How to open a noisy notebook

Hi All,

I have a two year old PCG-FR415S, and it's become just about the noisiest machine I have ever heard. The fan kicks in after about 20 seconds and winds to jet engine speed almost immediately.

What I would like to do is open the case, clean out the fans/heatsink and possibly add some arctic silver to see if I can keep the monster P4 a bit cooler.

After two seperate attempts, each time removing more screws, I have been forced to reassemble after failing to get the case apart

If anyone has any info on how to crack these babies, I would be mucho obligado.

Cheers,
Freg

 

Please see the Cooling Guide.

 

Thanks Mujtaba, thats exactly what I plan to do.

Unfortunately 'Unscrew all the screws holding down the compartment and carefully remove it' is the bit I have trouble with. I have removed all screws I could find, including some I just know aren't holding it together, yet I still can't split the case. I cant expose either the fans or the heatsink, or get to the CPU.
Freg

 

I mean there's always the saw but what alot of older notebooks require you to do is to unscrew the keyboard and take the keyboard out and go in from that angle. One of the screws underneath might be for the keyboard so you should try pulling the keyboard off once you've taken all the screws off.

Hope this helped. If not do PM me or possibly Skype me or even MSN me but I'm going to do some maths revision now so if you want a reply it might be better to PM me and then I can reply later.

 

Although your specific model is not listed in this service manual, maybe it will help:

Code:

http://laptop-support.net/downloads/SONY%20Vaio%20Service%20Manual/438.pdf

 

I was about to give the same direction, read some differents service manuals that will give you some idea and guidance about how to disassamble your laptop and let us know about your experiment do not be afraid to ask some questions and there's also the sony vayo dissassambly guide hope that can help you.

 

Thanks for your help guys, I have come across the 'service manual' before and it didn't help me much, but the disassembly guide victor_p points to mentions a screw under the F6 key.

This could be the holy grail I've been loking for (fingers crossed). I will have another attempt this weekend, and let you know.

Cheers,
Freg