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                          15 - 20 minutes

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  • Heat Sink Cleaning, Thermal Paste Replacing
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Introduction

You must be very careful when you working with the motherboard. There are small components that can easily pulled down.

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Step 1

              Heat Sink Cleaning, Thermal Paste Replacing
  • Switch-off the laptop.
  • Remove the battery and the DVD drive.

Switch-off the laptop.

Remove the battery and the DVD drive.

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Step 2

  • Unscrew 2x screws M 2.5x8.0
  • With a plastic tool remove the Memory RAM / Hard Drive / Wifi Cover Door

Unscrew 2x screws M 2.5x8.0

With a plastic tool remove the Memory RAM / Hard Drive / Wifi Cover Door

Step 3

  • Remove the SATA HDD, RAM meory module and WiFi mini PCI card
  • More detailed information for this step you can found in this manual: Acer Aspire E1-571 - HDD / RAM Memory / WiFi card Replacement
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Remove the SATA HDD, RAM meory module and WiFi mini PCI card

More detailed information for this step you can found in this manual: Acer Aspire E1-571 - HDD / RAM Memory / WiFi card Replacement

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Step 4

  • The Keyboard is held by 6x locking clips at up and 2x at both sides.
  • Use plastic tool to unlock 6x upper clips.
  • Disconnect the keyboard flex cable and you are ready to install the new keyboard.
  • More detailed information for this step you can found in this manual: Acer Aspire E1-571 - Keyboard Replacement

The Keyboard is held by 6x locking clips at up and 2x at both sides.

Use plastic tool to unlock 6x upper clips.

Disconnect the keyboard flex cable and you are ready to install the new keyboard.

More detailed information for this step you can found in this manual: Acer Aspire E1-571 - Keyboard Replacement

Step 5

  • Now is time for screws :)
  • 16x M3.0x8.0
  • 2x M2.5x5.0
  • 3x M2.0x3.0

Now is time for screws :)

16x M3.0x8.0

2x M2.5x5.0

3x M2.0x3.0

Step 6

  • Power switch cable connector
  • Mouse cable connector
  • Use plastic tool to separate the upper case.

Power switch cable connector

Mouse cable connector

Use plastic tool to separate the upper case.

Step 7

  • Remove the 2x screws and disconnect 5x flex cable connectors:
  • 2x Loudspeakers cable connectors
  • LCD Display cable connector
  • Microphone cable connector
  • USB board flex cable connector
  • Don’t forget to remove the Card Reader Blanking Plate.
  • To take out the Motherboard, pick-up it first from the right side (near to the DVD drive connector).

Remove the 2x screws and disconnect 5x flex cable connectors:

2x Loudspeakers cable connectors

LCD Display cable connector

Microphone cable connector

USB board flex cable connector

Don’t forget to remove the Card Reader Blanking Plate.

To take out the Motherboard, pick-up it first from the right side (near to the DVD drive connector).

Step 8

  • Disconnect the Power /Charging cable connector from the back side of the Motherboard.

Disconnect the Power /Charging cable connector from the back side of the Motherboard.

Step 9

  • 3x screws hold the fan to the Motherboard.
  • Another 4x screws and you can open and clean the fan from inside.

3x screws hold the fan to the Motherboard.

Another 4x screws and you can open and clean the fan from inside.

Step 10

  • Clean the radiator by using soft brush.

Clean the radiator by using soft brush.

Step 11

  • Remove the heat sink system.
  • Careful remove the old thermal patse from the Processor and from the Head-sync system.

Remove the heat sink system.

Careful remove the old thermal patse from the Processor and from the Head-sync system.

Step 12

  • Put a new thermal paste. Cover the entire surface of the CPU crystal.
  • Install the Heat-sync system and screw the screws at a few steps.

Put a new thermal paste. Cover the entire surface of the CPU crystal.

Install the Heat-sync system and screw the screws at a few steps.

Step 13

  • Assemble the laptop and after switch-on it check is the fan working.

Assemble the laptop and after switch-on it check is the fan working.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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chaudharypiyush496 - Aug 14, 2016

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Sir acer e1 571 me cpu kon sa hota hy matlb uska no kya hota hy core i5 kaa hmko confrm karna hy kyu ki maine apna lapie dukan pe diya tha aur mujhe dr hy ki wo nera cpu to nhi change kardiya

Chris Smith - Sep 3, 2016

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This video was a lifesaver. It helped me take apart My E1 in order to replace the thermalpaste and cleanup he cooling. Big Thanks!

Shane Archer - Nov 6, 2017

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Thank You, this worked great on an Acer V3-571, totally removed cooling/fan issues, Thank You.

Sean Matthew - Sep 13, 2020

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My laptop wont turn on after doing this, please help me!