Teach you how to assemble a notebook

For many desktop users, you may have enjoyed the fun of replacing your graphics card with the CPU, but we have few opportunities to experience the joys of DIY notebooks, especially when it comes to being a luxury.

For notebook users, notebook manufacturers to provide us with the machine, often some of the things do not (such as independent graphics), should not have a lot of things (such as operating system). The machine is very difficult to meet each of our needs, can meet our needs of the book price is too expensive.

If you are strongly dissatisfied with this situation, do not miss this article, the following methods will certainly suit you.

Many people are already familiar with the system, but for the notebook system Barebone know not too many friends, we can think of it as a "nude" notebook, a notebook only provides the main frame part of the product, such as the base, LCD screen, motherboard, etc. Other parts such as CPU, hard drive, CD-ROM and so on will require users to purchase and install. Even for the frame position display, motherboard users if not satisfied, manufacturers will also provide the corresponding candidate products for users to choose to meet the ultimate fun of our DIY notebook. At present Asus, MSI, the elite and other manufacturers have issued a variety of such products. This article describes the creation of personalized notebooks is the use of MSI MS-1029 notebook barebone based on

In this article, we use MSI MSI MS-1029 notebook system for DIY objects, this is an AMD platform based notes, the motherboard uses the ATI chipset chipset, equipped with ATI Mobility Radeon X700 Graphics, Double-layer DVD burner and 15.4-inch WXGA widescreen LCD.

All we have to do next is to select the right processor, hard drive, Mini PCI WLAN wireless card and memory for the MSI MS-1029 notebook system. Depending on the application needs, we have selected the following accessories:

Processor: AMD turion Mobile Processor Model MT-37 (2.0 GHz) $280

Wireless network adapter: MSI Wireless LAN Card (802.11b/g) with Bluetooth-$

Memory: OCZ 512MB DDR400 (PC 3200) Sodimm Memory (2 x 512MB-$ each

HDD: Western Digital Scorpio 2.5-inch GB Hard disk Drive (WD800VE)-$139

We use the products based on the AMD platform, if you do not like it can also choose the Intel platform notebook system, below let us see if DIY their own notebook bar.

The installation of the actual CPU

Heat pipe radiators, processors, and CPU fans

First reverse the notebook, find the right screwdriver

Using a screwdriver to remove the CPU part of the bezel, this step is very simple, we can laugh and laughter will be easy to complete

Remove the bezel and we can see the inside.

CPU Slots

In the middle is the CPU slot, the side of the CPU and the left concave part is the installation of heat pipe radiator and fan position. The right and bottom side of the CPU are the Mini PCI wireless card and memory space respectively.

Next, start installing the CPU, first, pull up the lever on the right side of the CPU socket and push it to the vertical position.

The CPU can be installed by removing the processor and aligning the gap on the CPU with the notch on the socket.

Now we're going to put the right lever back in place and the CPU is securely installed on the CPU socket.

This is the installed CPU, let us take a moment to enjoy.

Installation of heat pipe radiator and fan in actual combat

The CPU is installed and the next step is to install the heat pipe radiator and fan, and the heat pipe provides cooling for both the CPU and the video card.

The next step is to install the heat pipe radiator and fan.

Graphic processing chip for ATI mobility Radeon X700 shown on the diagram

Put the heat pipe radiator on the CPU, don't worry about fixing the screws first

The heat pipe heatsink to show the core heat dissipation is also good after we do the fixed screw work.

Let's fix the four screws on the CPU heatsink first.

Then the screws that show the core heat part are fixed.

So the laptop's cooling system is fixed.

The next step is to install the fan, we first connect the fan power to the power connector on the motherboard

Then put the fan into the groove and tighten the three screws so that the fan can be fixed.

This completes the installation of the CPU, the fan, and the heat pipe heatsink

Actual memory and wireless card installation:

Memory

Now is the time to install memory, the notebook provides two memory slots, support ddr333/ddr400 So-dimm memory, where we use two OCZ 512MB DDR400 PC3200 memory.

First we plug the memory into the memory slot at approximately 40 degrees.

Then the careful yearning to gently press down, the memory will be quiet into the appropriate position

Use the same method to install the second block of memory.

Memory

The next step is to install the Mini PCI Interface Wireless network card, we use this wireless card in addition to support 802.11b/g also integrated Bluetooth (Bluetooth) function.

Mini PCI Interface Wireless Card

The installation method and the method of installing the memory is basically the same, the first oblique to the network card and slot right, and then gently down into the down to be able to

Then we install the antennas on the Mini PCI wireless card

Wiring

The memory and wireless card are now installed successfully.

Step three: Actual combat hard drive and optical drive installation

Now most of the notebook's hard disk installation is very convenient, this MSI notebook system specifically provides a hard disk installation protection box, let us begin to install the hard disk.

Hard disk

First we combine the hard drive with the protection box

Docking the data interface of the hard disk with the hard disk interface on the notebook motherboard, then put the hard drive into the hard drive bin.

Then the four screws around the hard drive are fixed and the hard drive is ready to be installed.

The installation of the optical drive is also very simple

Drive

Only need to gently to the optical drive bin inside a plug on it, is not very simple yes power installation

First, the battery compartment of the two lock button Panasonic, and then take the battery, alignment of the interface gently push to

When the battery is installed, close the lock on both sides.

Now we're putting the stalls together and the whole hardware DIY is done.

Above is the entire hardware DIY process, when all this is done, we can install

Operating system and related drivers. MSI MSI MS-1029 notebook systems provide related drivers that must be used randomly, including:

AMD Athlon CPU Driver

ATI VGA Driver and Control Panel

Realtek LAN Driver

Realtek AC97 Audio Driver

Modem Driver Card Reader Driver

TouchPad Driver