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An overheating laptop, or an always on noisy fan, can be caused by a clogged heatsink, clogged fan, broken fan, or bad thermal paste.
This procedure is similar to the Satellite 1410.
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The battery is located on the front right corner of the laptop.
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With one finger on the raised grip, slide the latch towards the front of the laptop.
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Pull the battery out towards the side.
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Lift the battery straight up, out of the computer.
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Unscrew all of the visible screws on the bottom of the laptop.
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Unscrew the screws located beneath the battery.
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Using a set of case opening tools, pry open the left and right sides of the black plastic strip above the keyboard.
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Fully detach the strip.
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Unscrew the two screws near the top of the keyboard.
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Lift the keyboard by holding the middle top of the keyboard.
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Carefully pull upwards on the ribbon cable to detach.
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Remove keyboard.
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Unscrew the screws on either side of the power button circuit board.
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Pull upward on the small white ribbon cable to detach from circuit board.
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Unscrew the screw located on the left side of the optical drive near the heat sink cover in the middle of the laptop.
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Using spudger, push the optical drive out to the right.
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Disconnect both speaker connectors located near the center of the laptop.
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Unscrew all visible screws on the heat sink shield.
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Starting from the front right corner pry apart the black bottom from the gray top.
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Unscrew the remaining screws on the heatsink and fan brackets.
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Disconnect the fan power connector.
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Remove the heatsink and fan.
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Check the heatsink fins and fan for any dust build-up. If any is found use compressed air to clean.
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Clean the old thermal paste off the CPU and heatsink.
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Use a q tip to remove the majority of the thermal paste.
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Use an isopropyl alcohol soaked q tip to further clean remaining thermal paste.
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Dry and clean both surfaces with another q-tip.
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Once completely clean, apply a rice grain sized amount of new thermal paste to the CPU and reattach the heatsink and fan.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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