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Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Motherboard Replacement

Introduction

Motherboard is the main printed circuit board, it holds, and allows, communication between many of the crucial electronic components of a system, such as the central processing unit and memory, and provides connectors for other peripherals, interface cards, and daughtercards: sound cards, video cards, network cards, hard drives, or other forms of persistent storage; TV tuner cards, cards providing extra USB or FireWire slots and a variety of other custom components. If in any case you want to replace your Acer Spin5 laptop’s motherboard, follow the instructions of this guide.

What you need

  1. Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Motherboard Replacement, Cooling Fan: step 1, image 1 of 2 Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Motherboard Replacement, Cooling Fan: step 1, image 2 of 2

    • Use the Phillips #1 screwdriver to remove six 6 mm screws.

    • Use the same screwdriver to remove six 5mm screws.

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  2. Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Motherboard Replacement: step 2, image 1 of 1

    • Use an opening tool to pry the back cover open.

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  3. Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Motherboard Replacement: step 3, image 1 of 1

    • Remove two 5 mm screws by using the Phillips #1 screwdriver.

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  4. Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Motherboard Replacement: step 4, image 1 of 2 Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Motherboard Replacement: step 4, image 2 of 2

    • Use two opening tools to disconnect the cooling fan from the motherboard.

    • Remove the fan from the device.

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  6. Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Motherboard Replacement, Motherboard: step 5, image 1 of 1

    • Remove four 5 mm screws using the Phillips #1 screwdriver.

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  7. Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Motherboard Replacement: step 6, image 1 of 1

    • Take off the black heat sink (be careful of the grey thermal grease).

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  8. Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Motherboard Replacement: step 7, image 1 of 3 Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Motherboard Replacement: step 7, image 2 of 3 Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Motherboard Replacement: step 7, image 3 of 3

    • Remove all peripherals connecting to the motherboard.

    • Remove the second chip.

    • Remove the wireless LAN chip.

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  9. Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Motherboard Replacement: step 8, image 1 of 1

    • Disconnect the three connection wires.

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  10. Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Motherboard Replacement: step 9, image 1 of 2 Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Motherboard Replacement: step 9, image 2 of 2

    • Take off the connecting port with black tape.

    • Take off the last port with purple tape.

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  11. Acer Spin 5 N17W2 Motherboard Replacement: step 10, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the motherboard from the device.

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Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

2 Comments

I need the motherboard where I can buy it..

john fredy mendoza torres - Reply

I need the motherboard where I can buy it please...

john fredy mendoza torres - Reply

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