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The Acer Nitro series is designed to provide a high-performance gaming experience at a more affordable price point than some of Acer's more premium gaming products, such as the Predator series.

My friends an515-57-7742 keeps crashing

the laptop is old and probably needs new thermal paste and some cleaning, i just want to know what to look out for when i'm opening it up.

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@cosmos90411 "keeps crashing" how? Have you run the Windows Event viewer and checked to see what (if any) events your System log shows?

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from the looks of the tear down videos. most of these models look fairly straight forward.

if you do decide to tackle this. a few tips

take your time. if something isnt coming apart, theres usually a reason. maybe you missed a screw or theres a tab to lift \ remove.

if you find yourself getting frustrated. take a short break. get something to snack on and come back to it. i cant tell you how many times this will save you a broken component.

document your disassembly. take pictures. or take a sheet of paper and place the screws on the paper where you removed them. it is pretty defeating when you get it back together only to find a screw or part laying on your desk lol.

be careful where youre poking around when you remove the heatsink. ive tried prying up on one near the CPU and popped a capacitor off. thankfully it wasnt a cap that was needed to run and didnt have to, but did resolder it back in place. i guess this kinda goes back to taking your time :)

any questions post up!

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