Introduction
If your laptop crashes due to overheating or is noisier than normal the fan may need to be replaced. To determine whether you need to replace the fan or clean it using compressed air, place your hand over the fan and check for airflow. If you cannot feel anything replace the fan using this guide. Make sure to replace the fan with a carbon CPU cooling fan, preferably Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Yoga 2nd Generation’s own fan part. This guide is not particularly difficult but be careful when handling parts such as the ribbon cable to avoid damaging internal components.
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Lift up the small, metal tab using a spudger.
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Gently lift the ribbon cable from its socket using nylon-tipped reverse tweezers.
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Loosen the four 5 mm screws in the metal extension attached to the fan.
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Remove the fan using your fingers.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
2 comments
When you remove a heasink (or heat transfer pipe) from a chip, shouldn't you re-apply any thermal paste? Surely it had some?
after pressing power button Cooling fan runs for 2 sec then it stays off . What is the problem ?
More pricesely, screws need to be unscrewed, but not removed, since they stay attached to the back cover. Trying to remove them may damage the small gaskets around the screw shaft.
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