Dropped my Laptop

About a week ago, I dropped my 640m (1405) laptop a few feet from a
low table to a carpeted floor.

When I checked it out, there was something rattling inside. The
laptop still worked just fine though.

Because I didn't want a loose part inside, I decided to open the hard
drive door to see if I could tilt it and get whatever it was to come
out.

Luckily, the loose part, a screw, was in the hard drive compartment
when I opened it.

I couldn't see anywhere in that area where a screw would have come
out, so it came out of some other place.

Because everything is working fine, I am just going to leave it as it
is. Hopefully the screw wasn't for anything important.

"Journey" wrote in message
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About a week ago, I dropped my 640m (1405) laptop a few feet from a
low table to a carpeted floor.

When I checked it out, there was something rattling inside. The
laptop still worked just fine though.

Because I didn't want a loose part inside, I decided to open the hard
drive door to see if I could tilt it and get whatever it was to come
out.

Luckily, the loose part, a screw, was in the hard drive compartment
when I opened it.

I couldn't see anywhere in that area where a screw would have come
out, so it came out of some other place.

Because everything is working fine, I am just going to leave it as it
is. Hopefully the screw wasn't for anything important.

it's what mechanics call a "Pocket Screw"
Pick it up and put it in your pocket.

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:20:06 -0500, Journey wrote:

About a week ago, I dropped my 640m (1405) laptop a few feet from a
low table to a carpeted floor.

When I checked it out, there was something rattling inside. The
laptop still worked just fine though.

Because I didn't want a loose part inside, I decided to open the hard
drive door to see if I could tilt it and get whatever it was to come
out.

Luckily, the loose part, a screw, was in the hard drive compartment
when I opened it.

I couldn't see anywhere in that area where a screw would have come
out, so it came out of some other place.

Because everything is working fine, I am just going to leave it as it
is. Hopefully the screw wasn't for anything important.


You know the old saying " he's missing a few screws "?
I hope you're not missing a few (from what I can tell you're not) but
if you are, you are missing one less now .