Sony Vaio FZ Teardown

Teardown

Teardown

Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions.

User-Contributed Guide

User-Contributed Guide

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My Vaio FZ recently got hot and its fan was working loud. I decided to tear it down and remove the 2-year-old dust:)

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Add Note Edit Step 1 — Sony Vaio FZ Teardown  ¶ 

  • First, unplug the laptop and remove the battery.

  • Remove the marked screws.

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Add Note Edit Step 2  ¶ 

  • Remove the covers for HDD and RAM. Just unscrew it and carefully pull the lids.

  • Remove the screws.

  • Remove the HDD. Slide it to the right and then pull.

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Add Note Edit Step 3  ¶ 

  • Now the tricky part. We need to remove the speakers/additional control keys cover.

  • To do so, we need to lever the 3 pins in the battery bay (marked red). Do it gently not to brake them.

  • You may want to lever the marked blue pins accessible from the DVD bay, just nest to the side.

  • Now pull the cover.

  • The rest of the pins (marked yellow) will go out as you will gently pull the cover.

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Add Note Edit Step 4  ¶ 

  • Remove the 3 screws marked blue now.

  • To remove the keyboard, flip it gently remembering there is the connector underneath.

  • Disconnect this connector and the keyboard is free.

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Add Note Edit Step 5  ¶ 

  • We need to unscrew 4 more screws (next to the monitor holds) to release the bottom cover.

  • Unscrew only the 2 outside screws. The middle ones hold the monitor on its place.

  • On the left side the second screw is under the bunch of cables.

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Add Note Edit Step 6  ¶ 

  • Flip back, remove the cover:)

  • Finally we can see the inside of our VAIO.

  • Remove the fan - 4 screws, and detach the connector. Pull it up.

  • Now you are able to clean the area. I used some compressed air and toothbrush:)

  • That's all. Hope you liked it.

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