Ok guys, I disassembeld my old PCG-C1XF (the Japanese version of the PCG-C1XS) and stuck a 120GB drive in it, so I was like...why not see what the T250 has! Ok well I did...and it's lame...
Ok start off by unscrewing all the screws in the back, this thing is the longest screw and it'll fall off when you open the lid:
Then stick a mini-screwdriver or something in the left hole of the hinge and get this off...
(you don't have to do this...) Pop open the backspace key and unscrew the two screws that are there
tiny screws (same one in my NW-HD3 mp3 player)
and another view of the screwholes (with no screws)
Ok now there are 2 tabs you have to press inward to release the keyboard.
Then you can pry up the keyboard (they're spring loaded so you have to hold them, but you can do one at a time so it's easy)
and the kyboard has tabs on the bottom where it goes into the top half...
This is the ribbon-cable that connects the keyboard to the motherboard (I think all sony computers use the same ribbon because I think the one on the C1 is the same length...)
keyboard flipped over and disconnected:
no keyboard...
and there are 3 screws you have to unscrew to be able to lift off the top half (took me fucking forever to figure this out...)...the screw positions are highlighted...
by the way, don't take off the switch...
I did...if you do...put it back on when the top half isn't back on, or you'll have to take it off again. It has a brown part which snaps up and put the ribbon in and then clamp it shut again.
CPU/MicroDIMM slot...interesting the cpu fan is exposed for some reason![Shrug :shrug: :shrug:](/images/smilies/shrug.gif)
closeup on the MicroDIMM, MicroDIMMs are 172 pin and so the selection of them sucks compared to 200 pin SODIMMs...
this is the back of the top half, the ribbon cables are for the touchpad and buttons as well as the power button.
this is the bottom half
ethernet stuff...
the "bottom" of the DVD±RW
this is the wireless card...microPCI or whatever it's called, the same shit they used to have for airport cards, dunno if apple integrates it now, but this is the same thing.
MicroDIMM slot again...and you can see the video signal cables running to the LCD, the wireless ones are on the opposite hinge, the pronged connector is the battery connection.
and now for the hard drive...turns out it's a 1.8"er so if I want a 100GB drive I pay $230, imagine that! fuck you sony, lol
It's mounted upside-down in the chassis, this is a cover because there is a vent on the bottom right below the HDD
with the cover moved away you can clearly see this is the same drive in your iPod 60GB
and the connector
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, I couldn't find one online, so it took me forever to disassemble it, but it shouldn't take long at all now that you know how to do it![lol :lol: :lol:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laugh.gif)
Ok start off by unscrewing all the screws in the back, this thing is the longest screw and it'll fall off when you open the lid:
![thisisoneofthescrewsonthebacklonges.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/thisisoneofthescrewsonthebacklonges.jpg)
Then stick a mini-screwdriver or something in the left hole of the hinge and get this off...
![slidethisbackon.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/slidethisbackon.jpg)
(you don't have to do this...) Pop open the backspace key and unscrew the two screws that are there
![keyboardscrewsagain.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/keyboardscrewsagain.jpg)
tiny screws (same one in my NW-HD3 mp3 player)
![keyboardscrewsactualscrews.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/keyboardscrewsactualscrews.jpg)
and another view of the screwholes (with no screws)
![keyboardscrews.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/keyboardscrews.jpg)
Ok now there are 2 tabs you have to press inward to release the keyboard.
![pushthisin2.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/pushthisin2.jpg)
![pushthisin1.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/pushthisin1.jpg)
Then you can pry up the keyboard (they're spring loaded so you have to hold them, but you can do one at a time so it's easy)
![keyboardbeinginserted.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/keyboardbeinginserted.jpg)
and the kyboard has tabs on the bottom where it goes into the top half...
![insertkeyboardtabs.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/insertkeyboardtabs.jpg)
This is the ribbon-cable that connects the keyboard to the motherboard (I think all sony computers use the same ribbon because I think the one on the C1 is the same length...)
![keyboardattached.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/keyboardattached.jpg)
keyboard flipped over and disconnected:
![keyboardnotattached.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/keyboardnotattached.jpg)
no keyboard...
![nokeyboard.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/nokeyboard.jpg)
and there are 3 screws you have to unscrew to be able to lift off the top half (took me fucking forever to figure this out...)...the screw positions are highlighted...
![screwstoremovetophalf.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/screwstoremovetophalf.jpg)
by the way, don't take off the switch...
![putthisonbeforeyouputthetophalfon.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/putthisonbeforeyouputthetophalfon.jpg)
I did...if you do...put it back on when the top half isn't back on, or you'll have to take it off again. It has a brown part which snaps up and put the ribbon in and then clamp it shut again.
CPU/MicroDIMM slot...interesting the cpu fan is exposed for some reason
![Shrug :shrug: :shrug:](/images/smilies/shrug.gif)
![microDIMMslotandCPUfanwithtophalf.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/microDIMMslotandCPUfanwithtophalf.jpg)
closeup on the MicroDIMM, MicroDIMMs are 172 pin and so the selection of them sucks compared to 200 pin SODIMMs...
![microDIMMslotwithtophalf.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/microDIMMslotwithtophalf.jpg)
this is the back of the top half, the ribbon cables are for the touchpad and buttons as well as the power button.
![backoftopsection.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/backoftopsection.jpg)
this is the bottom half
![assembledbottomhalf.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/assembledbottomhalf.jpg)
ethernet stuff...
![ethernetmodem.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/ethernetmodem.jpg)
the "bottom" of the DVD±RW
![ejecteddvdrw.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/ejecteddvdrw.jpg)
this is the wireless card...microPCI or whatever it's called, the same shit they used to have for airport cards, dunno if apple integrates it now, but this is the same thing.
![wirelesscard.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/wirelesscard.jpg)
MicroDIMM slot again...and you can see the video signal cables running to the LCD, the wireless ones are on the opposite hinge, the pronged connector is the battery connection.
![microDIMMslot.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/microDIMMslot.jpg)
and now for the hard drive...turns out it's a 1.8"er so if I want a 100GB drive I pay $230, imagine that! fuck you sony, lol
It's mounted upside-down in the chassis, this is a cover because there is a vent on the bottom right below the HDD
![harddrive1.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/harddrive1.jpg)
with the cover moved away you can clearly see this is the same drive in your iPod 60GB
![harddrive2.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/harddrive2.jpg)
and the connector
![harddrive3.jpg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v104/enthauptet/bin/T250/harddrive3.jpg)
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial, I couldn't find one online, so it took me forever to disassemble it, but it shouldn't take long at all now that you know how to do it
![lol :lol: :lol:](http://www.sevenstring.org/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laugh.gif)