I am in the same situation and am having a very difficult time opening my case on my Solo 1400. My adapter will not charge my battery. The adapter is loose and I believe it has become un soldered on my motherboard. I took out all the screws and found that I couldn't get it loose where the CPU is. Can anyone help me as well? Gateway told me they would charge me $300 plus shipping costs. I am an a+ certified tech but this laptop has me baffled.
Any help would be great!
AARGH! My Gateway has been giving me a lot of trouble lately, so I'm getting ready to do some repairs myself. It's 5 years old, past warranty, and...Gateway support is sometimes difficult at best.
The power connector is loose and refuses to hold the adaptor in as it should and needs adjusting, so I decided to get a little help.
A college instructor of mine and myself attempted to open it today and after removing all screws, were still unable to get the case completely open. Is there something that we're missing here...? Do we need to remove the keyboard, try and detatch the display, or what? I can't help shake the feeling that we're missing something obvious here...
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.

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