Introdução
The Libretto is the father of today's netbooks, this little laptop can support up to 32MB of RAM memory and 2GB of HD. There's the support for an external screen thanks to his docking-station, and it has a bundled floppy drive too!
Difficulty: Medium
Special: Comparison between Libretto and iPod Touch!
O que você precisa
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Say "Hello" to Libretto!
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This is very small, the dimensions are about 21x11,5x3
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The best OS fitting inside it is Windows 95, the base RAM is 16Mb (yes, that's 16!) and the bundled HD has 810Mb of memory.
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There is no floppy integrated, only a PCMCIA slot, a IR port mapped as COM2, a mini-jack for audio (back), a speaker, the power connector and the base attachment.
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The screen is about 6", 16-bit color, the backlit is powered by a CCFL light as usual in LCDs.
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Before starting with screwdrivers it's better to remove first the battery.
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It's like nowadays notebooks, move the slide-button and pull the battery.
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The battery-pack contains 9 batteries, as usual 1.2v each 1200mAh; that makes 10.8v, enough to power the HDD, the PCMCIA, the screen and the processor at the same time.
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The model number is: PA2497U
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Detatch the screen connector.
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When reassembling pay attention to the little L-shaped iron part on the heaphones jack, put it back as shown in pict.3
So helpful. I couldn’t figure out where that little L metal piece had fallen off. Many thanks
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Let's have a look at the chips
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That's right! The northbridge is made by CHIPS; T6550 A1 GVS60030 9651-b made in KOREA (the last is the serial I think)
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The CPU is an Intel Pentium PP75 Y856 75Mhz
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There's another chip with a stick attached to it; F36000 476002
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As you see the little PC is still working perfectly.
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And now a little comparison to the iPod Touch 3G
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Results are that the iPod touch does more, costs less and is that simple..! (I've already heard it somewhere)
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I hope you enjoyed the guide, if you have any corrections, tips, additions or reproaches please post them!
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Guide made by Mc128k
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6 comentários
Good job…^_^
Nice job.
Since you have disassembled everything, could you tell us what’s the exact model of the screen?
I have also a Libretto 50CT and I’m looking for a screen replacement.
I believe it is a Sharp LQ61D133
Looks a little like a DS
Hello Libretto!
Miroslav Djuric - Responder
Now I discovered that it's not enough illuminated... I have to buy a good lamp.
Mc128k - Responder
DO you think is possible to "upgrade" the speaker, or perhaps adding a 2nd one on the other side of the screen, making it stereo?
Thank you.
georgekgrace - Responder
The only upgrade I am thinking about is a real computer. There is no space for a speaker here, and besides that the audio would suck equally.
John White -