TheShyGuy wrote:
Hey Nite, my physics teacher got me a little bit hooked onto robotics and electronics stuff. I was wondering if you knew of any good site i can use to learn more about it.
I also have a laptop that's not used anymore due to the battery being dead, the charger socket thing being messed up/broken and the thing(clamps?) that holds the top half of the laptop being messed up. Its only a few years old but based the condition its in, I had the thought of using the laptop for parts. Do you have any suggestions on how i should go about all this?
*Note* The laptop im using now is in similar but worse shape. The battery is dead but the charger wire is taped to the socket. The other laptop technically works but theres no way to plugin a cord to it without repairing the laptop. So its not usable. I dunno how much that would cost but im buying a new/cheap laptop soon (about 300$).
In the end, i'd love to make some small programming robot. I dunno what it would do cuz this is just for fun. Any and all advice would be great.
well, scraping somthing out for parts is relitively simple, i think the main usable parts from one may end up being the HDD, Ram, Monitor, and processor.
start with the user accessable parts, the memory bay, and expansion bays, once the contents of these are removed, you should have access to all the systems screws, remove them, and you should be able to take the bottom off the comp.
be aware, each model computer is different, as such, they may come appart differently.
though the process can be tedious, depending on amount of screws.
as long as you take your time, and dont force anything, you shouldent have any problems.
as for that robot thing,
im afraid thats a new one on me,
your best bets may be youtube and google for finding information.
I wish i had more info on this (or any at all that might be helpfull than this). sorry.
[quote="TheShyGuy"]Hey Nite, my physics teacher got me a little bit hooked onto robotics and electronics stuff. I was wondering if you knew of any good site i can use to learn more about it.
I also have a laptop that's not used anymore due to the battery being dead, the charger socket thing being messed up/broken and the thing(clamps?) that holds the top half of the laptop being messed up. Its only a few years old but based the condition its in, I had the thought of using the laptop for parts. Do you have any suggestions on how i should go about all this?
*Note* The laptop im using now is in similar but worse shape. The battery is dead but the charger wire is taped to the socket. The other laptop technically [i]works[/i] but theres no way to plugin a cord to it without repairing the laptop. So its not usable. I dunno how much that would cost but im buying a new/cheap laptop soon (about 300$).
In the end, i'd love to make some small programming robot. I dunno what it would do cuz this is just for fun. Any and all advice would be great.[/quote]
well, scraping somthing out for parts is relitively simple, i think the main usable parts from one may end up being the HDD, Ram, Monitor, and processor.
start with the user accessable parts, the memory bay, and expansion bays, once the contents of these are removed, you should have access to all the systems screws, remove them, and you should be able to take the bottom off the comp.
be aware, each model computer is different, as such, they may come appart differently.
though the process can be tedious, depending on amount of screws.
as long as you take your time, and dont force anything, you shouldent have any problems.
as for that robot thing,
im afraid thats a new one on me,
your best bets may be youtube and google for finding information.
I wish i had more info on this (or any at all that might be helpfull than this). sorry.