IBM ThinkPad 530Cs

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[Disassembly]

Just some notes for your information. I highlighted only the tricky parts and some...capacitors which you may need.

Starting from the back side, the first step is to remove the battery and memory.
Green arrows mean to lift, and the red ones mean to slide/push.




Then four screws, as you may find on other subnotebook like ThinkPad 535, one is hidden behind the FDD connector.




And so, you can now remove the top cover, of which I forget to take a picture here but you know what I mean.
The little green battery should be unplugged and discarded right away.



to take apart the LCD assembly, 4 more screws to be detached from the back, 2 ribbon cable and 1 microphone cable from the front.




I'll mention the LCD assembly later but let's remove the keyboard by unscrewing 3 screws.


and, this step is tricky, you need a spudger to pry the left side, and then lift from the left edge of keyboard a little bit, and press and slide the whole keyboard to the left.


and now remove the ribbon cables on the right side.


and the rest steps are easy. Detach all the screws you may find (except those which are not circled, they are for the HDD), and take the whole part (green lined) out. Be careful, the audio panel and infrared panel should be removed together with the mobo. Blue box on the left is the audio daughter board, and right one is the main mother board.


OK, back to the LCD assembly, there are only 2 screws (red circle). And there is double sided tape to secure the front bezel and LCD so you should have a razor blade (under the green circle) to remove it before you take it apart


all other screws and the type of LCD are shown below. As you may have seen, it has the vinegar syndrome and the polarized film should be replaced.


[Useful information]

• Capacitors

All my 3 530cs work well, I tested all the capacitors and they are all good. But just in case you need more information about them, here you go:

• DSTN polarized film

Some so-called "universal dstn films" work well for this type of LCD. Using the "570 blue matte" for the front side and "430 red glossy" for the back side. It's not perfect but it looks not bad.

• Battery

I tried to rebuild the battery using 8 AA batteries but failed...still try figuring out the reason. But the dummy 3d printable model can be used if your battery is missing.
hxxps://archive[dot]org/download/530cs-battery/530Cs%20Battery.stl

• paint

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Some more pictures about the polarized films:

It's ok if you keep the original back polarized film and apply a new 570 to the front, there is nuance between the original one and the 430 film, but it's acceptable.
There are also some other kinds of STN/DSTN film, apply some samples before you use them. Some of them simply don't work.

[solidpro]

I've covered a lot of this also here: https://ret.rocks/index.php/ibm/500-series/530cs

Where are you getting your DSTN films from?

[panips]

From a Chinese seller (Taobao.com)
A Chinese address and mobile number are required for the APP. You need to find a friend in China/Hong Kong to ship them.
A set of 570/430 (250mm x 250mm) costs like 30 RMB, which is about 4.2 USD. Domestic shipping cost starts from 10 RMB (per 5 sets), but the international shipping varies.