Thinkpad Yoga 12 Heasink Cpu Fan Replacement Repair Guide

Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

4

Time Required

                          1 hour            

Sections

1

• CPU Fan
• 4 steps

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Introduction

Fan description for buying:

• Cooling Fans Heatsink For Lenovo Thinkpad S1 Yoga 04X6440.

What you need

Step 1

              Bottom Cover Removal               

• Remove the nine Phillips screws using a Philips 00 screwdriver

Remove the nine Phillips screws using a Philips 00 screwdriver

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Step 2

              Prying               

• Pry up the case carefully using a spudger.
• Make sure to not push the spudger in too far, as this could result in internal damage

Pry up the case carefully using a spudger.

Make sure to not push the spudger in too far, as this could result in internal damage

Step 3

              Remove Speaker               

• Top speaker left which needs to be removed to reveal the cooling system
• Push out the plug for the speaker in the direction of the arrow.
• Grab the speaker on the top an bottom and pull it out.

Top speaker left which needs to be removed to reveal the cooling system

Push out the plug for the speaker in the direction of the arrow.

Grab the speaker on the top an bottom and pull it out.

Step 4

              Remove Right Fan               

• Insert wisdom here.

Insert wisdom here.

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

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Jan Beneš III. - Sep 1, 2018

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Hello, are there some steps missing? The mainboard needs to be removed as well!

David Staeheli - Aug 28, 2019

Yes there are some steps missing, but i can’t add them on this teadown and I don’t know why.