How to Upgrade, Repair, Disassemble a GateWay Laptop or Notebook

Do you want to repair your Gateway laptop or notebook? Here is a collection of free take apart instructions, disassembly pictures or dismantling videos, upgrade and repair manuals, as well as do-it-yourself (DIY) tips and tricks for ColorBook, HandBook, Solo laptops and notebooks models made by Gateway. If you have written a repairing guide yourself (or if you know of a report not linked here), please submit a new entry.

GateWay 2000 ColorBook	Some pictures of a painting preparation.
GateWay 2000 HandBook 486	Pictures of a hard disk replacement.
GateWay 2000 HandBook 486	Pinout for the proprietary parallel converter (HONDA "PCR E28FS"), and pinout for the AC adaptor.
GateWay 2000 HandBook 486	How to open the machine, upgrade the RAM, replace the hard drive with an 800MB flash drive, replace the CMOS RAM backup battery and build a 4 AA NiMH battery pack.
GateWay 2000 HandBook 486	This article describes how to rebuild a battery for this notebook so that standard rechargeable AA cells can be used.
GateWay 2000 HandBook	Extending the EDO-RAM to 16MB, replacing the hard drive with a 1GB CF card connected to a CF-mini-IDE adapter, changing the CMOS battery, extending the battery capacity six times and building an on/off switch for the internal speaker.
GateWay 3520GZ/M210	Disassembly of the notebook from peripherals to the motherboard itself. A step-by-step guide with lots of photos.
GateWay 4000	Need to fix a broken or fallen off keyboard key? This illustrated HOWTO explains all the dirty work.
GateWay 7504 (aka eMachines M6805)	How to access the internal RAM slot.
GateWay M275	You need to replace a broken keyboard key? Here is a useful guide.
GateWay MT6704	How to substitute the laptop keyboard.
GateWay M6846	This guide tell how to remove and replace a broken notebook LCD screen.
GateWay M6846	This guide will explain how to remove and replace a defective notebook keyboard.
GateWay MT6704	This guide give instructions for removing a broken LCD screen from the laptop and replace it with a new screen. Before you start, turn off the laptop, unplug the power adapter and remove the battery. You'll find six rubber screw seals on the display bezel. Remove all seals with a sharp object and also remove all six screws found under the seals.
GateWay MX7000	How to substitute a keyboard key: step-by-step explanations and pics.
GateWay NX570	This laptop stopped charging the battery even though the AC adapter worked properly and provided correct voltage. The adapter was tested with a voltmeter. It charged the battery but only intermittently, when the AC adapter was pushed in firmly. In order to charge the battery the AC adapter plug inside the power socket on the back of the laptop had to be adjusted and resoldered.
GateWay NX570X	Upgrade the RAM and give your struggling laptop more memory and better performance.
GateWay Solo 400SD4	Keycap substitution guide.
GateWay Solo 1450	How to get access to the inverter and LCD cable.
GateWay Solo 5150	How to add a 64MB PC100 SO-DIMM RAM to the 32MB on board memory.
GateWay Solo 9300	Assembly/disassembly instructions.
GateWay Solo 9300	Dismantling, assembly/disassembly instructions.
GateWay Solo 9550	A step-by-step disassembly guide with pictures [PDF].
GateWay Solo 9550	Upgrading a laptop can be a costly endeavor, depending on how many components need replacing. At some point you have to decide if it makes more sense (financially) to scrap the older system for a shiny new model. This HOWTO goes an upgrade path for: a new display, a bigger hard drive, some extra memory and a DVD burner instead of a CD/RW.
GateWay N.N.	How to convert a laptop LCD screen into a stand-alone display.
GateWay N.N.	How to replace a broken and flickering backlight.

Manufacturer Information, Customer Service

Hardware Maintenance Manual, User Guide, Service Manual

GateWay itself offers official user guides (see also this page for user guides of some other models) but unlike Service Manuals they only provide simple technical information, such as RAM and hard disk upgrade guides.

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