Laptop Revival – Part 2
I was finally able to get all of the critical parts that I needed to put my beloved but obsolete Gateway Solo 9500 laptop back to working condition again. Since I’m seriously considering putting this whole motherboard into a custom case of some sort, I decided not to buy new screws and/or keyboard keys.
I dug through dozens of boxes in my garage, and came across the USB and sound input/output module, so I that’s another ten dollars kept in my pocket. I found a perfectly working Solo 9500 CD drive on ebay, which only set me back about twelve dollars, plus shipping. Another part I was very lucky to find, was the USB and sound input/output module. Some crazy snake oilers were peddling this hard to find piece for about eighty-eight dollars, while there was a single seller from Philadelphia who was kindly only asking for ten dollars. If it weren’t for him/her, my restoration project would have screeched to a complete halt for a while, possibly months.
Adding pictures of my collected parts and the re-assembled laptop soon.
Categorised as: Hardware, Laptops
Thanks Admin… Harikasin