Dismantling an NEC LT23 Laptop (NEC Versa?)

Hello, I found a site with instructions for opening up a Sony
505 laptop here:

http://www.isi.edu/~johnh/OTHER/LINUX/sony_pcg_505.html

These instructions were for an older model, but they were good enough
to take apart a Z505.

I'm looking for something similar to open an NEC LT23 La Vie NX, which
might be the same as an NEC Versa something from 1998. There's a picture
of a model which looks the same here:

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/pc/docs/article/980601/nec_n4.jpg

I've pulled out all the screws I can find, but the case still seems to
be held together by some screws I can't find at the back left, probably
under that strip above the keyboard in the picture above.

Does anybody have any ideas, or preferably detailed instructions?

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AHA! I cracked it! The strip on top of the keyboard can be slid to the
left, revealing a whole bunch of screws!


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And now for my final comment! Suppose you have an NEC laptop which
looks like this:

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/pc/docs/article/980601/nec_n4.jpg

If you want to change the hard drive, DON'T REMOVE ANY SCREWS! First,
push the plastic strip above the keyboard to the left. It will slide
off. Then lift up the keyboard. Life the back of the keyboard, and
pull it backwards out of the slots at the front holding it in
place. At the top left will be instructions on how to get the hard
drive out. First remove the one screw to the right of the
instructions, then pull on the black tab. The hard drive has a plug
underneath which plugs into the mainboard socket.

Next remove the four screws holding the rails to the old hard drive,
along the edges of the drive. Pry off the IDE connector with a small
screwdriver. You should be able to get the hard drive out.

Get your new hard drive and connect it to the IDE connector. Screw it
onto the rails, and follow the instructions to "press on the black
dot" above where the plug is to plug the hard drive into the
mainboard. It should go in easily. Replace the single screw holding
the hard drive down, put the keyboard back, and slide the strip to the
right to put it all back together.

You should be able to change the hard drive in less than 10 minutes,
and only have to remove and replace 5 screws, four of which connect
the hard drive to the rails.

I hope this helps somebody.

cheers
Beable
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