[NTLK] eMate disassembly - do I *have* to de-solder?

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Wed May 26 2004 - 13:09:37 PDT

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I was just perusing Frank's excellent eMate disassembly instructions at
<http://www.pda-soft.de> when I realize that they involve desoldering some
wires from the motherboard. I thought "I can barely keep from burning my
house down when I plug the soldering iron in, is there any way I can get
around this?"

After some searching I realize I wasn't the only one to realize this:

http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=newtontalk&m=104828433116215&w=2

However, the solder-less instructions elude me.

So I ask y'all... is it totally necessary to desolder the speaker wires and
backlight wires? Is there enough slack to move the MLB out of the way so I
can get to the hinge springs and oil and washer them?

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