Acer Aspire 3 A315-24PT-R288 Heat Sink Replacement

ID: 186060

Description: If your Acer Aspire 3 A315-24PT-R288 is...

Steps:

1. For your safety, unplug all peripheries, discharge the battery below 25%, and power down your device before beginning disassembly.
2. Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the eleven 2 mm screws that secure the lower case.

3. Insert an opening pick in the seam between the chassis and the lower case.
4. Slide the opening pick around the entire perimeter, prying every couple of centimeters, to release all of the retaining clips that secure the lower case.
5. Remove the lower case.

6. Remove the tape on the battery connector using tweezers or your fingers.

7. Use an opening pick or the flat end of a spudger to gently push the battery connector out of its motherboard socket.

8. Despite the images, it's not necessary to remove the fan prior to removing the heat sink.
9. Remove the three 2mm Phillips #1 screws from the heat sink.
10. When installing your new heat sink, be sure to fasten the screws in the numerical order stamped on the heatsink bracket.

11. Lift the heat sink up and out of the chassis.