Hi everyone,
In this short tutorial i'll show you how to disassembly and replace the thermal compound on a Hp Compaq NX7300 laptop.
Pretty old model, but still, very used.
In the video created by me, below, you can see all the steps requiered for an succesful operation.
Instructions :
1. Remove the battery
2. Remove the power button cover -- is not primordial, it can be remove later -as in video . To remove it, unmount the 5 screws - 3 under battery . Than, with a sharpen tool , raise it, is caught in clips, and gently raise, it has a connector, which must be removed.
3. Remove the keyboard - first, unmounts the 2 screws marked on the bottomcase ; then, pull down the 5 safety clips, as shown in video, gentrly raise it, and take out the flex connector.
4. Unmounts all the screws from bottomcase ;dvd-rw is marked , pull it out after taking out the screw.For access at ram , remove the middle screw and small cover ; for hdd removing, unmounts the 2 screws as shown, than the screw of caddy, and pull it back.
5. Unmounts the 4 screws of aluminium heatsink , remove heatsink, unmounts wifi antennas, unmounts the screws under the powerbutton cover as shown.
6. Unmount the lvds cable connector , than remove the lcd screws -4 , raise the lcd up-carefull at the screws near vga port , left and right side -- must be taken out - .
7. With a sharpen plastic tool - insert it between palmrest and bottomcase, and make a move around, to open .
8. Remove touchpad connector, and raise the palmrest. 9. Unmount the 2 screws of the cooler, take out his connector , remove it.
10. Unmounts the 4 screws of copper heatsink -in order ,is marked - and remove it.
11. Clean the cooler and heatsink with a brush or compresed air.
12. Clean the old thermal paste with a tissue with isopropyl alcohol , clean the copper heatsink, too.
13. Put a small drop of thermal compound, and with a blade spread into a thin layer.I used Arctic Ceramique 2. 14. Lay on ,the copper heatsink , and mount the screws. 15. To assembly, do the other steps, in reverse order.
Video Source:
All the content and work is 100% mine.
Cheers!
