Dell Latitude E6420 Fan Replacement Repair Guide

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Easy

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Time Required

                          20 minutes

Sections

Battery
2 steps
CD/DVD Drive
2 steps
Backplate
2 steps
Fan
3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery

Push the tabs on the left and right of the battery out towards the edge of the case.

Push the tabs on the left and right of the battery out towards the edge of the case.

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Step 2

While still pushing in the tabs, using your pinky finger, lift the battery out of the laptop.

While still pushing in the tabs, using your pinky finger, lift the battery out of the laptop.

Step 3

              CD/DVD Drive

Push the button in on the CD/DVD drive to eject the drive.

Push the button in on the CD/DVD drive to eject the drive.

Step 4

Slide the drive out of the laptop.
When removing the drive, keep it flat to prevent damage to anything inside the laptop.

Slide the drive out of the laptop.

When removing the drive, keep it flat to prevent damage to anything inside the laptop.

Step 5

              Backplate

Using the screwdriver, remove seven 4mm Phillips #1 screws from the bottom of the laptop.
Using the screwdriver, remove two 9mm Phillips #00 screws from the bottom of the laptop.

Using the screwdriver, remove seven 4mm Phillips #1 screws from the bottom of the laptop.

Using the screwdriver, remove two 9mm Phillips #00 screws from the bottom of the laptop.

Step 6

Gently lift the back plate off of the laptop making sure all of the tabs on the inside perimeter of the back plate are unhooked before lifting.
Be careful when removing the backplate. Lifting the backplate while the tabs are still hooked in will result in broken tabs.

Gently lift the back plate off of the laptop making sure all of the tabs on the inside perimeter of the back plate are unhooked before lifting.

Be careful when removing the backplate. Lifting the backplate while the tabs are still hooked in will result in broken tabs.

Step 7

Fan

Using the screwdriver, remove four 10mm Phillips #0 spring screws from the fan assembly.

Using the screwdriver, remove four 10mm Phillips #0 spring screws from the fan assembly.

Step 8

Use the plastic opening tool to unclip the connector.

Use the plastic opening tool to unclip the connector.

Step 9

Lift the fan out of the laptop.

Lift the fan out of the laptop.

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

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Godwin Nwachukwu - Mar 29, 2020

very good explanatory steps. but you did not talk about the application of thermal paste for reassembly

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