Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
5
Time Required
10 - 15 minutes
Sections
2
- Battery
- 1 step
- Cooling Fan
- 4 steps
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Battery
- Make sure the device is off to prevent data loss.
- Slide both latches to the unlocked position to release the battery.
- Switch the latch on the right to reveal red. The latch on the left needs to be held.
- Pull the battery toward you while holding the left latch.
Make sure the device is off to prevent data loss.
Slide both latches to the unlocked position to release the battery.
Switch the latch on the right to reveal red. The latch on the left needs to be held.
Pull the battery toward you while holding the left latch.
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Step 2
Cooling Fan
- Remove the sixteen screws at the locations shown with the Phillips 00 screwdriver.
Remove the sixteen screws at the locations shown with the Phillips 00 screwdriver.
Step 3
- Pull up on the back casing and remove it.
Pull up on the back casing and remove it.
Step 4
- Remove the two 5.5 mm screws from the fan with the Phillips 00 screwdriver.
Remove the two 5.5 mm screws from the fan with the Phillips 00 screwdriver.
Step 5
- Disconnect the fan’s power connector using the rounded handle plastic opening tool.
- The fan should now be free of the laptop and can be removed.
Disconnect the fan’s power connector using the rounded handle plastic opening tool.
The fan should now be free of the laptop and can be removed.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Graham Smith - Sep 27, 2016
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Don’t forget the silver compound when re-assembling
wilson_mah - Aug 12, 2021
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If you really can’t find a replacement fan (which most people can’t) just gently clean the top of the CPU and back of the cooler fan with a cotton swab and and an alcohol wipe and gently re-apply some new thermal paste to both the top of the CPU and back of the cooler. What happens is the thermal paste dries out after a few years due to the CPU’s excessive heat thus causing the CPU to gointo thermal shutdown. My R600 works fine now and the entire job only takes 30 ~45 minutes and anyone who can use a use a small phillips screwdriver should be able to do this job without much difficulty. Just be sure to have 3 or 4 small containers to hold the different size screws and be careful as the screws are very very small and can get lost extremely easily if one is not careful. Also, clip the buds off a cotton swab and use this little stick to help you remove the CPU attachment end of the fan where it attaches to the motherboard.