The removal of really tiny screws should not involve the use of really hefty pliers. Who designs these things?

The service manual also told me to remove screws hidden by the DVD drive, with detailed illustrations, but without telling me to remove the DVD drive first.

I got this manual directly from HP themselves, and now I'm doubting its accuracy.

Back to repairing the HP laptop. How worried should I be that a replacement CPU has used thermal paste on it that was never cleaned off? It's an AMD.

Now I'm troubleshooting a laptop keyboard. Among the unresponsive keys: the one that gives BIOS settings access during POST.

If you're able to pry off the LRFs (Little Rubber Feet) without dirtying or damaging the sticky stuff & without leaving any sticky stuff behind, you can use a clean backing sheet for stickers or peel-off stick-on labels to keep the LRFs clean & easy to peel off when it comes time to put them back on the computer.

Make sure to peel off any sticker chaff first if you use a sticker sheet. You don't want to stick the LRFs to any sticker parts, only backing parts.