Thanks for your reply and your sympathy ;-)
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Originally Posted by Spektyr
My advice: first, find a manual online somewhere that explains how to take your laptop apart. The "all visible screws" thing is probably about 10x overkill. It's actually a bit elegant the way they're designed to come apart.
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Of course I started with the "elegant parts", before I started on "all the visible screws", but then I still had no access to the fans.
As for service manuals, they have a curious habit to play hard to get. Unfortunately, I was kind of in a rush... Now it looks like I'm even more so
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Originally Posted by Spektyr
Second, go back and double check all your internal connections. It might just be the laptop I tinker on, but it seems that these things are extremely finicky about the cable connections.
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Yeah, I did that too. Over and over.
The only thing I haven't done yet is separate the CPU and heatsink, clean them completely, and paste them back together. But it's something I've never done yet, so I am a bit reluctant to do so.
If only I could be sure which component is in cause...
Ben