Introduction
Laptop cooking your lap? This guide will walk you through replacing your fan.
For help applying thermal paste, you can reference the iFixit Thermal Paste Application guide.
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The battery is held in by a latch in the front and tabs in the back.
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Slide the lock switch left, towards the center of the computer.
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Lift up the battery, rotating it up and away from you, then pull it out.
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Unscrew one Phillips #1 screw from the back panel.
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Using the black tab on the connect and/or a prying tool, lift up to disconnect the black hard drive cable from the green circuit board.
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Pull the black cable up and out of the back panel. This will make taking the hard drive out much easier.
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Gently pull up on the plastic tab attached to the hard drive.
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Pull the hard drive up and to the right to remove it completely from the laptop.
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Use your fingers, plastic opening tools, or pliers to pull the silver brackets away from the RAM.
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Use a Phillips #1 screw driver to unscrew the black 4 mm Phillips #1 screw on the wireless card.
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Carefully pry up one of the top corners of the keyboard with a prying tool. Slide the tool along the top of the keyboard to release it from the housing. Pull the top of the keyboard towards you an inch or two.
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Pull the keyboard up and away from you, as it is held in by clips in the front. It is not yet disconnected.
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Using a prying tool, flip the black clip up and to the right. Pull the silver cable out and to the left, the keyboard is now detached from the laptop.
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Use a plastic opening tool to lift the white clip up, towards the screen.
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Pull the white cable with blue head, away from the clip.
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With a plastic opening tool, pry open a side or corner of the top panel. Slide the tool around the rest of the panel to release it from the clips.
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Rotate the top panel away from you, keeping the back near the hinge of the laptop to avoid damaging the speaker cable.
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Using a plastic opening tool, disconnect the black speaker connector from the top right of the motherboard.
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Set aside the top panel until your are ready to reassemble your laptop.
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Lift black tab for the CD drive cable in the bottom left of the motherboard.
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Disconnect it from the motherboard with your fingers or a plastic opening tool.
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Lift, with your fingers or a plastic opening tool, the large black monitor cable at the top of the left hand corner of the motherboard.
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Use a plastic opening tool to lift the black clip up from the silver cable that's in the upper right hand corner of the computer.
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Pull the silver cable away from the motherboard.
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Using a small amount of force pull the black cable, below the silver cable we just removed, to the right and out of the way.
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Lift the right side of the motherboard up at roughly a 45 degree angle and pull to the right to remove it.
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Now that the motherboard is out, flip it over and begin working on the back side.
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Remove the red, blue, and yellow set of wires from the motherboard.
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Using a Phillips #1 screw driver unscrew the four screws on the heat sink.
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Lift the bracket up from the motherboard.
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Since the fan is held on with adhesives, you will likely need a prying tool and a small amount of force to lift the fan up and off of the motherboard.
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