Thread 105707564

>Want to open up laptop
>Screws hidden under glued rubber feet
>Doesn't matter how or the care you put into it, the rubber feet will be unusable after
>Can't buy replacements from the manufacturer
Why is this allowed?

>>105707564 (OP)
Because you bought a fucking laptop

>>105707564 (OP)
skill issue

tried opening an asus vivobook to put in another nvme. it worked, but the laptop cut my finger.

my stinkpad x230, however, let's me change ssd/hdd with one screw. we have been robbed.

>>105707564 (OP)
this is not the case on my Acer nigga

>>105707605
Okay
But on the other hand
You have an Acer
So you're still owned

These are generic rubber lol. OEM buyers should be hang for treason.

>>105707564 (OP)
Just heat it up and use some alcohol retard

>>105707611
im a student i need a laptop man

>>105707596
Cutepads were made to be rugged and cute.

>>105707564 (OP)
Plenty of reasons, like now them telling you you voided your warranty, but the main one is they are allowed to do it and so therefore they will do it.

>>105707564 (OP)
because everyone is a nigger

>>105707564 (OP)
if you design shit like this you should be fucking shot. it doesn't have to be that way, you chose to do it that way.
so, the product designers, the monkeys in cad, the managers, all of them. all of them should be lined up and shot.

>>105707564 (OP)
>lelnovo

why open it? you are supposed to just buy a new one

>>105707564 (OP)
The shitty anus gaming laptop I own has like 12 screws at the bottom and they aren't beneath rubber feet.
Stop buying the shitiest laptop

>>105707564 (OP)
They must do this to fuck with people. It's not to make the laptop look nicer as all the other screws are visible, so two more screws being visible wouldn't make it uglier.

>>105707564 (OP)
shoulda bought a framework laptop if you wanted to open up your laptop

>>105707564 (OP)
Imagine not knowing what double sided tape is

>consider yourself a techie
>cant glue something
The absolute state of you

>>105707578
shut up, shut-in desktop chuddie.

>>105707564 (OP)
I don't get why they even do it.
It's even worse when some screws are directly accessible. You're not even hiding the screws for looks then.

>>105707564 (OP)
Someone on eBay probably has replacements for sale. Which is likely an off the shelf item they bought in bulk and marked up 10000%

>>105707605
>Acer Aspire One
>want to upgrade RAM
>practically have to disassemble entire machine to access both RAM slots

>>105707564 (OP)
Yeah this sucks but I'm sure you can get glue that works for these.
I replaced some feet on my old laptop with 3d printed ones and I just stuck them on there with super glue after cleaning both surfaces with alcohol

Glue. It sticks things together.

>>105707596
>but the laptop cut my finger
Thanks for the blood sacrifice. Welcome to the cult.

>>105708061
they are rubber feet to stop the laptop moving about and to help with vibration.

are you "special"?

>>105707564 (OP)
>want to open modern electronic device
>have to pry open fragile plastic clasps that will last, at best, 10 openings
I hate this shit so much.

hot glue is what you use here, its not too strong so you can remove the feet again , unlike superglue

>>105707564 (OP)
>Why don't they just rearrange the entire motherboard so the screws are more convenient

do goysoomers really throw a melty when they see an exposed screw?
gotta be just that repairability and upgradability isn't profitable, nothing else

>>105707768
>why open it? you are supposed to just buy a new one
Upgrading ram and ssds on laptops is easy and prolong the laptop's life significantly.
I always make sure to buy laptops I can upgrade, I can't stand soldered ram and eMMC stuff.
Like I bought a lenovo ideapad 3 with an i3, 8 gb ram, and 128 gb ssd for like $200, upgraded it to 20 gb ram (4 gb soldered + 16 gb ddr4) and 1 tb nvme ssd, and it's a completely different beast. It'll probably last for years.
It's not hard opening laptops when you get used to it. It just sucks that sometimes the screws are really, really tight.
In OPs care I'd just buy some cheap double sided tape.

>>105707564 (OP)
should have bought a MacBook

>>105707564 (OP)
My MacBook Pro 14 with M4 Max Processor doesn't have this problem

>>105707564 (OP)
>>Screws hidden under glued rubber feet
Use heat, like your moms hairdryer and carefully pry them off, they'll be 100% reusable.

>>105707578
FPBP

>>105707578
op fully and foreverially owned

>>105707564 (OP)
i have never owned or seen a laptop that did this.