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Here’s how you can take apart a HP Pavilion dv2000 notebook PC. This guide will help you to remove the motherboard, so you can access and clean the cooling module witch includes the cooling fan and heat sink.
If your laptop runs hot and shuts down on its own in the middle of doing something, most […]
How to take apart Sony Vaio VGN-S460B laptop
This guide will help you to take apart a Sony Vaio VGN-S460B laptop. The main idea of this guide is replacing the internal memory module and hard drive. In order to replace these parts, you’ll have to take the whole laptop apart.
On this laptop, there is no access to the hard drive without removing the […]
How to take apart Sony Vaio Z1 series notebook
This guide will help you take apart a Sony Vaio Z1 series notebook. In this notebook all so-called user replaceable parts such as memory module, hard drive, DVD drive, etc… are hidden under the top cover making them hard to access or even find.
For cleaning the cooling fan and heat sink or replacing the memory […]
How to clean or replace cooling fans on Toshiba Satellite A70 and A75 laptops
This guide explains how you can clean or replace cooling fans on Toshiba Satellite A70 and A75 series laptops. In this model the cooling fan is buried deep inside the laptop, there is no easy access from the bottom. In order to access the fan assembly you’ll have to disassemble the laptop and remove the […]
Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo A1630 laptop overheats. How to clean the cooling fan.
Does your Fujitsu-Siemens Amilo A1630 laptop overheats and shuts down by itself? The cooling fan runs all the time and it’s noisy? Most likely it happens because the CPU heat sink is clogged with dust witch kills normal airflow through the heat sink. As a result that, the CPU overheats and the laptop shuts down. […]
Remove keyboard and clean fan inside Dell Latitude D600 laptop
Here’s how you can remove the keyboard and clean the cooling fan and heatsink inside your Dell Latitude D600 laptop without taking it to the laptop repair place, check out this tutorial. It’s very easy and will not take more then 10-15 minutes.
If the fan works fine, there is no need to remove it for […]
Taking apart and cleaning Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop
Does your Dell Inspiron 5100 run hot and shuts down by itself? Apparently it’s time to take it apart and clean the cooling fan. These instructions will help you take apart Dell Inspiron 1100, 5100 and 5150 series laptops.
If you own a Dell Inspiron 5100 notebook, you may need to do this periodically. Otherwise you […]
IBM ThinkPad laptop displays fan error message on bootup
Let’s say you have an IBM ThinkPad laptop and when you turn it on all you get is a black screen with “Fan error” message. What could be wrong?
A few weeks ago, the fan in my trusty IBM T42 bought the farm. This resulted in the unit heating up considerably, as well as numerous […]
Taking apart and cleaning Sony Vaio PCG-GRZ630 laptop
Does your Sony Vaio PCG-GRZ630 laptop run hot and shut off on its own? Most likely it happens because the heatsink got clogged with dust and because of that the laptop overheats and shuts off to prevent the CPU damage. This tutorial explains why it happens and how you can fix the problem.
Few Models of […]
Asus A6R laptop disassembly and upgrade instructions
These disassembly pictures show how you can access an upgrade or replace main components in an Asus A6R laptop. Almost all main components can be easily accessed through the bottom of the laptop without taking the whole thing apart.
Before you go inside the laptop do not forget to unplug the power adapter and remove the […]