Introduzione
If your laptop critically overheats despite cleaning out the heat sink fins, the cooling fan on the motherboard heat sink assembly may have died, and needs to be replaced in order for the device to function again.
Cosa ti serve
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Locate the spring latch on the bottom of the device that will unlatch the battery.
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Hold the spring latch in the open position and pull the battery out of its recess.
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Use a JIS 1 screwdriver to loosen the (2) captive screws from the panel.
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Pull the panel upwards and towards the battery to remove.
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Put the panel to the side, exposing the RAM.
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Locate and remove (1) 8.5mm JIS 1 screw at the top left corner of the RAM bay.
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Use a JIS 1 screwdriver to remove (2) 2.5mm screws located on the right side of the RAM bay.
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Locate the mini card access panel marked with a radio tower emblem on the bottom of the laptop near the battery bay.
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Use a JIS 1 screwdriver to loosen the captive screw securing the panel to the device.
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Carefully remove the panel by prying it upwards, unlocking it from the tabs that are securing it in place.
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Remove two 4.5mm screws with JIS 1 screwdriver marked by the letter "K" in the optical drive bay.
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Use a JIS 1 screwdriver to remove (2) 2.5mm screws located near the top of the keyboard.
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Disconnect the display ribbon cable by pulling the cable to the right by its sheathed plastic connector.
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Use a JIS 1 screwdriver to remove (1) 4mm screw on the cooling fan assembly.
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Locate the (5) captive screws that hold down the heat sink assembly to the central processing unit and the graphics processing unit.
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Unscrew captive screw #1 with a JIS 1 screwdriver for one or two turns and move onto the next screw (#2) and so on, in consecutive order.
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Continue to slowly loop around the 5 captive screws in order, only loosening the screws one or two turns each time until all screws are completely retracted.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.