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This guide will give you an insight on how to open a Fujitsu LifeBook T4200 Tablet PC case and replace the cooling fan.
This guide is applicable to the Fujitsu LifeBook T4210, T4215, and the T4220 as these models all use the same chassis
The main idea of the tutorial is getting an access to the cooling module – heatsink and cooling fan. The cooling module is hidden inside the laptop so you’ll have to take the whole thing apart.
Remove two screws securing the cooling fan, unplug fan cable from the motherboard and remove the fan. Now you can replace it with a new one.
While you are inside the laptop, it would be a good idea to apply new thermal grease on the processor.
Static electricity can kill your laptop. I recommend wearing an anti-static wrist strap while working with internal parts of your laptop.
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May 18th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Hello,
thank you very much for your helpfull disassembly guide. You put a lot of effort and good pictures into you work. I appreciate!
Could you please post the type or serial number of the replacement fan and your source where you bought it?
Thanks in advance.
Daniel
October 5th, 2009 at 4:07 pm
Thanks for the cool directions. I had a failing fan on my lifebook T series 4210 so I followed your idea to sketch out a place for the screws as you disassemble everything- that worked really well.
I could not find anyone selling a replacement, so I got fed up and decided to pull it apart myself. Removed the fan assembly, took off the fan, cut off the tabs and removed the metal cover. Cleaned out the dust then put a couple drops of 3 in 1 oil in the bearing. The metal cover pops back on and I held it in place with a couple drops of 5 minute epoxy. Put it all back together and voila! It’s running so quiet that I thought I had broken it but you can feel the heat coming out. Yahooooo!
I took a few pictures of the process if you want to upload them, let me know and I will email them to you…
Thanks!