How to open Dell Latitude c600 notebook?

[Busie23]

The power jack in the back is loose, so I think I will need a new board. Only problem is that I can't figure out how to get this case apart? I have every screw out and it looks like the only thing holding it together is the where the screen is connected to the base. Does anyone have any idea on how to get this thing apart?

 

[BT7990]

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/latc600/sm_html/remove.htm#998631

 

[FlyingPenguin]

It's almost certainly a broken solder joint. If you don't know how to do electronic soldering on small circuits, don't even bother opening it up. This is something that has to be done with a low power soldering pencil, and you need to know what you're doing or you'll damage the motherboard.

Take it to a small mom & pop computer repair shop that does board-level work on laptops (DO NOT take it to a big chain store like CompUSA). It's no big deal for any shop that has a soldering station.

Last time I sent a client to have this done at the local mom & pop it cost around $45. It's an hour labor at most.