I have a Sony Vaio laptop, and lately it has been running really hot. It has gotten to where it will just shut down after running for awhile. Anyway, I bought a cooling pad that sits under it. Now the temperature sensor says that hard drive is running pretty cool (about 45 - 50 celsius), but the processor is still running very hot (around 70 - 73), so I'm still having problems.

So now I want to take it apart so I can clean out all the dust and lint clogging the airways. The fans really aren't pushing much air out of the side vent so I think this will help a lot. My question is, are there any diagrams for disassembling this thing on the internet or has anybody done this on a Sony Vaio before? Any advice helpful.

There should be a compartment on the back which you open with a small screwdriver.

Keep trying until you find the processor fan.

The fan should come out easily and use a q tip to clean the dust off. Make sure to get dust out of teeth on the heatsink.

I usually dip my qtip in some rubbing alchol to clean with.

Hope that helped you somewhat.....

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Hi
if its a model 'pcg-4c4p' dont even attempt to open it doesnt actually come apart easily, take it to a laptop repair company for a spring clean.

all i wanted to do was replace the hdd what a nightmare lol, see all those ribbon cables...
if you can get so far i would suggest a gentle blast with a aircan from pc cleaner supplies.

http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/~jpc/vaio/