i, X201s, X300, X301

ThinkPad Z60m, Z60t, Z61e, Z61m, Z61p, Z61t

ThinkPad TransNote

ThinkPad Dock, Dock II, Mini Dock, Port Replicator, Port Replicator II, Selectadock II

WorkPad Z50

iSeries 1200, 1300, 1400, 1500, 1700, 1800

Lenovo’s support site is here.

JVC

Apparently JVC made notebooks too, the Mobile mini notes. Here’s what I’ve found:

MP-XP5220KR, MP-XP5230GB, MP-XP7220KR, MP-XP7230GB, MP-XP741DE

MP-XV841DE, MP-XV841GB, MP-XV841GBEX, MP-XV841US, MP-XV941DE

LG


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LE50, LM40, LM50, LS40, LS50, LS70, LW20, LW60, LW70, S1, P1, T1, TX

NEC and Packard Bell

There’s some crossover between these two brands – both seem to lay claim to the Versa name, and there’s a couple of

manuals that mention both NEC and PB, so they’re all lumped together here.

Dot a, m, mr, mr/u, s

Dragon A, SN

Easy Lite

EasyNote A7, B3, BG, BU, C3, DT85, E, L, LJ61, LJ65, LJ75, LJ77, M3, M5, M7, MB, ME, MV, MX, MZ, R, R7,

S, SB, SJ, SW, T5, TJ75, TJ76, TJ77, TJ78, TM85, TM86, TM89, V, W, W3, W7, XS, Butterfly Touch, Butterfly

xs

iPower GX

Versa Lite, M340 and E2000, M400, M540, P520, S940, VX

Panasonic


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I’ve found a decent cache of Panasonic Toughbook manuals. In the models listed below, a lower-case ‘x’ is a variable that

notes various specs or intended regions or OSes for each laptop. Best way to sort through it is to go through it letter by

letter with your Toughbook’s model number, pick the one that’s closest and see if the titlepage lists the variables that

would match yours.

Toughbooks are notoriously complicated inside; they were built for durability, not ease of servicing, and because the

manuals I’ve picked to go here have full disassembly instructions as opposed to mere exploded diagrams, they are quite

dense. Proceed as you like, but it may be a hairier repair than you might think.

CF-08TX1A1M

CF-1000

CF-18JHU70TW, CF-18JHU80TW, CF-18KHH65Lx, CF-18NHHZXBM

CF-19CDBAXVM, CF-19CHBAXBM, CF-19FHGAXxM, CF-19KDRAXCM

CF-29N3LGZBM, CF-29NTQGZBM

CF-30CTQAZBM, CF-30CTQAZxx, CF-30FTSAZAM, CF-30KTPAXxM

CF-52AJYZDZM, CF-52EKMxDxM

CF-73E3KVXxM

CF-74CCBAXBM, CF-74ECBAXBM, CF-74ECBGDBM, CF-74GCDADBM, CF-74JCJBDxM

CF-T4GWCTZBM, CF-T4HWETZBM

CF-T5LWETZBM

CF-W4GWCZZBM, CF-W4HWEZZBM

CF-W5LWEZZBM

CF-Y5LWVYZBM

Samsung


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New category! Samsungs have been extremely difficult to find, and I’ve only located a small number. Still, I’ve got what

I’ve got, and what I’ve got is right here:

Samsung NC10, P560, Q1U, Q40, Q45, R50, R510, R520, X460

Sony

A large number of Sony service manuals are just circuit diagrams and exploded views, which look pretty but aren’t much

help to someone trying to rebuild a laptop. Unfortunately there’s no way around this, but even an exploded diagram might

help somebody out there – expect this section to grow very soon.

PCGA-DSD5, PCGA-DSM5

PCG-C1VP, PCG-C1VPK

PCG-FX210, PCG-FX220, PCG-FX220K, PCG-FX240, PCG-FX240K, PCG-FX250, PCG-FX250K, PCG-FX270,

PCG-FX270K, PCG-FX290, PCG-FX290K, PCG-FX777, PCG-FX877

PCG-FXA32, PCG-FXA33, PCG-FXA35, PCG-FXA35D, PCG-FXA36

PCG-GR150, PCG-GR150K, PCG-GR170, PCG-GR170K

PCG-R505AFE, PCG-R505JE, PCG-R505JEK, PCG-R505JEP, PCG-R505JL, PCG-R505JLK, PCG-R505JLP,

PCG-R505JS, PCG-R505JSK, PCG-R505JSP

PCG-SR27, PCG-SR27K

VGN-A, VGN-AR, VGN-AX, VGN-B, VGN-BX, VGN-C, VGN-FE, VGN-FJ, VGN-FS, VGN-N, VGN-S,

VGN-SZ, VGN-T, VGN-TX, VGN-U, VGN-UX

I’ve had someone email me and ask if I could find them a manual for a VGN-FW; unfortunately there doesn’t seem to ever

have been one available on the internet at all. He contacted Sony, and their most helpful suggestion was that they could

repair it for him at great cost.


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I contacted Sony Australia myself to ask about service manuals, and was told: “We are not allowed to distribute Sony

service manuals in any way, shape or form; they are copyrighted material and strictly internal documents only. Any

manuals available on the internet are illegal, and Sony takes this policy very seriously.” Avoid.

Toshiba

100CS and 110CS

Dynabook V1, V2, VX4

Equium A60, A210, A300, L300, L300D, L350, L350D, M40, M45

Libretto 100CT, L100, L105, U100

Mini Notebook NB100, NB200, NB250, NB255, NB300

Portege 610CT, 620CT, 2000, 3010CT, 3020CT, 3110CT, 3400, 4000, 7010CT, 7020CT, 7200CT

Portege A100, A200, A600, M100, M200, M300, M400, M500, M700, M750, M780, M800, M900D, P2000, R100,

R200, R300, R400, R500, R600, R700, S100, T110, T110D, T130, T130D, T210

Qosmio E10, F10, F20, F30, F40, F45, F50, F60, G10, G20, G30, G40, G50, X300, X500

Satego A210, A300, L300, L300D, L350, L350D

Satellite 220, 300, 310, 320, 330, 440, 460, 470, 480, 1400, 1405, 1700, 1710CDS, 1800, 1900, 2060CDS, 2100,

2230, 2250, 2400, 2405, 2500CDS, 2510CDS, 2520CDS, 2540XCDT, 2590CDT, 2610, 2750, 2800, 3000, 4000,

4010, 4020, 4030, 4060, 4070, 4080, 4090, 4100, 4200, 4300, 5000, 5100, 5200, TE2000

Satellite A10, A20, A30, A40, A50, A50S, A60, A70, A80, A85, A100, A105, A200, A210, A215, A300, A350,

A350D, A500D, A660, C650, C650D, C655D, E100, E105, E200, E205, L10, L20, L300, L300D, L305, L305D,

L350, L350D, L450, L450D, L500, L500D, L510, L550, L600, L600D, L630, L635, L640, L640D, L645, L645D,

L650, L655, L670, L670D, L675, L675D, M20, M30-35, M30X, M40, M40X, M50, M60, M70, M100, M200,

M205, M300, M500, M505, M507, P10, P20-25, P30, P100, P200, P205, P250D, P300, P500, R10, R20, R70,

T110, T110D, T130, T130D, T210, T215, T230, T230D, U200, U300, U400, U500, X200, X205

Satellite Pro 220, 440, 460, 470, 480, 4600, 6000, 6100, A10, A60, A65, A120, A210, A300, A500D, A660, L300,

L300D, L350, L350D, L450, L450D, L500, L550, L600, L600D, L630, L635, L640, L640D, L645, L650D, L650,

L655, L670, L670D, L675, M10, M70, M200, M300, P500, S200, S300, S500, S500M, T110, T110D, T130,

T130D, T210, T215, T230, T230D, U300, U400

Tecra 520CDT, 530CDT, 550CDT, 750, 780CDM, 780DVD, 8000, 8100, 8200, 9000

Tecra A1, A2, A3, A3X, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10, A11, M1, M2, M2V, M3, M4, M5, M7, M9, M10, M11,

P5, P10, P11, R10, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S10, S11

If you don’t see your Toshiba model above, this blog has user-written walkthroughs for some models.


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Twinhead

Durabook 14K

efio! 121A, 121i

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