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Tims laptop service manuals

1. Introduction 1. Practical stuff 2. Organisation 3. Feedback 4. More resources 5. I need your help. 2. Acer 3. Apple 4. ASUS 5. BenQ 6. Clevo 7. Compaq/HP 8. Dell/Alienware 9. Gateway 10. IBM/Lenovo 11. JVC 12. LG 13. NEC and Packard Bell 14. Panasonic 15. Samsung 16. Sony 17. Toshiba 18. Twinhead Last updated 12-1-2011.

Introduction

In the same vein as in my driver guide, Ive 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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Theyre 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 everythings 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 youll 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. Its possible Im breaking some law or another by distributing these, but Im going to take the stance that theyre 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 shouldnt 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 its frequently not worth the cost to repair old laptops replacement parts for obsolete gear isnt cheap, and the hours of labour can stack up for even the simplest-looking jobs.

Organisation
These files are all hosted on my websites server, and individually available by viewing the directory that contains them: http://tim.id.au/laptops. Theres no need to go hunting in there file by file however; press ctrl+F here on this page, type in your laptops model number, and chances are youll 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 youre after one of these, email me and Ill 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 doesnt help, let me know and Ill 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 Id 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 well work something out. Have you come here looking for a manual for a particular model, but cant find it? Email me Ill have a look around the net and see if I cant find a copy hiding somewhere. I might find several manuals for similar models at the same time, all of which Id put up here as well, which could save ten other people the same trouble. Have you found a service manual I dont 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.

Ive 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. Ive 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. Its worked well so far, and Id confidently say today I have the largest collection of free laptop service manuals of anybody on the net. Im 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 Id like to, I cant pay for them all out of my own pocket as Ive been doing, and am really at the point where I cant go it alone much further. So what Im 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 its up to you. If Ive 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 Ive saved you.

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Acer

Acer do have their service manuals on their site, but its behind some kind of member/partner login that isnt 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, Ive been given a copy of basically Apples entire set of service and troubleshooting manuals published up to this point (late 2010). Ive 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 theres arent that many of them anyway folders 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 Ive found are just the disassembly chapter, not the whole manual. Thats enough for most people though, so Im 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 wasnt 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 Ive 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 Id had someone help me out before, they asked if I remembered who that was, because thats 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, Im going to say they treated me in a pretty hostile manner when I asked for some after-sales support. Sorry, ASUS, but thats 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 BenQs service manuals are confidential documents and cannot be distributed outside our service centres. I can completely believe they do their best in that, as Ive 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. Its hard to dig through the layers of notebook badge engineering, but Ive 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 Im yet to find Clevo/etc spare parts shop thats 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, Ive decided to add a number of HP/Compaq laptop service manuals to this page. Each of these files has been downloaded from HPs 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 isnt mentioned here, let me know and Ill grab a copy from HPs 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

Dells 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 Ive 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 Dells 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 arent 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 Lenovos support site is here.

JVC

Apparently JVC made notebooks too, the Mobile mini notes. Heres what Ive 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

Theres some crossover between these two brands both seem to lay claim to the Versa name, and theres a couple of manuals that mention both NEC and PB, so theyre 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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Ive 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 Toughbooks model number, pick the one thats 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 Ive 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 Ive only located a small number. Still, Ive got what Ive got, and what Ive 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 arent much help to someone trying to rebuild a laptop. Unfortunately theres 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 Ive had someone email me and ask if I could find them a manual for a VGN-FW; unfortunately there doesnt 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 dont see your Toshiba model above, this blog has user-written walkthroughs for some models.

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