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To start, here's the underside of the laptop with the replacement DS1287+ RTC chip to the side

First, you need to unscrew the back panel

Next, open up the laptop and remove the cover thingies on either side of the screen

Then slide out the keyboard and remove the PS/2 connector for it as well as the screen's ground connector from the right-hand side thingie

After it's about this far out, you should now remove the connector for the screen

To do that, you need to first unscrew the clamp(?) that holds the cable in place, and then pull it out by the plastic tab

To the left is the 3½" FDD, to the right is the HDD, to the front-centre is the RAM and status LEDs, to the back-left and -centre is the PSU and battery connection, and to the centre-right is an additional DE-9 interface

First, remove the status LED casing and the RAM (if your SLT has any RAM expansion)

And here's the RAM

Compaq decided to use a proprietary connection for the RAM, so the easiest way to get a memory expansion for an SLT is to just buy a broken SLT and take the RAM from that one

To do that, you need to just unscrew the two screws holding it in place

After you do that just disconnect it and ease it out

You don't need to pull it apart but I'll do that anyway so you can see what it looks like

After you remove all 8 screws and delicately disconnect the data and power cables, you can remove the HDD and admire all 20MB (or, if you have a type 22, 40MB) of it

Additionally, I recommend using one of these things to gently push up the data cable

The FDD uses 3½" floppies, and can read and write to double density (720KB) and high density (1.44MB) disks, however, it can only use 720KB disks due to the fact the RTC is dead (which is a major reason as to why the DS1287 is a pain in the ass, especially when it comes to SLTs)

For the FDD you just need to take out another cable, which is easier with the HDD out of the way

Then just remove the 4 screws holding the drive in place and take it out

It just need to have 2 screws removed and a cable disconnected

In all honesty I just gently pull the cable out cos I don't have the stuff to get it out carefully

Then just lift the top up like so until it bumps into the left bracket(?) that held the PSU, which then means you can take the top off

And at last, the motherboard!

And to remove the motherboard, just lift it up and pull it out

As you can probably gather from the fact every single pin is bent: I am not very good at removing ICs

To start, here's the underside of the laptop with the replacement DS1287+ RTC chip to the side

First, you need to unscrew the back panel

Next, open up the laptop and remove the cover thingies on either side of the screen

Then slide out the keyboard and remove the PS/2 connector for it as well as the screen's ground connector from the right-hand side thingie

After it's about this far out, you should now remove the connector for the screen

To do that, you need to first unscrew the clamp(?) that holds the cable in place, and then pull it out by the plastic tab

To the left is the 3½" FDD, to the right is the HDD, to the front-centre is the RAM and status LEDs, to the back-left and -centre is the PSU and battery connection, and to the centre-right is an additional DE-9 interface

First, remove the status LED casing and the RAM (if your SLT has any RAM expansion)

And here's the RAM

Compaq decided to use a proprietary connection for the RAM, so the easiest way to get a memory expansion for an SLT is to just buy a broken SLT and take the RAM from that one

To do that, you need to just unscrew the two screws holding it in place

After you do that just disconnect it and ease it out

You don't need to pull it apart but I'll do that anyway so you can see what it looks like

After you remove all 8 screws and delicately disconnect the data and power cables, you can remove the HDD and admire all 20MB (or, if you have a type 22, 40MB) of it

Additionally, I recommend using one of these things to gently push up the data cable

The FDD uses 3½" floppies, and can read and write to double density (720KB) and high density (1.44MB) disks, however, it can only use 720KB disks due to the fact the RTC is dead (which is a major reason as to why the DS1287 is a pain in the ass, especially when it comes to SLTs)

For the FDD you just need to take out another cable, which is easier with the HDD out of the way

Then just remove the 4 screws holding the drive in place and take it out

It just need to have 2 screws removed and a cable disconnected

In all honesty I just gently pull the cable out cos I don't have the stuff to get it out carefully

Then just lift the top up like so until it bumps into the left bracket(?) that held the PSU, which then means you can take the top off

And at last, the motherboard!

And to remove the motherboard, just lift it up and pull it out

As you can probably gather from the fact every single pin is bent: I am not very good at removing ICs

To start, here's the underside of the laptop with the replacement DS1287+ RTC chip to the side

First, you need to unscrew the back panel

Next, open up the laptop and remove the cover thingies on either side of the screen

Then slide out the keyboard and remove the PS/2 connector for it as well as the screen's ground connector from the right-hand side thingie

After it's about this far out, you should now remove the connector for the screen

To do that, you need to first unscrew the clamp(?) that holds the cable in place, and then pull it out by the plastic tab

To the left is the 3½" FDD, to the right is the HDD, to the front-centre is the RAM and status LEDs, to the back-left and -centre is the PSU and battery connection, and to the centre-right is an additional DE-9 interface

First, remove the status LED casing and the RAM (if your SLT has any RAM expansion)

And here's the RAM

Compaq decided to use a proprietary connection for the RAM, so the easiest way to get a memory expansion for an SLT is to just buy a broken SLT and take the RAM from that one

To do that, you need to just unscrew the two screws holding it in place

After you do that just disconnect it and ease it out

You don't need to pull it apart but I'll do that anyway so you can see what it looks like

After you remove all 8 screws and delicately disconnect the data and power cables, you can remove the HDD and admire all 20MB (or, if you have a type 22, 40MB) of it

Additionally, I recommend using one of these things to gently push up the data cable

The FDD uses 3½" floppies, and can read and write to double density (720KB) and high density (1.44MB) disks, however, it can only use 720KB disks due to the fact the RTC is dead (which is a major reason as to why the DS1287 is a pain in the ass, especially when it comes to SLTs)

For the FDD you just need to take out another cable, which is easier with the HDD out of the way

Then just remove the 4 screws holding the drive in place and take it out

It just need to have 2 screws removed and a cable disconnected

In all honesty I just gently pull the cable out cos I don't have the stuff to get it out carefully

Then just lift the top up like so until it bumps into the left bracket(?) that held the PSU, which then means you can take the top off

And at last, the motherboard!

And to remove the motherboard, just lift it up and pull it out

As you can probably gather from the fact every single pin is bent: I am not very good at removing ICs

To start, here's the underside of the laptop with the replacement DS1287+ RTC chip to the side

First, you need to unscrew the back panel

Next, open up the laptop and remove the cover thingies on either side of the screen

Then slide out the keyboard and remove the PS/2 connector for it as well as the screen's ground connector from the right-hand side thingie

After it's about this far out, you should now remove the connector for the screen

To do that, you need to first unscrew the clamp(?) that holds the cable in place, and then pull it out by the plastic tab

To the left is the 3½" FDD, to the right is the HDD, to the front-centre is the RAM and status LEDs, to the back-left and -centre is the PSU and battery connection, and to the centre-right is an additional DE-9 interface

First, remove the status LED casing and the RAM (if your SLT has any RAM expansion)

And here's the RAM

Compaq decided to use a proprietary connection for the RAM, so the easiest way to get a memory expansion for an SLT is to just buy a broken SLT and take the RAM from that one

To do that, you need to just unscrew the two screws holding it in place

After you do that just disconnect it and ease it out

You don't need to pull it apart but I'll do that anyway so you can see what it looks like

After you remove all 8 screws and delicately disconnect the data and power cables, you can remove the HDD and admire all 20MB (or, if you have a type 22, 40MB) of it

Additionally, I recommend using one of these things to gently push up the data cable

The FDD uses 3½" floppies, and can read and write to double density (720KB) and high density (1.44MB) disks, however, it can only use 720KB disks due to the fact the RTC is dead (which is a major reason as to why the DS1287 is a pain in the ass, especially when it comes to SLTs)

For the FDD you just need to take out another cable, which is easier with the HDD out of the way

Then just remove the 4 screws holding the drive in place and take it out

It just need to have 2 screws removed and a cable disconnected

In all honesty I just gently pull the cable out cos I don't have the stuff to get it out carefully

Then just lift the top up like so until it bumps into the left bracket(?) that held the PSU, which then means you can take the top off

And at last, the motherboard!

And to remove the motherboard, just lift it up and pull it out

As you can probably gather from the fact every single pin is bent: I am not very good at removing ICs

To start, here's the underside of the laptop with the replacement DS1287+ RTC chip to the side

First, you need to unscrew the back panel

Next, open up the laptop and remove the cover thingies on either side of the screen

Then slide out the keyboard and remove the PS/2 connector for it as well as the screen's ground connector from the right-hand side thingie

After it's about this far out, you should now remove the connector for the screen

To do that, you need to first unscrew the clamp(?) that holds the cable in place, and then pull it out by the plastic tab

To the left is the 3½" FDD, to the right is the HDD, to the front-centre is the RAM and status LEDs, to the back-left and -centre is the PSU and battery connection, and to the centre-right is an additional DE-9 interface

First, remove the status LED casing and the RAM (if your SLT has any RAM expansion)

And here's the RAM

Compaq decided to use a proprietary connection for the RAM, so the easiest way to get a memory expansion for an SLT is to just buy a broken SLT and take the RAM from that one

To do that, you need to just unscrew the two screws holding it in place

After you do that just disconnect it and ease it out

You don't need to pull it apart but I'll do that anyway so you can see what it looks like

After you remove all 8 screws and delicately disconnect the data and power cables, you can remove the HDD and admire all 20MB (or, if you have a type 22, 40MB) of it

Additionally, I recommend using one of these things to gently push up the data cable

The FDD uses 3½" floppies, and can read and write to double density (720KB) and high density (1.44MB) disks, however, it can only use 720KB disks due to the fact the RTC is dead (which is a major reason as to why the DS1287 is a pain in the ass, especially when it comes to SLTs)

For the FDD you just need to take out another cable, which is easier with the HDD out of the way

Then just remove the 4 screws holding the drive in place and take it out

It just need to have 2 screws removed and a cable disconnected

In all honesty I just gently pull the cable out cos I don't have the stuff to get it out carefully

Then just lift the top up like so until it bumps into the left bracket(?) that held the PSU, which then means you can take the top off

And at last, the motherboard!

And to remove the motherboard, just lift it up and pull it out

As you can probably gather from the fact every single pin is bent: I am not very good at removing ICs

To start, here's the underside of the laptop with the replacement DS1287+ RTC chip to the side

First, you need to unscrew the back panel

Next, open up the laptop and remove the cover thingies on either side of the screen

Then slide out the keyboard and remove the PS/2 connector for it as well as the screen's ground connector from the right-hand side thingie

After it's about this far out, you should now remove the connector for the screen

To do that, you need to first unscrew the clamp(?) that holds the cable in place, and then pull it out by the plastic tab

To the left is the 3½" FDD, to the right is the HDD, to the front-centre is the RAM and status LEDs, to the back-left and -centre is the PSU and battery connection, and to the centre-right is an additional DE-9 interface

First, remove the status LED casing and the RAM (if your SLT has any RAM expansion)

And here's the RAM

Compaq decided to use a proprietary connection for the RAM, so the easiest way to get a memory expansion for an SLT is to just buy a broken SLT and take the RAM from that one

To do that, you need to just unscrew the two screws holding it in place

After you do that just disconnect it and ease it out

You don't need to pull it apart but I'll do that anyway so you can see what it looks like

After you remove all 8 screws and delicately disconnect the data and power cables, you can remove the HDD and admire all 20MB (or, if you have a type 22, 40MB) of it

Additionally, I recommend using one of these things to gently push up the data cable

The FDD uses 3½" floppies, and can read and write to double density (720KB) and high density (1.44MB) disks, however, it can only use 720KB disks due to the fact the RTC is dead (which is a major reason as to why the DS1287 is a pain in the ass, especially when it comes to SLTs)

For the FDD you just need to take out another cable, which is easier with the HDD out of the way

Then just remove the 4 screws holding the drive in place and take it out

It just need to have 2 screws removed and a cable disconnected

In all honesty I just gently pull the cable out cos I don't have the stuff to get it out carefully

Then just lift the top up like so until it bumps into the left bracket(?) that held the PSU, which then means you can take the top off

And at last, the motherboard!

And to remove the motherboard, just lift it up and pull it out

To start, here's the underside of the laptop with the replacement DS1287+ RTC chip to the side

First, you need to unscrew the back panel

Next, open up the laptop and remove the cover thingies on either side of the screen

Then slide out the keyboard and remove the PS/2 connector for it as well as the screen's ground connector from the right-hand side thingie

After it's about this far out, you should now remove the connector for the screen

To do that, you need to first unscrew the clamp(?) that holds the cable in place, and then pull it out by the plastic tab

To the left is the 3½" FDD, to the right is the HDD, to the front-centre is the RAM and status LEDs, to the back-left and -centre is the PSU and battery connection, and to the centre-right is an additional DE-9 interface

First, remove the status LED casing and the RAM (if your SLT has any RAM expansion)

And here's the RAM

Compaq decided to use a proprietary connection for the RAM, so the easiest way to get a memory expansion for an SLT is to just buy a broken SLT and take the RAM from that one

To do that, you need to just unscrew the two screws holding it in place

After you do that just disconnect it and ease it out

You don't need to pull it apart but I'll do that anyway so you can see what it looks like

After you remove all 8 screws and delicately disconnect the data and power cables, you can remove the HDD and admire all 20MB (or, if you have a type 22, 40MB) of it

Additionally, I recommend using one of these things to gently push up the data cable

The FDD uses 3½" floppies, and can read and write to double density (720KB) and high density (1.44MB) disks, however, it can only use 720KB disks due to the fact the RTC is dead (which is a major reason as to why the DS1287 is a pain in the ass, especially when it comes to SLTs)

For the FDD you just need to take out another cable, which is easier with the HDD out of the way

Then just remove the 4 screws holding the drive in place and take it out

It just need to have 2 screws removed and a cable disconnected

In all honesty I just gently pull the cable out cos I don't have the stuff to get it out carefully

Then just lift the top up like so until it bumps into the left bracket(?) that held the PSU, which then means you can take the top off

And at last, the motherboard!

To start, here's the underside of the laptop with the replacement DS1287+ RTC chip to the side

First, you need to unscrew the back panel

Next, open up the laptop and remove the cover thingies on either side of the screen

Then slide out the keyboard and remove the PS/2 connector for it as well as the screen's ground connector from the right-hand side thingie

After it's about this far out, you should now remove the connector for the screen

To do that, you need to first unscrew the clamp(?) that holds the cable in place, and then pull it out by the plastic tab

To the left is the 3½" FDD, to the right is the HDD, to the front-centre is the RAM and status LEDs, to the back-left and -centre is the PSU and battery connection, and to the centre-right is an additional DE-9 interface

First, remove the status LED casing and the RAM (if your SLT has any RAM expansion)

And here's the RAM

Compaq decided to use a proprietary connection for the RAM, so the easiest way to get a memory expansion for an SLT is to just buy a broken SLT and take the RAM from that one

To do that, you need to just unscrew the two screws holding it in place

After you do that just disconnect it and ease it out

You don't need to pull it apart but I'll do that anyway so you can see what it looks like

After you remove all 8 screws and delicately disconnect the data and power cables, you can remove the HDD and admire all 20MB (or, if you have a type 22, 40MB) of it

Additionally, I recommend using one of these things to gently push up the data cable

The FDD uses 3½" floppies, and can read and write to double density (720KB) and high density (1.44MB) disks, however, it can only use 720KB disks due to the fact the RTC is dead (which is a major reason as to why the DS1287 is a pain in the ass, especially when it comes to SLTs)

For the FDD you just need to take out another cable, which is easier with the HDD out of the way

Then just remove the 4 screws holding the drive in place and take it out

It just need to have 2 screws removed and a cable disconnected

In all honesty I just gently pull the cable out cos I don't have the stuff to get it out carefully

Then just lift the top up like so until it bumps into the left bracket(?) that held the PSU, which then means you can take the top off

And at last, the motherboard!

To start, here's the underside of the laptop with the replacement DS1287+ RTC chip to the side

First, you need to unscrew the back panel

Next, open up the laptop and remove the cover thingies on either side of the screen

Then slide out the keyboard and remove the PS/2 connector for it as well as the screen's ground connector from the right-hand side thingie

After it's about this far out, you should now remove the connector for the screen

To do that, you need to first unscrew the clamp(?) that holds the cable in place, and then pull it out by the plastic tab

To the left is the 3½" FDD, to the right is the HDD, to the front-centre is the RAM and status LEDs, to the back-left and -centre is the PSU and battery connection, and to the centre-right is an additional DE-9 interface

First, remove the status LED casing and the RAM (if your SLT has any RAM expansion)

And here's the RAM

Compaq decided to use a proprietary connection for the RAM, so the easiest way to get a memory expansion for an SLT is to just buy a broken SLT and take the RAM from that one

To do that, you need to just unscrew the two screws holding it in place

After you do that just disconnect it and ease it out

You don't need to pull it apart but I'll do that anyway so you can see what it looks like

After you remove all 8 screws and delicately disconnect the data and power cables, you can remove the HDD and admire all 20MB (or, if you have a type 22, 40MB) of it

Additionally, I recommend using one of these things to gently push up the data cable

The FDD uses 3½" floppies, and can read and write to double density (720KB) and high density (1.44MB) disks, however, it can only use 720KB disks due to the fact the RTC is dead (which is a major reason as to why the DS1287 is a pain in the ass, especially when it comes to SLTs)

For the FDD you just need to take out another cable, which is easier with the HDD out of the way

Then just remove the 4 screws holding the drive in place and take it out

It just need to have 2 screws removed and a cable disconnected

In all honesty I just gently pull the cable out cos I don't have the stuff to get it out carefully

Then just lift the top up like so until it bumps into the left bracket(?) that held the PSU, which then means you can take the top off

And at last, the motherboard!

To start, here's the underside of the laptop with the replacement DS1287+ RTC chip to the side

First, you need to unscrew the back panel

Next, open up the laptop and remove the cover thingies on either side of the screen

Then slide out the keyboard and remove the PS/2 connector for it as well as the screen's ground connector from the right-hand side thingie

After it's about this far out, you should now remove the connector for the screen

To do that, you need to first unscrew the clamp(?) that holds the cable in place, and then pull it out by the plastic tab

To the left is the 3½" FDD, to the right is the HDD, to the front-centre is the RAM and status LEDs, to the back-left and -centre is the PSU and battery connection, and to the centre-right is an additional DE-9 interface

First, remove the status LED casing and the RAM (if your SLT has any RAM expansion)

And here's the RAM

Compaq decided to use a proprietary connection for the RAM, so the easiest way to get a memory expansion for an SLT is to just buy a broken SLT and take the RAM from that one

To do that, you need to just unscrew the two screws holding it in place

After you do that just disconnect it and ease it out

You don't need to pull it apart but I'll do that anyway so you can see what it looks like

After you remove all 8 screws and delicately disconnect the data and power cables, you can remove the HDD and admire all 20MB (or, if you have a type 22, 40MB) of it

Additionally, I recommend using one of these things to gently push up the data cable

The FDD uses 3½" floppies, and can read and write to double density (720KB) and high density (1.44MB) disks, however, it can only use 720KB disks due to the fact the RTC is dead (which is a major reason as to why the DS1287 is a pain in the ass, especially when it comes to SLTs)

For the FDD you just need to take out another cable, which is easier with the HDD out of the way

Then just remove the 4 screws holding the drive in place and take it out

It just need to have 2 screws removed and a cable disconnected

In all honesty I just gently pull the cable out cos I don't have the stuff to get it out carefully