tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806564366383521702024-03-08T13:41:22.376-08:00My Desert AdventuresThis is all about my experience and adventures in a foreign land.Rommel Pinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18179809528284596087noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-780656436638352170.post-36592180643753625142009-12-30T15:47:00.000-08:002009-12-31T01:30:24.911-08:00I unscrewed and clean-up my SONY Vaio FZMy second personal laptop, a SONY Vaio VGN-FZ25M, which I do acquire almost two years ago, have gone so very hot. It seems that the fan is not working effectively anymore, so I thought maybe its time to clean it up especialy that I am situated in a desert where dusty sands-storm often arise. My laptop is still covered within the 3-year service waranty, but waiting in line in a service center is often dissapointing. <br />After unscrewing the back lid of my FZ, I tried to snap the lid-up up but It seems so hard, it took me sometime but still I was not able to snap it out. I took refuge to the internet and found the following helpful site:<a href="http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=2883271">Vaio FZ unscrewed</a>. The site above was good, but after I was able to unscrew my laptop myself, I noted that the instructions are not 100% accurate especially on the trickiest part. Well, instead of unscrewing 3 screws from each screen hinges, you just need to unscrew 2 and leave that screw in the middle. I guess this is a control feature of Sony to prevent their technicians from accidentally pulling apart the wirings between the the screen and the main board.<br />Below is my simple run through on the steps that I have made, but I highly recommend that you read the link above.<br /><ol><br /><li>Prepare a clean and spacious working area.</li><br /><li>Turn the laptop upside down.</li><br /><li>Unscew all screws at the back lid. (tip: you can see at the back lid arrows pointing to the screws). Be sure to unscrew the memory compartment and the screw inside it. Also unscrew the hard-disk compartment and all the screws inside</li><br /><li>Slide the harddisk to pull it up. (tip: The memory chips need not be removed)</li><br /><li>Remove the optical media drive. This should be easy if you already unscewed all the screws.</li><br /><li>Turn the laptop back to its feet.</li><br /><li>Open the screen as far as it you can.</li><br /><li>Snap-out the speaker covers. It should be easy with the help of card (any card like: credit card, id, medical card, etc..)</li><br /><li>By now, you could see the 3 screws at the screen hinges. Unscrew the two screws and leave the one at the middle. Do this again on the other screen hinge</li><br /><li>Turn the laptop again upside down and put it into a pillow.</li><br /><li>Now, you could easily snap-out the back covers. After this you could already see the internal wonders of a sony vaio.</li><br /><li>Unscrew the fan covers. It is inside the fan that the majority of dust accumulates. Be sure not to snap-out the wirings.</li><br /><li>Clean it up. A paint brush or maybe a toothbrush will help. A small vacuum would also be great.</li><br /></ol><br />This was indeed a great experience and after this, my laptop is in top shape again.<br />Mabuhay!Rommel Pinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18179809528284596087noreply@blogger.com0