A 9 year old Hewlett Packard nx7010 Business Notebook from 2004.

More specifically, its model number is Cnx7010RP745Y580Wcg25P

Back in 2004 it was a mid-range notebook priced at around A$2,000.

1.8GHz Intel Celeron single core CPU.

Windows XP Professional.

1680x1050 Anti-glare Screen (Which had a HORRIFIC ghosting effect).

A tour around the Notebook.

On the left hand side you will find a PCMCIA Card slot and the Optical drive.

On the right hand side you will find an Infra-Red window, Power jack, Kensington Lock and a fan vent.

On the back you will find VGA out, S-Video, 3x USB 2.0 ports, Phone line and Ethernet, Parallel port and FireWire (4 pin).

Here is the base of the notebook.

Product Number PQ803PA#ABG

Doors to access the battery, hard drive, RAM, CMOS battery, docking port and Mini PCI LAN network card.

Battery part number is [337607-001]

14.8 volts.

4.4 Amps per hour (4400 mAh).

8-cell.

The battery was advertised to last for 5 hours unplugged when it was new back in 2004.

After 9 years of cell deterioration, battery life is no more than 10 minutes.

Hard Disk Drive

Fujitsu MHT2080AH PL

80.0GB capacity

5,400 revolutions per minute

IDE Interface

Made in Thailand

S.M.A.R.T data reveals that this drive has been powered on for a total of 2 years

Mini PCI LAN Network card

Intel

Model Number [WM3B2200BG]

Wi-Fi Antennae plugs into this card

Hynix RAM from slot 1 under the base

512Mb SODIMM

333MHz

Model Number [512D16S1-6H-P]

CMOS battery

Maxell CR1220

3 Volts

Not very interesting

Removing the keyboard

Remove the two #0 Phillips screws from the base of the laptop

Turn the laptop over and open the lid

Undo the four clips at the top of the keyboard and flip out

Carefully undo the clip on the ribbon cable with a flat-head screw driver or spludger

The keyboard

Part number [K001602E1 US]

Optical drive

Remove the single #0 Phillips screw

Slide out the optical drive

Model Number GWA-4080N

Manufactured with HP branding

Made in Korea in November 2004

DVD and CD compatable

RAM slot 2 located under the keyboard

It's another 512Mb DDR SODIMM made by Samsung

Product number [PC2700S-25331-A0]

Remove all 18 screws form the base and the rear.

14 screws from the base

4 screws from the rear

Removing the top panel between the keyboard and the screen reveals more screws to remove

4 screws remove the left speaker and fan shield

The three buttons in the speaker grille control the speakers

From top to bottom it goes Volume up, Volume down and Mute.

Remove a single screw and pry the connector for the screen from the motherboard.

After the connector is removed, the 1680x1050 15 inch (38cm) screen is free.

The display enclosure

It is actually quite easy to do a DIY screen replacement as there is no glass or adhesive to deal with but there are tabs that snap everything together

Removing the 6 screws allows you carefully remove the bezel by carefully undoing the tabs with a flathead screwdriver.

The hinges simply screw on and off

The 1680x1050 Cold Cathode Fluorescent back-lit (CCFL) display

Hitachi model number TX39D99VC1FAA

Separating the top from the bottom

Carefully remove both speaker, SD card, Touchpad and Bluetooth module plugs and de-route the cable that leads to the wireless module (not pictured)

After that you can lift to top from the base.

The Interior of the top panel

Contains the right hand speaker, Bluetooth module and Touchpad assembly

The Bluetooth module located above the battery or under the palmrest on the top right-hand side.

It is an Actiontec BTM200

The EMI shield for the optical drive and the touchpad

Removing it gives access to the Touchpad and mouse button daughter boards.

The metal frame bracket

It provides support for the notebook and makes it feel solid and rigid

Mouse and status LED daughter boards

The daughter board on top controsl the on/off mouse switch. The lower daughter board has status LED's, wireless on or off switch and headphone/microphone jacks

Left hand speaker

Model Number: FG-CP630

Product Number: PK230005610

1.5 watts of decent quality sound output.

The bare upper base.

All that is left that is not worth removing is an EMI shield and wireless network cable as well as the touchpad which is integrated into the upper base.

Now the best bit. The lower base

It contains the motherboard as well as all the other important components such as the graphics card and CPU.

First thing to be removed from the motherboard is the fan.

There are (currently) no screws securing the fan in place so removal is as simple as pulling it out.

The left hand speaker, metal frame and wireless communications.

The wireless (gray) cable attaches to the frame so the frame can act like an antenna.

The speaker has the model number PK230005710.

This speaker also provides 1.5 watts of sound output.

The SD card reader is located right at the front of the computer and it's screwed into the base with a single screw.

The model number is LS-1704.

Manufactured on 09/05/2003 (9th of May, 2003)

Next out is the CPU heat-sink.

It is held in with 4 sprung screws place around each corner of the CPU

And finally, the CPU

It's an Intel Celeron M 1.8GHz Single Core with 256k of cache.

55 million Processing Die Transistors

400MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)

Removal is as easy as turning the locking screw half a turn anti-clockwise to unlock and to then carefully lift up to remove.

The Modulator Demodulator (or Modem)

It is an Ambit Microsystems T60M283.11

Underneath an EMI shield (not pictured) we find the ATi Mobility Radeon 9200 graphics card.

64mb of dedicated graphical goodness

It is not integrated into the motherboard so if it fails it can replaced individually rather than having a whole motherboard or CPU replacement.

The removal of the motherboard.

Model Number A-1701 REV:2.0

Manufactured on the 9th of July, 2003

All the parts that made up the laptop.