No experience with this exact model but from my hardware days I do remember ripping an older Hitachi apart. If they are still the same -- you will find the screws to pop the keyboard/top cover underneath the little rubber foot caps on the bottom of the laptop. Typically, the keyboard will come off first, then there will be a heat shield (or whatever the technical term is....) underneath the keyboard that needs to be removed. The screws should be in pretty obvious spots after you get the keyboard popped. The camera idea is a good idea -- except be cautious about what you use video cameras for when doing forensics -- you might end up filming something that could be used against you if the case was taken to court. Simple diagrams might be a bit better. Sorry, this isn't much help.................. -Steve >On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Peter Garza wrote: > > > Has anyone had the "opportunity" to take apart a Hitachi model 3745 > > sub-notebook to get at the internal hard disk drive? It is a Visionbook > > Traveler 3000 series. It is not obvious were to pull, pry, unscrew or > > otherwise disassemble the unit to remove the hard drive. > > > > Normally there are hard drive upgrade instructions on manufacturer's web > > sites or user manuals. No luck in this instance. We contacted Hitachi > > and it took several days to finally be told they release their > > maintenance instructions only to authorized service centers. When we > > first called we had been told for several days that they could not refer > > us to tech support because the maintenance computer system was down so > > this has been an exercise in tech-support futility. We did locate a > > Southern California authorized service center that claims to be able to > > take the system apart for us, but I'm hoping someone can save me the > > trouble because I'm not convinced they have ever seen this particular > > model.
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