Gateway MS2370 Fan Replacement
ID: 100619
Description: This guide shows the user how to properly...
Steps:
- Make sure the laptop is turned off and flipped over so that the bottom is facing up. Then, locate the battery clip as shown.
- Either using your fingers or a plastic spudger push the battery clip to the left to release battery.
- Pull the battery from the laptop to remove it.
- Unscrew the three 10mm inch Phillips 01 screws on the back of your laptop.
- Unplug everything from the USB and SD ports.
- Remove the cover panel.
- This exposes more screws that must be removed.
- Unplug the two exposed cables from the motherboard.
- Unscrew the rest of the case screws which include several 10mm 01 Phillips screws and three 3mm 00 Phillips screws.
- This marked screw will not fully come out. Just loosen it and leave it there it will not effect the rest of the replacement.
- Pry the laptop case apart.
- The disc drive in this photo was removed. You can remove it just by puling it out when the previous step is completed.
- Unplug the track-pad and the keyboard ribbon cable by lifting up the grey flap and removing the cable.
- This cable has a special connector the requires you to lift open a grey flap to unplug properly.
- The keyboard plug is located at the center of the motherboard and can be unplugged like a normal cable.
- Remove the top half of the case.
- Unscrew all 5 10mm inch Phillips 01 screws.
- One more off screen
- Unplug the ribbon cable connected to the USB Hub, the network card, and the monitor cable.
- Flip the motherboard over.
- Using your two thumbs to pull outwards from the inside of the RAM slot to release and remove the RAM.
- The last step of this replacement guide is not required to complete the fan replacement guide.
- Unscrew the three 3mm inch Phillips 01 screws.
- These screws will not be removed entirely. Just loosen them enough to free the fan from the motherboard.
- Unplug the fan cable from the motherboard.
- Remove the Fan.
