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Dell Inspiron 14-7437 Thermal Cooling Fan Replacement

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The Thermal-Cooling Assembly is used to keep your laptop from overheating while running. If this breaks and is not replaced you run the risk of frying your motherboard.

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    • Power off your Dell Inspiron 14-7437 before disassembling.

    • Remove the eight 4.5 mm screws on the back panel of the device using the Phillips 1 Screwdriver.

    • The two 4.5 mm screws in the center under the rubber mount cannot be removed, but can be loosened.

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    • Pry open the back cover using a spudger and slide it along the under the cover.

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    • Remove the two 2.5 mm screws holding the battery in place using the J000 Phillips Head Screwdriver.

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    • Disconnect the ribbon cables from the motherboard.

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    • Lift up and remove the Lithium-Polymer Battery.

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    • Disconnect wires from Motherboard by gently pulling up.

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    • Remove the speakers from the case.

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    • Lift the coin cell battery wire, and carefully remove from motherboard.

    • There are little hooks that the wire is hooked under.

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    • Remove the Coin-Cell Battery from the case.

    • There is a small amount of adhesive on the bottom of the coin cell battery.

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    • Remove the two 2.5 mm screws using a J000 Phillips Head Screwdriver.

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    • Pull up on the wire and remove the Cooling Fan.

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    • Disconnect cables connected to the motherboard by lifting the flaps up and pulling out.

    • This is a ZIF connector and needs to have the side flaps flipped up before removal.

    • The ZIF connector has small clips that need to be pulled up before being pulled out.

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    • Remove the eight 2.5 mm screws using a J000 Phillips Head Screwdriver.

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    • Flip the motherboard.

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    • Loosen the three 2.5 mm screws using the J000 Phillips Head Screwdriver.

    • These three 2.5 mm screws cannot be removed from the Thermal Cooling assembly.

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    • Remove the Thermal-Cooling Assembly from the motherboard.

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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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