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This guide will show you how to replace the fan of the HP Pavilion G60-247CL.
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Press down and to the right on the battery lock slide.
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Once slid over to the right the battery will pop up and out.
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Locate RAM access door on the bottom side of the laptop.
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Remove the two screws holding down the RAM access door with a Phillips #1 screwdriver.
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Lift up on the RAM cover and remove it to reveal RAM sticks.
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Gently pull apart the two metal tabs located on both sides of the stick of RAM.
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Gently lift the RAM stick up and out of its seat.
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Repeat the previous two steps for the remaining stick of RAM.
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Remove the seven Phillips #1 screws from the back side of the laptop.
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Remove the seven Phillips #0 screws from the battery compartment.
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Turn the computer around to the front side.
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Using an opening tool (Spudger), prop open the keyboard casing.
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Carefully lift up the keyboard.
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Gently pull up the connecting wire clip (located in the middle) to completely detach the keyboard.
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At the top right of the laptop there will be another wire clip holding the keyboard casing.
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Carefully pull out the wire clip to fully detach the covering.
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At the top right of the laptop remove the black wire from under the metal tabs using the tweezers.
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Remove the black wire from the top right corner by gently pulling outward.
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At the top left of the computer remove the black clip using the opening tool.
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Push the opening tool to the right to pop out the clip.
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Locate at the bottom left of the computer a white clip.
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Using an opening tool, prop out the white clip.
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On the left side of the computer locate the black wire with the clear clip.
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Gently pull the wire to the right to detach it.
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At the top corners of the computer, unscrew the three Phillips #0 screws.
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Lift up the top half of the computer carefully.
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Locate the two screws at the bottom corners of the screen.
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Using the tweezers remove the rubber black covering over the screw.
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Remove the two Phillips #0 screws.
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Using the opening tool, prop off the screen covering.
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Remove the covering to expose the screen completely.
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Remove the bottom two screen bearings.
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Using a Phillips 1 screwdriver, remove the two screws on each side.
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Using the tweezers remove the red and white wire from the bottom of the screen.
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Prop the screen up slightly .
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Using the tweezers unclip the white wire.
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While the screen is still propped open remove the black wire from the bottom middle of the screen by pulling gently.
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Remove the screen from the outer casing carefully.
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With the battery and RAM removed, locate the hard drive access panel.
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Remove two 1.2 mm Philips#01 screws.
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After the screws are removed, slide the hard drive panel to right to remove it.
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Identify the three screws holding the hard drives cover in place.
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Remove each screw using a #0 Philips screwdriver to reveal the hard drive.
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Locate the storage battery, next to the hard drive.
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Genlty pop out storage battery with fingers.
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Locate the Wifi card cover panel, left of the RAM.
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Using a Philips #1 screwdriver remove the screw holding the panel down.
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Lift up on the screw side to remove the panel.
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Remove two 1.2 mm Philips#01 screws.
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As the screws are removed the Wifi card will pop up.
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Remove Wifi card by pulling to the left of the laptop.
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Flip over to the top view
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Remove five 1.2 mm Philips#00 swrews
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Using a spudger unclip the casing around all corners and edges.
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lift up the casing and remove to reveal the speakers.
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Remove highlighted 1.2 mm Philips #00 screw from right speaker.
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Using a spudger, remove the highlighted white wire.
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Using a spudger, remove both additional highlighted wires from the motherboad.
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Lift up and out each speaker from the base.
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Locate the fan in the top left corner.
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Carefully disconnect the wire attached to the motherboard using your fingers.
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Locate the disk player in the bottom right corner.
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Remove three screws using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
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Slide out the disk player to the right.
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Gently disconnect the ribbon cable using an opening tool.
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Disconnect the wire connected to motherboard by gently pulling downwards.
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Disconnect the wire connected to the motherboard using an opening tool.
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Gently remove motherboard with fan from the shell.
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Flip over the motherboard to view the back side.
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Remove four 1.6 mm screws with a Phillips #1 screwdriver.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.