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turn the circuit board

English translation: turn the circuit board OVER

11:31 May 8, 2007
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / TV player
English term or phrase: turn the circuit board
When replacing the hard drive, ***turn the circuit board*** and loosen the four screws. Pull the hard drive straight back to remove.
To install: align the hard drive with the circuit board’s contacts and carefully insert the hard drive until it is in full contact; line up the screw holes on the underside. Insert the four screw that fix the hard drive.
Put the circuit board back by sliding it along the grooves. Replace the lid and the back panel.

(English text is of Swedish origins)

...I think it is very strange that they "turn" the board, I would say remove... any idea what they are doing? (PS this is an external 2.5 HD, this explains the screws)
Elena Ghetti
Italy
Local time: 17:22
Selected answer:turn the circuit board OVER
Explanation:
There is probably no preposition in the Swedish, so this was a slight mistranslation. That's my guess, anyhow!
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William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Local time: 17:22
Grading comment
thanks!!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +9turn the circuit board OVER
William [Bill] Gray
4rotate the circuit board
kmtext


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
turn the circuit board OVER


Explanation:
There is probably no preposition in the Swedish, so this was a slight mistranslation. That's my guess, anyhow!

William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Local time: 17:22
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
Grading comment
thanks!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cagdas Karatas
2 mins
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agree  kmtext
3 mins
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agree  Elena Aleksandrova
1 hr
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agree  Alexander Demyanov: Esp. given the "screw holes on the underside" in the next paragraph.
1 hr
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agree  Tony M: Yes, that's what I'd expect it to be; 'invert' sometimes gets mangled in translation!
2 hrs
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agree  jccantrell: yeah, I might have said "rotate"
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agree  Sophia Finos (X)
7 hrs
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agree  ErichEko ⟹⭐
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agree  Alfa Trans (X)
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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
rotate the circuit board


Explanation:
It most likely means to rotate the circuit board to give better access to the four screws.

kmtext
United Kingdom
Local time: 16:22
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GaelicGaelic
PRO pts in category: 11
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