Disassembling laptops with multiple screw sizes

[brock029]

Went to hobby lobby with my wife and found some pretty big magnetic sheets that are sticky on one side for $3. Stuck a few of them on the bench so they don't move and the screws stay in place from the magnet. Works great!

 

[jfm]

I never used anything for that.
I just put screws on the parts they screw...

Or on my left bottom case, up ; screen etc...

I always reassemble anything I dissasemble !

If I'm too drunk I just put them screws in a pill bottle. (empty)

And I have only perforated only 2 top cover with that technique !
(early days)

 

[acesdeals]

some laptops are so intricate though its hard even with drawing the bottom, cause when you get inside they are complicated

regarding the ifixit mats they arent very strong so i simply bought some flat magnets and put them all over the bottom to increase the strength

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Sheets of standard A4 paper....draw by hand, locate screws and affix where they go on the drawing.

 

[alluseridsrejected]

regarding the ifixit mats they arent very strong so i simply bought some flat magnets and put them all over the bottom to increase the strength

That is why I like using the double sided carpet tape. It is sticky! I could probably throw the cases with screws on them at the wall and I bet none would fall off. I have to hold the cd case down with one hand while I peel the screws off the tape with the other.

 

[phaZed]

Posted on this a while back, in which it was made a Technibble Article:

http://www.technibble.com/the-cheapest-laptop-screw-management-system-that-works-great/

Standard piece of paper, punch the screws through, they stay, you know where they go, and it is virtually free.