Gateway/NV54/innards/reassembly

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These were the steps I finally used to reassemble a Gateway NV54 laptop. Reassembly began on 2010-08-27, was complete on 2010-08-31, and took about 5 hours due largely to uncertainty about the cable brackets.

Steps

1. place system board in bottom part of case
2. attach 1 back screw (top left -- seems slightly smaller than others)
   • there were 2 "slightly smaller" screws left over at the end -- maybe these should have been used at this point
3. re-attach small subboard at lower right (1 screw only : lower left)
4. insert DVD drive (comes in from outside of case)
5. re-attach USBCN1 connector (see photo)

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   USBCN1 connection

6. route black and white wire pair so ends poke out near where they will be plugged in (but don't bother plugging in yet)
   • these attach to the wireless network card (look for "MAC ID")
   • I suspect they are the antenna for the wireless
7. reattach the wider of the two ribbon cables labeled "MB" to the socket labeled "MMB1" on the system board
8. lower the keyboard tray and snap it into place
9. plug the black wire into PWRCN1 (see photo)

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   PWRCN1 connection

   • socket is keyed, can't be plugged in the wrong way

NOT DONE -- still transcribing notes