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    sony vga-aw190 maintenance

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by stefanharjes, Feb 4, 2010.

  1. stefanharjes

    stefanharjes Newbie

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    Hi,

    after one year and three month my vaio gets much hotter than before. Is there a service kit with new fan and filters? Does anybody know how to open the case without breaking it?

    Thanks for any help
     
    stefanharjes, Feb 4, 2010
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  2. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Service kits?
    Fans and filters???

    What planet do you live on? Or did you take that from cars??


    Basically - open any flaps that you can - then use some canned air (tends to be Butane oddly enough in a lot of cases...) blow out any dust - ideally keep the fan from spinning.

    What will also work ONLY, and ONLY IF you can keep the fan from spinning - place a vacuum cleaner next to the vents and draw air through the laptop and dust into the vacuum cleaner.
     
    DetlevCM, Feb 4, 2010
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  3. ehosey2

    ehosey2 Notebook Evangelist

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    Actually, a good service kit is....a can of pledge and an old t-shirt...for the table the notebook sits on. Getting rid of that dust is something I see people don't do as much as they should. They clean the notebook but not the surrounding environment. Seriously.
     
    ehosey2, Feb 4, 2010
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  4. stefanharjes

    stefanharjes Newbie

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    There is for example a M780 THERMAL MODULE and hundreds of other spare parts. Laptop repair is a business in tough economic times.

    I am looking for instructions how to open the case in order not to break anything!
     
    stefanharjes, Feb 4, 2010
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  5. DetlevCM

    DetlevCM Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Why do you need spare parts?

    Just open the flaps and take off the keyboard - that should be enough - you do not need to take it apart more.
     
    DetlevCM, Feb 4, 2010
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