I used a T10 torx bit.

That’s not a teardown. He took the back panel off and removed some standard replaceable components.

Does it really matter?

Why not just remove the bezel and swap the LCD out with the screen assembly still attached to the bottom half?

Classic iFixit guide that ends at the halfway point assuming you can figure out the rest from there.

You will need to get a replacement micro usb port from eBay or digikey or the like and solder that back on. You will need a very very fine point soldering iron tip and a careful hand.

You should also disable the internal battery in the BIOS first too.

Yes, there is another screw or two that have to be removed from the underside of the laptop before you can remove the speaker cover.

I guess it must be the logic board as I can power it on by holding the menu button. With the original hard drive in, it just does nothing when I press buttons and with the cf card in, it resets as soon as I press anything.

It’s a real shame as its such a nice piece of hardware and I love to restore faulty gear back to working order.

Interestingly enough, it does work fine if I dock it on my stereo or ipod dock and I can move around the menus using that remote. Maybe it will just live in my basement docked on an old speaker I have down there.

yeah, tried that a number of times. also have swapped out the hard drive for a cf card with sd card in it and still get the same issue.

I wonder if you ever got this resolved? I am trying to restore an old ipod mini and have the same issue.