Acer troubles(aspire 4741g)

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So recently my laptop has started overheating and turning off. I assume my case is pretty clogged up with dust…
So I started dismantling my laptop after a few informative guides… and came stuck when I found my hard drive.

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All videos demonstrating this have a easy slide out hard drive which makes it look piss easy…
If any of you have ever had to disassemble a 4741, help would be most appreciated. As I’m unsure of how to get this thing out without possibly breaking something :S
Also… There’s no easy way of doing it right? The whole front has to come off?

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Why do you need to take out your hard drive to clean a cpu fan?

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[QUOTE=hosler;105523]Why do you need to take out your hard drive to clean a cpu fan?[/QUOTE]

Just following the guide bro.

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Hi, please refer to… http://forums.graal.in/forums/showthread.php?6002-Post-Yourself&p=103379&viewfull=1#post103379

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[QUOTE=Spooon;105526]Hi, please refer to… http://forums.graal.in/forums/showthread.php?6002-Post-Yourself&p=103379&viewfull=1#post103379[/QUOTE]

My fan is constantly on anyway, I don’t think that’s the issue.

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Try going to the power settings and turning the CPU speed down to 90%. Can have a dramatic impact on overheating issues.

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[QUOTE=Kelathos;105547]Try going to the power settings and turning the CPU speed down to 90%. Can have a dramatic impact on overheating issues.[/QUOTE]
Thanks! not a bad idea at all. Still would love to be able to get this damn hard drive cover off :C

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I’ve only disassembled 5750g and 5741g and both had pretty easy to slide out harddrives. Are you sure it won’t just slide out if you wiggle it a little?

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[QUOTE=Cadavre;105549]I’ve only disassembled 5750g and 5741g and both had pretty easy to slide out harddrives. Are you sure it won’t just slide out if you wiggle it a little?[/QUOTE]
I’ve watched those videos, this isn’t really anything like it, maybe if I could pry the cover off(somehow…) there might be some space to slide it. I’m just scared of bending something.

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Oh wow, can’t believe I missed this…

I feel dumb now :frowning:

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Heh, easy mistake. :slight_smile: I’ve done all my disassembling without tutorials, it’s rather easy after you’ve done it on a couple of computers.

Last time I did it I had to solder the points that makes the dynamic headphone shit work, since the port was fucked. Figured that shit out with some trial and error. :slight_smile: