Found a website with some free downloads of laptop service manuals. It's not all-inclusive, but for those who might be interested:

http://www.eserviceinfo.com/equipmen...ebooks_43.html

Just in case you want to install Linux or another Unix derivative like BSD or Solaris just try one of these Linux Laptop and Notebook Installation Guides at TuxMobil. There are 6,000 installation reports for laptops from almost any manufacturer.

http://tuxmobil.org/mylaptops.html