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The fan helps circulate air through a laptop and cool off important pieces. A broken or dirty fan can cause overheating.
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Flip the laptop so that the base of the laptop is facing up.
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Insert a spudger into the battery release latch.
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Slide the battery release latch to the right, this will eject the battery for safe removal.
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Carefully slide the battery out of the battery's home.
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Using a Phillips 1 screwdriver, remove the 17 9 mm screws from the bottom of the laptop, including the one in the back panel.
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Using a plastic opening tool, carefully remove the back panel.
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Remove the 9mm screw under the back panel.
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Using a plastic opening tool, carefully separate the frame along the edges of the laptop. This should separate the keyboard assembly from the bottom portion of the laptop.
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Open the laptop, leaving the screen flat on the table.
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Carefully pull the keyboard assembly out away from the base of the laptop. There should be three connections visible in the gap between the keyboard assembly and the base.
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Using tweezers, carefully detach the connections from the base.
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Place the keyboard assembly and the disk tray place holder aside.
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Remove the six wire connections to the motherboard.
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Remove the tape connection by lifting the plastic black holding piece and carefully pulling the tape out of it's slot.
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Using a Phillips 1 screwdriver, remove the two 5mm screws from the motherboard.
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Using a Phillips 1 screwdriver, remove the black 5mm screw from the fan.
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Using a Phillips 1 screwdriver, remove the black 3mm screw from the WiFi card.
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Carefully remove the motherboard by lifting along the right edge first.
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Detach the connector between the fan and the motherboard.
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Flip the motherboard over so that the back is face-up.
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Unscrew the three 5mm screws and lift the fan off of the motherboard.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.