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Posted on Jul 08, 2010

I'm replacing a fan and thermal unit

Hello, I'm replacing a fan and thermal unit on the Travelmate 6291-6753 The service manual says I only need to remove the thermal door to gain access to the fan and thermal unit
but I can't find a good diagram to locate if....anyon have any .jpgs of this assembly? where is the thermal door?
I'm sure can find it if I remove the chasis..but do I really need to take apart the entire unit to replace this part???

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No, not necessarily the entire unit. Once you remove the chassis cover, the harddrive, optical drive & its fan, then you will see that the processor is covered with the heat sink or another term for it is thermal unit. You will not remove the entire motherboard of this laptop since the thermal unit is placed above the processor wherein the processor is placed at the center part of the motherboard. Another option is you can go to acer.com for manuals or you can call the acer tech support for more tech assistance

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