Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q704 Fan Replacement

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Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q704 Fan Replacement

Schwierigkeitsgrad

Moderate

Schritte

Zeitaufwand

15 - 20 Minuten

Einleitung

When your computer is making loud noises or is hot to the touch, you likely need to replace your fan. Follow this guide to do so. Prerequisites for this guide is the battery removal and keyboard removal.

Werkzeuge

Schritt 1

Find an edge of the red strip along the edge the computer and pry it off using a spudger.

Not sure if this is relevant to this exact model, but the Q701 variant doesn’t require spudging these plastic features off and will can’t be done without snapping plastic rivets. Instead just remove the plastic bar above the keyboard and remove the four screws there. the three screws revealed below allow the entire veneer to come up as a whole (no rivet snapping required!)

Nick Wozniak - 11/10/20

Schritt 2

Find an edge of the black cover piece around the keyboard and pry it up using the spudger.

To avoid damaging the keyboard also remove the black strip of plastic at the top of the keyboard under which find screws securing it and remove them a magnetic screwdrivers and care will save you from dropping them inside and forcing you to possibly do a full teardown to recover them.

Juan Garcia -

Schritt 3

Lift the keyboard up and detach the strip connecting the keyboard to the back of the laptop.

Exercise care here not to lift the keybord too far you can tear the ribbon connector if you are too forcefull or inattentive. Downside would be now you need a new keybord (repair is possible but very difficult). Upside, you can replace it with an illuminated one... duck duck go is your buddy.

Juan Garcia -

Schritt 4

Remove the keyboard from the Laptop.

Release the lock on the connector by carefully prying the white ends up then disconnect the ribbon cable first.

Juan Garcia -

Schritt 5

Unscrew the four 10 mm screws with the Phillips #0 screwdriver.

Schritt 6

Insert the iFixit opening tool into the side of the computer that separates the top and bottom of the laptop. Move the tool along the edge of the laptop until the cover can be separated from the device.
Do not remove the panel from the device, as you'll need to disconnect cables before the component can be fully removed.