Introduction
It is useful to replace or clean your fan if your laptop crashes due to overheating or is abnormally hot.
What you need
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Place the laptop on a flat stable surface.
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Flip the laptop over so the underside is visible.
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Locate the battery lock switch.
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Slide the lock switch to the left (away from the lock symbol).
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Slide the battery out away from the laptop.
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Remove the sixteen 2mm Phillips #00 screws from the bottom of the laptop.
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Remove the two 2mm Phillips #0 screws from the hard drive port.
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Flip the laptop over horizontally and open up the lid.
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Insert the tip of the plastic opening tool into the upper left corner of the panel.
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Keeping its tip under the top panel, slide the plastic opening tool around the panel until the panel is completely loose. Next gently remove the panel.
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Remove the four 2mm Phillips #0 screws at the top of the keyboard.
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Slide the plastic opening tool around the keyboard until the keyboard is completely loose. Gently remove the keyboard.
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Locate the small black latch attached to blue tape.
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Lift the small latch with your finger and pull the blue tape from its port.
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Slide the keyboard away from the mousepad and set it aside.
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Locate the three wires in the top left corner of the metal panel.
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Use the spudger to push the two cables out of their ports.
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Pull the blue tab directly up to remove middle wire.
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Remove the three 1mm Phillips #00 screws on the metal plate.
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Lift the black cover and slide the blue tab away from the cover.
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Gently remove the three grey wires from the metal tabs.
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Insert the tip of the plastic opening tool into the bottom left corner of the panel.
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Keeping its tip under the top panel, slide the plastic opening tool around the panel until the panel is completely loose.
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Gently lift off the top metal panel.
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Remove the seven 2mm Phillips #0 screws.
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Remove the two 2mm Phillips #00 screws.
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Pull the three connections away from their ports using both fingers.
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Remove the battery connection chip from the motherboard.
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Slide the hard drive out away from the laptop until it is free from the motherboard
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Repeat this process for the disk drive.
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Remove the silver 2mm Phillips #00 screw.
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Remove the card tray from the laptop by lifting it up and away the computer.
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Lift the motherboard by its top end and remove it from the laptop.
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Flip the motherboard over to reveal the fan.
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Remove the five 1mm Phillips #00 captive screws from the internal fan.
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Lift the fan away from the motherboard.
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Refer to iFixit's guide for removal and cleaning of the thermal paste. How to Apply Thermal Paste
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