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So, coworker was having a problem with his wife's HP Pavilion DV4-1225dx overheating. He asked if I could take it apart and clean out his fan and heatsink.
Little did I know that I would have to completely disassemble the whole entire unit in order to actually get to the fan. Whoever designed that laptop needs to be shot in the face.
About 50 screws, had to take out battery, wifi card, modem, hard drive, DVD drive, had to remove keyboard, bezel, speakers, display, about 5 ribbon cables, and had to remove the motherboard.
3 screws on a Dell Latitude, 5 minute job. About 90 minutes to tear apart and rebuild the HP. What a load of crap.
Little did I know that I would have to completely disassemble the whole entire unit in order to actually get to the fan. Whoever designed that laptop needs to be shot in the face.
About 50 screws, had to take out battery, wifi card, modem, hard drive, DVD drive, had to remove keyboard, bezel, speakers, display, about 5 ribbon cables, and had to remove the motherboard.
3 screws on a Dell Latitude, 5 minute job. About 90 minutes to tear apart and rebuild the HP. What a load of crap.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Self-Built in July 2009
- CPU
- Intel Q9550 2.83Ghz OC'd to 3.40Ghz
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R rev. 1.1, F12 BIOS
- Memory
- 8GB G.Skill PI DDR2-800, 4-4-4-12 timings
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA 1280MB Nvidia GeForce GTX570
- Sound Card
- Realtek ALC899A 8 channel onboard audio
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 23" Acer x233H
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- Intel X25-M 80GB Gen 2 SSD
Western Digital 1TB Caviar Black, 32MB cache. WD1001FALS
- PSU
- Corsair 620HX modular
- Case
- Antec P182
- Cooling
- stock
- Keyboard
- ABS M1 Mechanical
- Mouse
- Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
- Internet Speed
- 15/2 cable modem
- Other Info
- Windows and Linux enthusiast. Logitech G35 Headset.