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Medion Akoya MD 98560 Heat Sink Replacement

Introduction

We will be disassembling the laptop down to the heatsink and CPU, to apply some thermal paste with a higher grade of conductivity.

What you need

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    • Remove the battery by sliding both sliders to the left.

    • Hold the left slider as you slide the battery away from you.

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    • Press and hold the power button for 10 - 15 seconds, to release any excess power from the laptop.

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    • After removing the battery, undo the single screw holding the RAM compartment lid.

    • Gently pop out the lid with a few clicks.

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    • Undo the white and black cable, and the screw.

    • Lift the wifi board up and away from you.

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    lift the plugs on the black and white cable perpendicular to the board. do not pull hard on the cables.

    thomas4946 - Reply

    Alternative wording: gently lift off the plug perpendicular to the board, do not pull hard on the cable

    thomas4946 - Reply

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    • Pry the metal clips holding the RAM units outward which will make the uint pop upwards.

    • Slide the unit out, towards you.

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    • Undo the single screw holding the hard drive lid.

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    • Undo the single screw holding the hard drive.

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    • Use the black tab to slide the hard drive backwards.

    • Pry the hard drive up, on the far side and it slides out.

    • Be careful when prying the hard drive out of the case, you might drop it and damage it.

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    • Push the 4 black tabs located at the top of the keyboard, under the case.

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    • Be careful when removing the keyboard from the case, it is still attached at the bottom.

    • Pry the black tab backwards, to remove the cable.

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    • On the bottom of the case there are 2 sliders, use these to release the optical drive.

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    • Undo the 11 screws holding the bottom of the case.

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    • Remove the 2 cables, revealed by removing the keyboard. The cables mentioning "MB" can only be removed after opening the case.

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    • Pry open the case using something soft, preferably your hands or a spudger.

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    • When the case is completely lose it will still be attached by the "MB" cables. Remove those before completely removing the case.

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    • Undo the single screw holding the motherboard.

    • Undo the 4 cables highlighted in blue.

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    • Also remove the black and white wifi cable from under the motherboard.

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    • Lift the motherboard out of its socket. The bottom left may get stuck a bit. Don't force the USB sockets.

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    • On the flipside of the motherboard is the CPU covered by the heatsink.

    • Before removing the heatsink, remove the fan cable looping over the heatsink.

    • Remove the 6 screws, holding the heatsink.

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    • First you will need a card to scrape off the old paste. Keep a coffee filter ready to clean the card.

    • Both the heatsink and CPU's must be totally cleaned of any remaining grease.

    • The triangular part on the heatsink leads to the graphics card.

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    • Be very thorough, any remaining grease may render your new layer of paste useless.

    • The top cores are the CPU, still not cleaned.

    • The bottom core is the newly cleaned video card CPU.

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    • Use alcohol or a oil-free degreaser and coffee filters or a lint-free cloth.

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    • Apply the paste on the CPU's very carefully, you don't want certain thermal pastes on electrical circuits.

    • Your paste needs to be distributed evenly on the whole metal cap of the CPU.

    • Reverse engineer this guide to put the laptop back together.

    • Let the paste settle in by letting the computer run for a few consecutive hours.

    • Run a temperature monitor software to check if your application has been effective or not. After a day or two, you may want to stress-test it by running some high end application all together and monitor the temperature.

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Conclusion

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

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3 Comments

Diese Anleitung zum Öffnen und Ausbauen des Kühlers ist ebenfalls anwendbar für das Medion Akoya P6624 (MD98390)

Lutz - Reply

works for some other Aldi Akoya models too! quite versatile.

ein Stein - Reply

this disassembly is required to access the knob cell . remove knob cell and do a BIOS full reset for a proper RESET. still UEFI variables in NVRAM may have gone haywire, thus killing the laptop machine.

ein Stein - Reply

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