Lenovo Thinkpad X201 Disassembly (Clean Cooling Fan, Remove Keyboard)

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In this guide, i’ll explan How to disassemble Lenovo Thinkpad X201 to remove and

replace hard drive, ram, keyboard, palm rest, wireless card, motherboard, heat sink and

cooling, refer on this guide, you can repair, upgrade, clean cooling fan for your Thinkpad

X201

power off your laptop, unlock and remove the battery.

remove twelve screws from bottom case

remove the hard drive cover, pull out the hard drive module

flip over your laptop, sliding the keyboard to the screen, lift up the keyboard and

disconnect the keyboard cable, then you can remove the keyboard.

lift up the palm rest, disconnect the touchpad cable

remove the keyboard bezel

disconnect the lcd cable from motherboard

disconnect the sound card cable from motherboard

lift up the motherboard

disconnect the power cable

the motherboard has been removed

remove the cooling fan from heat sink

the cooling fan was removed, you can clean it with a brush or air-blowing

add lubricating oil to the cooling fan roller

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