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Cleaning Fans On Sony Vaio Laptop
Name: tony140 Date: December 29, 2005 at 13:23:48 Pacific OS: XP professional w/ sp2 CPU/Ram: amd 1200/ 256 ddr
Comment:
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.
Name: RobbieDickon Date: December 29, 2005 at 13:58:42 Pacific
Reply:
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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Response Number 2
Name: 1stepbeyond Date: December 30, 2005 at 04:39:23 Pacific
Reply:
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.
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