Clean Acer Aspire fan - how to make it run again

If you use your laptop often and carry it in a bag, it happens that the fan gets clogged with dust over time. Fortunately, however, you can clean the fan with a few steps. We'll show you exactly how to do that in this tip.

How to clean the fan of the Acer Aspire?

To get to the fan of the Acer Aspire, you need to loosen a variety of screws. It is best to proceed step by step in the following order.

1. Remove the battery by turning the laptop over and sliding the security button to the right.
2. Solve all screws on the bottom. Attention, three screws are located in the battery compartment.
3. Now take a small, pointed object, preferably a screwdriver or a knife, and remove the center cover and the keyboard.
4. Now loosen the LCD connection and the WLAN antenna so that you can remove the complete cover.
5. Now remove the mainboard by loosening all screws that anchor it. Make sure that the fan blades are firmly anchored, otherwise damage may occur.
6. Now clean the fan with compressed air or a vacuum cleaner. Be careful not to work too roughly and not to cause any damage to the device.
7. Now you can reassemble the laptop. Führen Sie dazu einfach die Schritte in umgekehrter Reihenfolge durch.