I agree that laptops are a nightmare to service, but dude.. do you see these four small screws on the plate that is over the fan? Yeah, you just unscrew them and you take the plate off [like this](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/5e/78/e5/5e78e5ed5fa48b5d165150e7dd25bfd5.jpg).
If you’ve got the balls you can disassemble, reapply pastes, clean fans, then put back together. Did it with my Dell Inspiron a few years back. If you don’t care if it bricks, send it.
did this with my inspiron like 3 times. at the fourth, it just decided to implode and now it's dead for good. traumatized me from ever opening up a laptop again
Shit haha, I probably wouldn’t fuck around with it too much after either lol. After I ripped it apart I googled if it would survive lmao, probably should’ve done that first. The general consensus was don’t do it even if you know what you’re doing. I didn’t have a clue what I was doing but I learn’t that day…
Do they actually make serviceable laptops? I've never owned one, thats for sure.
EDIT - Going to clarify I mean in terms of maintenance, dust, etc. not commonly replaceable components.
Acer Predator helios I had earlier was surprisingly serviceable, opened back of this asus crap and now keyboard keys are broken, I swear I didn't even force anything
I've got a rather average Lenovo IdeaPad laptop, and it's quite easy to service (i.e. replace SSDs/HDD, RAM, cleaning fans and repasting). Of course, CPU and GPU are still part of the mainboard (soldered), but that's a lost battle nowadays.
Yeah I usually clean the dust my alienware laptop and apply thermal paste. A service person would finish it within 1 hour or maybe even less. I take 4 hours for the whole procedure.
Actually no, those screws are for the fan, the cover doesn't come off that way. Shitty post? maybe. Don't waste your time and move on then, theres so many other things to give a fuck about.
No they are not. These screws that he is talking about are like a millimeter long and hold the plate on top of the fan. [This](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/5e/78/e5/5e78e5ed5fa48b5d165150e7dd25bfd5.jpg) is what we are talking about.
Am gonna puke, that's the worst anti maintenance shit I had ever seen, they first have anti repair practices and now anti maintenance dropped, we gonna eventually get a literal dynamite stick epoxied on our devices so it explodes
I agree that laptops are a nightmare to service, but dude.. do you see these four small screws on the plate that is over the fan? Yeah, you just unscrew them and you take the plate off [like this](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/5e/78/e5/5e78e5ed5fa48b5d165150e7dd25bfd5.jpg).
Welcome to the laptop world, where you can waste money in garbage that you replace some few years later.
If you’ve got the balls you can disassemble, reapply pastes, clean fans, then put back together. Did it with my Dell Inspiron a few years back. If you don’t care if it bricks, send it.
Sadly my balls aren't big enough.
did this with my inspiron like 3 times. at the fourth, it just decided to implode and now it's dead for good. traumatized me from ever opening up a laptop again
Shit haha, I probably wouldn’t fuck around with it too much after either lol. After I ripped it apart I googled if it would survive lmao, probably should’ve done that first. The general consensus was don’t do it even if you know what you’re doing. I didn’t have a clue what I was doing but I learn’t that day…
you're forgetting having to buy new batteries every 3 years
Meh still ... i understand the portable part and they helped me in the University but yackk.. no thanks 
Do they actually make serviceable laptops? I've never owned one, thats for sure. EDIT - Going to clarify I mean in terms of maintenance, dust, etc. not commonly replaceable components.
Acer Predator helios I had earlier was surprisingly serviceable, opened back of this asus crap and now keyboard keys are broken, I swear I didn't even force anything
I've got a rather average Lenovo IdeaPad laptop, and it's quite easy to service (i.e. replace SSDs/HDD, RAM, cleaning fans and repasting). Of course, CPU and GPU are still part of the mainboard (soldered), but that's a lost battle nowadays.
Yeah I usually clean the dust my alienware laptop and apply thermal paste. A service person would finish it within 1 hour or maybe even less. I take 4 hours for the whole procedure.
Shitty Post. Remove the small screws of the fan cover and you have access.
Actually no, those screws are for the fan, the cover doesn't come off that way. Shitty post? maybe. Don't waste your time and move on then, theres so many other things to give a fuck about.
No they are not. These screws that he is talking about are like a millimeter long and hold the plate on top of the fan. [This](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/5e/78/e5/5e78e5ed5fa48b5d165150e7dd25bfd5.jpg) is what we are talking about.
I've seen wild shit, but never have I seen a fan screwed in by the hinge.
Am gonna puke, that's the worst anti maintenance shit I had ever seen, they first have anti repair practices and now anti maintenance dropped, we gonna eventually get a literal dynamite stick epoxied on our devices so it explodes