Razer Blade 15" (2020) Left Fan Replacement

Introducción

Use this guide to remove or replace the left fan in your Razer Blade 15" (2020) laptop.

Note: This guide refers to the "left" fan as the one on your left-hand side when the screen is open and facing you.

Allow your laptop's battery to drain below 25% before starting this repair—a charged battery may catch fire if damaged.
Unplug all cables and fully shut down your laptop.
Close the lid and flip your laptop over so the back cover faces up.

Use a T5 Torx driver to remove the ten 3.7 mm-long screws securing the back cover.

The back cover is lightly secured to the motherboard by thermal pads. Depending on the age of your laptop, it may be easier or harder to remove.
Use a finger to pry up the right side of the back cover, starting at the Ethernet port cutout.

Remove the back cover slowly, as to avoid tearing the thermal pads underneath.
Lay the back cover down on its rubber feet to avoid damaging the thermal pads on its underside.

Apply a heated iOpener to the battery cable tape for one minute.
You can also use a hair dryer—but be careful, as overheating the battery may damage it or cause a fire.

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Be careful not to damage the battery with your tool.
Use blunt nose tweezers or your fingers to peel and remove the battery cable tape.

Use the flat end of a spudger to push the square tab on the battery connector and slide it out of its socket.

In the next two steps, you'll disconnect the Wi-Fi antenna cables to access other components.
The antenna cables look very similar. Label one of them with a piece of tape or marker and remember which socket it connects to.

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Insert one arm of angled tweezers under the metal neck of each antenna cable and pry up to disconnect it.
During reassembly, align the connector over its socket and gently press down with the flat end of your spudger or your fingernail until it clicks into place.

Grab the pull tab on the screen connector.
Pull up to disconnect the connector from its socket.
During reassembly, align the connector over its socket and press down until it clicks into place.