LCD Assembly Removed & Dismantled - Yeah

Before I start, I'm not sure if I mentioned previously that all the tech manuals for the Thinkpads are available in PDF format from Lenovo Support (They bought the PC division of IBM). These manuals describe the maintenance procedures including removal & parts replacement - in detail. They have been invaluable to me in this process.

I started on the LCD removal around 10AM and finished successfully at 1PM. It really didn't take that long (I had a bit of lunch.... etc), but I went very carefully and didn't want to force or break anything. Of course, my goal in this step is to plug it in to the system board after removal and dissassembly and have it boot up and work.

I've gotta get that top screen assembly off, then remove the LCD

Well, they're separated - now to get the LCD out of the frame.

There it is in all it's nakedness - Hope it still works

and Voila: Slideshow is running and displaying fine ---- Yeah!.

This thing is rapidly ceasing to be a laptop computer.

Tomorrow or Sunday, I'll start removing the system board, RAM, PCMCIA, and HD assys -- then we'll re-connect all the wiring and see if the thing still plays.