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    • Say "Hello" to Libretto!

    • This is very small, the dimensions are about 21x11,5x3

    • The best OS fitting inside it is Windows 95, the base RAM is 16Mb (yes, that's 16!) and the bundled HD has 810Mb of memory.

    • There is no floppy integrated, only a PCMCIA slot, a IR port mapped as COM2, a mini-jack for audio (back), a speaker, the power connector and the base attachment.

    • The screen is about 6", 16-bit color, the backlit is powered by a CCFL light as usual in LCDs.

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    • Before starting with screwdrivers it's better to remove first the battery.

    • It's like nowadays notebooks, move the slide-button and pull the battery.

    • The battery-pack contains 9 batteries, as usual 1.2v each 1200mAh; that makes 10.8v, enough to power the HDD, the PCMCIA, the screen and the processor at the same time.

    • The model number is: PA2497U

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    • Now it's time to remove some screws.

    • Unscrew at the seven indicated points with a cross phillips screwdriver.

    • Remove the HDD door and put it apart.

    • Same thing for the two screws situated in the back.

    • Looks like one is missing? mumble, mumble...

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    • DO NOT TRY TO OPEN, we still have to remove the keyboard.

    • With a flat screwdriver pull up the bar upon the keyboard.

    • Remove the one screw that holds the keyboard, and carefully pull it up.

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    • The keyboard itself is held by two ribbons attached to the frame by screws and, of course, the data cable.

    • Unscrew and pull the ribbons.

    • Open the connector and pull out the cable

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    • There are four screws that have to be removed with a phillips screwdriver.

    • After that the metal cover can be token apart.

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    • Time to open the lower part.

    • Unlock the two interlockings with applying pressure as shown in the photo.

    • Now raise the upper part and... [wow]

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    • Detatch the screen connector.

    • When reassembling pay attention to the little L-shaped iron part on the heaphones jack, put it back as shown in pict.3

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    • Take the motherboard out, paying attention to remove correctly the power connector.

    • Using the handle detach the HDD, and carefully put it in a safe place.

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    • Detach the power connector and the battery.

    • NOTE: Removing the battery resets the CMOS, so date, time, BIOS settings etc. will be deleted and set to default.

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    • There is a heatsink screwed on the motherboard

    • Remove the four screws indicated, note that there are two types, long and short.

    • Very carefully take away the heat conductor on the CPU to see what's under.

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    • Let's have a look at the chips

    • That's right! The northbridge is made by CHIPS; T6550 A1 GVS60030 9651-b made in KOREA (the last is the serial I think)

    • The CPU is an Intel Pentium PP75 Y856 75Mhz

    • There's another chip with a stick attached to it; F36000 476002

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    • But wait, there's something else: Try removing the black plastic sheet.

    • Here we find three more intresting chips and, of course, the RAM.

    • The first is only labelled F36000 474008.

    • YAMAHA, that's the audio chip, OPL YMF711-S 9645 WAMJ.

    • Toshiba 471HP C1997.

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    • High definition shots of the motherboard.

    • Note that's it is using the multi-layer technology, patented and seen on some other models such as ZENITH Systems, this allows the boards to be much smaller, but it's very hard to see the tracks.

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    • The screen! Not easy to open.

    • First remove the glued tapes at the bottom, so you can access the two screws that hold the upper part.

    • With a screwdriver take away the MousePad.

    • The pad is nice to use, confortable and easy to handle, you only have to get a little pratice, notebooks have abandoned this kind of pointing device from years, but in my own it's still excellent.

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    • With a spudger or a flat screwdriver open the screen as shown.

    • Take your time and do it quietly, otherwise you can break something inside.

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    • Now you can see the screen, the power elevator for the lamp, the controls and the speaker.

    • Don't touch any part of the left circuit, it's dangerous to touch it because it handles high voltages for powering the CCFL lamp; take it from the edges and handle carefully.

    • Unscrew where shown with a Phillips cross screwdriver.

    • Carefully move the screen to access better the rear cables.

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    • Before detaching the screen cables I suggest you to remove the controls.

    • With a flat screwdriver disconnect the two cables shown in the picture.

    • Take away part by part the mousepad and the mouse buttons.

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    • Now disconnect the cable connected to the control board as shown.

    • Then pull off the speaker

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    • Time to tear out the screen cables.

    • The first is quite easy to take away, the same thing as part-8 (see pict.2)

    • Be careful when disconnecting the wire attached to the elevator board, do not electroshock yourself!

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    • Paying attention not to touch any contact, detach the CCFL cable by simply pulling it.

    • The screen is very small, the maximum real resolution is only 640x480, actually the minimum for Win95.

    • Because the screen is old it contains mercury, and the cables may contain BFR, so try not to break anything.

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    • After removing the mouse buttons try to..

    • What? More screws remaining?

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    • There are some pieces that have to be removed in order to complete the work, so take your time and follow the instructions step by step.

    • Remove the screen's back panel.

    • With the same Phillips screwdriver remove the last screw...

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    • Time to separate the cable from the plastic cover.

    • There's a sticky sheet that is keeping held a little piece of plastic, remove it.

    • Then with a flat screwdriver try to take it off. That's fragile, so be gentile.

    • When done you can pull out the cable.

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    • Et voilà! The work is done!

    • This wasn't very hard, but reassembling is not as easy as opening it.

    • I had to follow my own instructions to transform it back to one piece, luckily after that it still worked perfectly.

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    • High resolution pictures of the components.

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    • As you see the little PC is still working perfectly.

    • And now a little comparison to the iPod Touch 3G

    • Results are that the iPod touch does more, costs less and is that simple..! (I've already heard it somewhere)

    • I hope you enjoyed the guide, if you have any corrections, tips, additions or reproaches please post them!

    • Guide made by Mc128k

Mc128k

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6 Commenti

Very nice teardown! The relative ease of disassembly of such a tightly integrated machine is impressive.

jjacocks - Replica

Good job…^_^

tommy456456 - Replica

Nice job.

Since you have disassembled everything, could you tell us what’s the exact model of the screen?

I have also a Libretto 50CT and I’m looking for a screen replacement.

caiot5 - Replica

I believe it is a Sharp LQ61D133

Vincent S. -

*Blue Screen Of Death on screen*

…..As you see the little PC is still working perfectly.

lol. Great tear down!

netgyver - Replica

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