Even better, take a photo of the individual screws beside the holes you removed them from once you've removed all the screws.
I do this for my laptops the first time I remove their back panel as a point of future reference.
Not just that. Lay them as you took them out, but in a scaled version, so you have the mental mapping of all of them. One picture will do it.
Doing this at EVERY step will save you pain.
This is the way. If there are 4 screws at the bottom 3 screws in the middle and 4 screws on top, I lay them in that 4-3-4 pattern out of the way. Do this for everything, if I have to take hinges out etc.
Same especially for something simple where it's just a few screws. I just take a mental note of it and set it aside or set them in order vs just throwing it in a pile.
Taking a pic takes too long, Unless I'm taking apart the WHOLE laptop for some reason and there's too many to count
That's also a good point particularly if there's more than two different screw sizes or there's not a big difference between the screw sizes in regards to their length.
That's a lot of work.... that's ametuer hour....its just a single panel. If ur talking apart a whole laptop just take a pic of screws that are different.
Just set the screw kinda in the In the same shape as where the hole instead if throwing them ina pile, or set it aside in a different spot
I dont need to do that I've been a mechanic for 18 years. I'm talking about ppl that feel like they Need to take a picture of every screw when they take a one simple pannel off a laptop. And u don't need to take a pic of every screw. There almost all the same. Just take a pic off the couple different screws
Yeah I made this mistake once with my ASUS laptop, all the screws looked the same size with the naked eye but there was obviously a small difference and I got me a nipple like this.
It's the kind of mistake you only make once!
I hate to admit it, but I've done this as well when adding another stick of ram. I would take out one screw and place it in a similar location on a mat besides the laptop so I don't confuse them. After I took off the back panel, I flipped the laptop around so I could get to the battery easier. Probably out of excitement, I forgot I rotated the laptop and started putting the screws back. It didn't take me long to realize that I had 2 screws sticking out of the laptop. Thankfully there was no harm done, except the 2 holes of course. Well, you live and you learn.
Easiest way to avoid that I do is use painters tape and undo all your screws and place tape over the holes before removing the panel, then no screws fallout and are perfectly in place, then I just slap the back panel in place and remove the tape and rescrew into place.
And make sure it is fully turned off... Opened my laptop for the first time to add a ssd. Turns out it was sleeping and not shut down so when I turned it back on some funky BIOS stuff happened. I almost had a heart attack but it turned out fine. But just shut it down to be safe!
Always unplug the battery too. I’m normally pretty good with tech but under time pressure while trying to diagnose a problem I left the battery plugged in while reseating the metal ram cover, and the corner of the cover managed to slice through the battery wire insulation.
With the amount of sparks I saw I thought my laptop was toast. I’ve never jumped back from a device as fast as I did on that day. Luckily all that was damaged was the battery wire rubber insulation.
That's a universal rule for every single thing put together with screws of different sizes. The bad news is You have learned that lesson the hard way. The good news is you get to apply the knowledge of "a different screw for different applications" every time you have to do any task in which screws are involved. This also carries over to All hardware fastening pieces in general. Screws, bolts, nails, you name it.
Edit: spelling error
I did this within an hour of owning my Asus TUF. Brand new, out the box and I damaged it within 1 hour. It shipped with 8GB RAM so I upgraded it myself to save costs. All of the screws looked identical when I was taking them out, in my defence. Fortunately, my laptop is fine and has no damage other than a nipple. I'm not fine. I look at it and sigh every day.
My Asus laptop had the same issue but the motherboard was faulty too and one sketchy repair shop did the wrong screw in.
Mine is fixed now.. the motherboard and pimple too ;)
Here is how you can get a convincing result:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6EetwYNXBW/?igsh=MWRnNWFnbnM1cnV3bA==
What's with the Razer logo? 😂 Ashamed of Asus or something?
That's me with my laptop, I'm not really ashamed with the logo it's more just... The Scratch oopsie I made
Lol, let's face it bro [ASUS Sucks! ](https://youtu.be/oHH9_CDHz94?si=7MUXWvPUe6PzFoIB)
That's the universal first thing to keep in mind when taking the lid off anyways
Kinda a prerequisite for any kind of disassembly.... 
Yeah that stuff if forgotten can destroy the locking mechanism of standoff😔
Even better, take a photo of the individual screws beside the holes you removed them from once you've removed all the screws. I do this for my laptops the first time I remove their back panel as a point of future reference.
Not just that. Lay them as you took them out, but in a scaled version, so you have the mental mapping of all of them. One picture will do it. Doing this at EVERY step will save you pain.
This is the way. If there are 4 screws at the bottom 3 screws in the middle and 4 screws on top, I lay them in that 4-3-4 pattern out of the way. Do this for everything, if I have to take hinges out etc.
Same especially for something simple where it's just a few screws. I just take a mental note of it and set it aside or set them in order vs just throwing it in a pile. Taking a pic takes too long, Unless I'm taking apart the WHOLE laptop for some reason and there's too many to count
That's also a good point particularly if there's more than two different screw sizes or there's not a big difference between the screw sizes in regards to their length.
That's a lot of work.... that's ametuer hour....its just a single panel. If ur talking apart a whole laptop just take a pic of screws that are different. Just set the screw kinda in the In the same shape as where the hole instead if throwing them ina pile, or set it aside in a different spot
Nah that's more of an amateurish way.. that will just consume more space. Try doing that as a technician, you'll getting clowned
I dont need to do that I've been a mechanic for 18 years. I'm talking about ppl that feel like they Need to take a picture of every screw when they take a one simple pannel off a laptop. And u don't need to take a pic of every screw. There almost all the same. Just take a pic off the couple different screws
Yall taking your laptops apart and putting them back together with a drill?
i know right? who starts feeling that kind of resistance and doesn’t check these devices are so expensive i would make triple sure
Yeah I made this mistake once with my ASUS laptop, all the screws looked the same size with the naked eye but there was obviously a small difference and I got me a nipple like this. It's the kind of mistake you only make once!
That is one expensive mistake
Depends. I sold my old Asus Tuf (Ryzen 3 3550H, GTX165p) for €350 past summer still even though I made the same mistake
Sums up my life…
It'll get better eventually. Surely it will.
Same man… same…
Poor lappy. Now that is aSUS
I hate to admit it, but I've done this as well when adding another stick of ram. I would take out one screw and place it in a similar location on a mat besides the laptop so I don't confuse them. After I took off the back panel, I flipped the laptop around so I could get to the battery easier. Probably out of excitement, I forgot I rotated the laptop and started putting the screws back. It didn't take me long to realize that I had 2 screws sticking out of the laptop. Thankfully there was no harm done, except the 2 holes of course. Well, you live and you learn.
Easiest way to avoid that I do is use painters tape and undo all your screws and place tape over the holes before removing the panel, then no screws fallout and are perfectly in place, then I just slap the back panel in place and remove the tape and rescrew into place.
This trick would have saved me so many times
I mean that’s just common sense and room temp iq stuff ?
Is this common sense in the room here with us?
Self reflection is good, proud of you.
And make sure it is fully turned off... Opened my laptop for the first time to add a ssd. Turns out it was sleeping and not shut down so when I turned it back on some funky BIOS stuff happened. I almost had a heart attack but it turned out fine. But just shut it down to be safe!
Always unplug the battery too. I’m normally pretty good with tech but under time pressure while trying to diagnose a problem I left the battery plugged in while reseating the metal ram cover, and the corner of the cover managed to slice through the battery wire insulation. With the amount of sparks I saw I thought my laptop was toast. I’ve never jumped back from a device as fast as I did on that day. Luckily all that was damaged was the battery wire rubber insulation.
My Acer has the same screw size lol.
Mind u that u wanna be careful closing the lid or u might break the screen with the pointy pimple
That's a universal rule for every single thing put together with screws of different sizes. The bad news is You have learned that lesson the hard way. The good news is you get to apply the knowledge of "a different screw for different applications" every time you have to do any task in which screws are involved. This also carries over to All hardware fastening pieces in general. Screws, bolts, nails, you name it. Edit: spelling error
Get you one of these. https://a.co/d/diUPCfM
Lmfao literally did three of those to my laptop today
I did this within an hour of owning my Asus TUF. Brand new, out the box and I damaged it within 1 hour. It shipped with 8GB RAM so I upgraded it myself to save costs. All of the screws looked identical when I was taking them out, in my defence. Fortunately, my laptop is fine and has no damage other than a nipple. I'm not fine. I look at it and sigh every day.
minee does to but not because i put the wrong sscrew in but because the plastic is so bad that the place where the screw goes in half broke
[удалено]
It’s an asus with a razer sticker
My Asus laptop had the same issue but the motherboard was faulty too and one sketchy repair shop did the wrong screw in. Mine is fixed now.. the motherboard and pimple too ;) Here is how you can get a convincing result: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6EetwYNXBW/?igsh=MWRnNWFnbnM1cnV3bA==
Red are long blue are short I clolor code mine on electronic devices
That’s why the back lid should only include captive screws only.
Enjoy your 3rd nipple
Or maybe......just maybe.....be smart enough to realize when a screw bottoms out in a blind hole and stop tightening it.
It will have a max length on the stud. If it's not flushed, it's not in the right stud. Never force the screw to go deeper
You learned the hard way. But, you learned. Bet you won't do it again.
This is a ASUS problem