laptop trouble... some help plz?

DrkD · 09-14-2008, 04:26 PM

ok first of i have a gateway mx6131 labtop. i have taken it to best buy geek squad and had them check it out. basically the labtop was plugged in striaght to a wall socket and got power spike from the plug and roasty toastied the motherboard i think. the pwer cable goes directly into the labtop. i am having trouble gettin the laptop open to get to the mother board. i have all the screws out im 99% sure but i cant seem to get the bottom cover off. if some knows how to open it or has a website address with instructions it would be vary helpful.

**TriggerFinger** · 09-14-2008, 06:35 PM

I am not sure but just try this page: http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/...e/5953ul.shtml

09-14-2008, 04:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
DrkD Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1 OS: win xp	laptop trouble... some help plz? ok first of i have a gateway mx6131 labtop. i have taken it to best buy geek squad and had them check it out. basically the labtop was plugged in striaght to a wall socket and got power spike from the plug and roasty toastied the motherboard i think. the pwer cable goes directly into the labtop. i am having trouble gettin the laptop open to get to the mother board. i have all the screws out im 99% sure but i cant seem to get the bottom cover off. if some knows how to open it or has a website address with instructions it would be vary helpful.

09-14-2008, 06:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
TriggerFinger Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: USA Posts: 11,784 OS: Vista SP1, XP SP3, PCLinuxOS2007	Re: laptop trouble... some help plz? I am not sure but just try this page: http://support.gateway.com/s/Mobile/...e/5953ul.shtml __________________ DBAN - Memtest86+ - BartPE - Linux LiveCD - ImgBurn - HDD Diags - Disk Copy HOW TO BURN AN ISO FILE