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> The palm rest area of my Satellite 3000-100 has become worn - the paint
has
> worn away due to the rubbing action of my palm.
>
> I made it worse trying to make it better and now it looks scruffy - I
phoned
> Hugh Symons who can supply a replacement part for Ł 45 I asked and they
said
> the replacement was tricky
>
> I can build PCs etc and fault find so I am confident I go do it but I`ve
> never opened a notebook up before also Im considering taking it apart to
and
> respraying the exisiting part.
>
> How hard can it be ?
>

> The palm rest area of my Satellite 3000-100 has become worn - the paint
has
> worn away due to the rubbing action of my palm.
>
> I made it worse trying to make it better and now it looks scruffy - I
phoned
> Hugh Symons who can supply a replacement part for Ł 45 I asked and they
said
> the replacement was tricky
>
> I can build PCs etc and fault find so I am confident I go do it but I`ve
> never opened a notebook up before also Im considering taking it apart to
and
> respraying the exisiting part.
>
> How hard can it be ?
>

> Nick Le Lievre wrote in message
> news:bql3c7$22j53h$1@ID-77022.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > The palm rest area of my Satellite 3000-100 has become worn - the paint
> has
> > worn away due to the rubbing action of my palm.
> >
> > I made it worse trying to make it better and now it looks scruffy - I
> phoned
> > Hugh Symons who can supply a replacement part for Ł 45 I asked and they
> said
> > the replacement was tricky
> >
> > I can build PCs etc and fault find so I am confident I go do it but I`ve
> > never opened a notebook up before also Im considering taking it apart to
> and
> > respraying the exisiting part.
> >
> > How hard can it be ?
> >
>
> Emailed www.cbccomputers.com/contacts.htm at 16:46 and the lovely MD
> Caroline Blades (I guess the cb bit in the title) replied at 17:30 same
day
> to say it costs Ł 39.51 ex VAT part number K000810920 so Im looking at Ł
50
> delivered - I had a quick look at how to remove it seems theres a couple
of
> screws doesnt look to difficult anyone know where I could obtain
> instructions for this ?
>
> Thanks.
>

> Nick Le Lievre wrote in message
> news:bql7ba$23g5lg$1@ID-77022.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > Nick Le Lievre wrote in message
> > news:bql3c7$22j53h$1@ID-77022.news.uni-berlin.de...
> > > The palm rest area of my Satellite 3000-100 has become worn - the
paint
> > has
> > > worn away due to the rubbing action of my palm.
> > >
> > > I made it worse trying to make it better and now it looks scruffy - I
> > phoned
> > > Hugh Symons who can supply a replacement part for Ł 45 I asked and
they
> > said
> > > the replacement was tricky
> > >
> > > I can build PCs etc and fault find so I am confident I go do it but
I`ve
> > > never opened a notebook up before also Im considering taking it apart
to
> > and
> > > respraying the exisiting part.
> > >
> > > How hard can it be ?
> > >
> >
> > Emailed www.cbccomputers.com/contacts.htm at 16:46 and the lovely MD
> > Caroline Blades (I guess the cb bit in the title) replied at 17:30 same
> day
> > to say it costs Ł 39.51 ex VAT part number K000810920 so Im looking at Ł
> 50
> > delivered - I had a quick look at how to remove it seems theres a couple
> of
> > screws doesnt look to difficult anyone know where I could obtain
> > instructions for this ?
> >
> > Thanks.