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    Repair manual or Disassembly guide for V2S ?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by ronsou, Feb 10, 2011.

  1. ronsou

    ronsou Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have a Asus V2S notebook where the cooling fan has become quite loud.

    There is a hatch on the button that gives partial access to it, and I've blown out all dust but it remains loud.

    I would like to replace the fan. I have found the replacement part, but the job would be easier if there were a disassembly guide for this model (or a similar model that has same general build traits.) I've done this sort of repair before, and I muddle thru it, but its a whole lot easier if the steps to get access to the fan are listed. (Thinkpads always seem to have a repair manual available, and its so useful to someone like me.) I can't seem to find something like this for the V2S. I do see some videos on youtube and such for the A series line - but not sure how similar they are.

    Thanks
     
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  2. GenTechPC

    GenTechPC Company Representative

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  3. David

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    Ken to the rescue again! :)
     
    David, Feb 10, 2011
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  4. ramgen

    ramgen -- Morgan Stanley --

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    Hi Ken,

    Do you have a similar manual for the F8Va series? Not that I need urgently but I would like to keep it among my documents.

    Thanks,


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    ramgen, Feb 10, 2011
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  5. ronsou

    ronsou Notebook Enthusiast

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    Ken Lee you are awesome !!

    I contacted Asus support and they said it didn't exist !

    (btw, the link you posted is broken, but its easy enough to paste the full URL in and its there fine.)

    And the frosting on the cake, is that per the manual it looks quite simple to get to.

    Asus eStore does not sell the fan, but they were able to give me the part number and pchub.com has it for a pretty reasonable $25 plus $6 shipping. I've ordered the part and look forward to having a quiet V2S again in a week or so.

    Thank you Ken !
     
    ronsou, Feb 10, 2011
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  6. STFUppercut

    STFUppercut Newbie

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    lol should we turn this into a manual request thread? If it's available I'd like to know where to find the service manual for the u36jc-a1. Thanks!
     
    STFUppercut, Feb 11, 2011
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    Would also love the U36JC one :)
     
    horseturtle, Feb 11, 2011
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  8. GenTechPC

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    Yes I do:

    F8VA service manual


    Unfortunately U36JC is too new, Asus won't allow. :eek:

    Remind me 3 months after.
     
    GenTechPC, Feb 11, 2011
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  9. ramgen

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    Hi, would you post U36JC manual please?
    3 months are gone :D
     
    grievous2004, Jun 8, 2011
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  11. jetnis

    jetnis Notebook Consultant

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    Are you sure the problem is the cooling fan? I had the same problem last year where the fan became really loud. I just undervolted and bought a cooling fan. Temps have been in the 60s and the fan has been pretty quiet. How does replacing a fan make it quieter?
     
    jetnis, Jun 8, 2011
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  12. GenTechPC

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    Yeah it's been 3 months, here is the service manual:

    U36JC service manual
     
    GenTechPC, Jun 9, 2011
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