User manual ACER ASPIRE 5930Z

[. . . ] 10 Step 4 ­ Time to Clean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Accessing the Wireless Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Step 1 ­ Undo Cover Screws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Step 2 ­ Remove Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] For cleaning the fan you will need a small size. Time ­ Takes around 30 minutes to disassemble and re-assemble, but don't rush. Removing/Replacing the CD Tray Step 1 ­ Remove the Battery This should be pretty self explanatory. If you can't do this, stop here, don't attempt anything else!!Removing the battery isn't actually critical to any of the following steps, but it's always safer if there is no power through the machine when you are working on it. Step 2 ­ Remove top cover We need to remove 3 screws on the back of the laptop (Circled). 2 After removing the screws turn the laptop over and open up the screen until it is flat with the laptop. You can now lift up the top plastic cover which has the power and Acer buttons embedded in it. This should lift up from the back with little resistance. Fig. 3 is the laptop with this cover removed. Fig. 3 Step 3 ­ Removing the Keyboard Now we need to remove the keyboard. First undo the 2 screws circled in Fig. 3. After this it is a case of manipulating the keyboard tray until it come out. If you want to take the drive apart further, read on. Step 7 -Taking the CD/DVD tray apart I decided to take mine apart to have a look. 10 Next you slide the top metal cover to the right slightly (about 5mm), and then hinge the top metal cover up from the top edge (where the two screws where). 11 At this point I bent one of the metal tabs on the top cover so that it gave a tighter fit, and re-assembled. If you want to take the CD/DVD tray apart further you will either need to go ahead and take out some screws etc. . . (and write a guide while you are at it!) or find another guide which covers taking these things apart. Cleaning the Cooling Fan Step 1 ­ Undo 2 screws, and remove a third This step is pretty simple. Flip the laptop upside-down and unscrew the two bottom screws (circled in Fig. These won't fully remove, as they are held in by screw retainers. Unscrew and remove the top screw. Fig. 12 Step 2 ­ Remove Cover Lever the cover off from the bottom end. You might have some trouble getting it to unhook at the top. Just move it around until it comes off. Step 3 ­Remove fan cover screws There are 4 very small screws holding the internal fan cover on. [. . . ] I found the best way to do this is to run a finger along under the edge of the cover. Once these are released it is quite easy to slip the cover out. Step 3 ­ Under the Cover In the laptop there will be either one or two RAM modules. My laptop has two modules, and they overlap each other. Fig. 17 Step 4 ­ Removing the RAM To remove the RAM you need to push the two retaining clips away from the RAM module. [. . . ]