When you have a Dell laptop and have been using it for more than one year, it will be very important to disassemble and clean your laptop fan. In this tutorial, we will use DELL 1088 as an example to show you how to clean the dell fan.
Prepare Tools for Open and Clean Dell Fan:
- "+" Shape screwdriver
- Dry towel and a soft brush
- New silicone grease
- Replaced DELL 1088 fan (if you want to replace the laptop fan)
Note: Washing your hands to remove static electricity before disassembling, or wear anti-static disassemble gloves.
DELL 1088 Laptop Fan Teardown Cleaning Steps:
1. Turn off the Dell laptop and make sure the laptop is turned off, unplug the charger, and remove the laptop battery.
2. First remove the DELL back cover screws with a screwdriver, and put the screws that are unscrewed to avoid loss, then remove the memory and hard disk.
3. With the notebook facing up, remove the C-cover on the DELL 1088. Then remove the Dell notebook keyboard. When removing the keyboard, first unplug the keyboard cable and then remove the keyboard.
4. Use a screwdriver to remove the Dell screen fixing screw, unplug the screen cable,and then remove the screen.
5. Remove the Dell notebook C cover, you can see that there is a lot of dust on laptop fan of this DELL laptop.
6.Take out the motherboard and remove laptop fan from heatsink. Most of the silicone grease on the heat sink is cured.
7. Start cleaning up the dell fan dust. First remove the Dell notebook fan and clean the fan blades and heat sink with a brush.
8. Clean the cured silicone grease, apply new silicone grease, and pay attention to even add.
9. Now, reassemble your DELL 1088 in the order of disassembly, taking care not to miss the screws or cables, and when everything is back to the original, boot to test.
Notice for Clean Laptop Fan Dell 1088 Vostro:
1. Before you start disassembling, you need to wash your hands or wear anti-static gloves to prevent static electricity from touching the notebook motherboard and causing a short circuit;
2. During the disassembly, the screws should be collected in a fixed place to prevent loss;
3. When removing the Dell keyboard,screen, fan,you must first pull out the cable and then take out the parts, the same is true when assembly;
In addition, if your DELL notebook fan is broken and you want to replace the new fan, this article is also helpful for you. You can try to replace Dell's new fan yourself to save cost of replacing dell laptop fan.
Summary:The above method is similar in disassembling other laptop models. If you encounter any problems when removing laptop fan dust clean or replacing the laptop accessories, please leave a message below our blog for help.
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