100% Repairable Laptop, Diy Project, Introductory First Video
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I kinda wonder if it's so important that it's possible to repair something oneself, or if it's more important that paying someone to repair it is affordable.
- replaced the screen when I accidentally dropped water on the laptop, and the screen shorted out.
- upgraded RAM from 8 GB to 32 GB
- Replaced internal battery after it gave out about 5 years in.
- Expanded storage by putting a memory chip on the WAN slot.
I think almost all of these issues would have required getting a new laptop if it was not repairable. I also have done similar repairs on my T440s, so it will work as an emergency laptop if anything happens to my T470. In fact, it did when I my screen stopped working 3rd month of Covid.