Hp Probook 450 G4 Fan Replacement Repair Guide

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Moderate

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Time Required

                          35 - 45 minutes

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Hard Drive
4 steps
Keyboard
4 steps
Battery
8 steps
Fan
4 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Hard Drive

Power your laptop off.
Flip the laptop over.
Orient the laptop so the two vents on the bottom face upward and are further away from you.

Power your laptop off.

Flip the laptop over.

Orient the laptop so the two vents on the bottom face upward and are further away from you.

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Step 2

Use the Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the 6.8 mm screw that secures the vent panel to the laptop.
Use the spudger to separate the vent panel from the laptop.
Slide the vent panel off the backside of the laptop.

Use the Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the 6.8 mm screw that secures the vent panel to the laptop.

Use the spudger to separate the vent panel from the laptop.

Slide the vent panel off the backside of the laptop.

Step 3

Use the Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the black 3.2mm screw that secures the hard drive to the left side of the laptop.

Use the Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the black 3.2mm screw that secures the hard drive to the left side of the laptop.

Step 4

Use the spudger to lift the left side of the hard drive up.
Pull the hard drive diagonally to the left to release the hard drive from the laptop.

Use the spudger to lift the left side of the hard drive up.

Pull the hard drive diagonally to the left to release the hard drive from the laptop.

Step 5

              Keyboard

Remove the 6.6mm T8 Torx screw located below where the hard drive used to be.
Remove the 6.6mm T8 Torx screw located below and to the left of the circular, silver and black fan.

Remove the 6.6mm T8 Torx screw located below where the hard drive used to be.

Remove the 6.6mm T8 Torx screw located below and to the left of the circular, silver and black fan.

Step 6

Use the spudger to press down on the two black tabs that are underneath where the hard drive used to be.
Apply pressure to the black tabs until they release and pop out.

Use the spudger to press down on the two black tabs that are underneath where the hard drive used to be.

Apply pressure to the black tabs until they release and pop out.

Step 7

Orient the laptop so the keyboard is facing upwards and towards you.
Insert the spudger in between the edge of the keyboard and the computer frame.
Slide the spudger around the edge of the keyboard until the keyboard is loose.
Gently pull the keyboard away from the body of the laptop.
Do not pull the keyboard all the way off because there is still a connector cable underneath that needs to be disconnected.

Orient the laptop so the keyboard is facing upwards and towards you.

Insert the spudger in between the edge of the keyboard and the computer frame.

Slide the spudger around the edge of the keyboard until the keyboard is loose.

Gently pull the keyboard away from the body of the laptop.

Do not pull the keyboard all the way off because there is still a connector cable underneath that needs to be disconnected.

Step 8

Use a spudger to gently lift up the black locking bar on the keyboard connector.
Slide the keyboard ribbon out of the connector.
Remove the keyboard.
To re-attach the keyboard ribbon, slide it into the connector and swing the locking bar down.

Use a spudger to gently lift up the black locking bar on the keyboard connector.

Slide the keyboard ribbon out of the connector.

Remove the keyboard.

To re-attach the keyboard ribbon, slide it into the connector and swing the locking bar down.

Step 9

              Battery

Flip the laptop back over.
Remove the seven 6.8mm T8 Torx screws on the backside of the laptop.

Flip the laptop back over.

Remove the seven 6.8mm T8 Torx screws on the backside of the laptop.

Step 10

Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the three 6.6mm screws from the upper left corner of the laptop.

Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the three 6.6mm screws from the upper left corner of the laptop.

Step 11

Use the spudger to slide the disk drive out of the laptop.
Use the Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the two 3.2mm screws that are underneath where the disk drive previously was.

Use the spudger to slide the disk drive out of the laptop.

Use the Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the two 3.2mm screws that are underneath where the disk drive previously was.

Step 12

Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the two 6.6mm screws.

Use a Phillips #0 screwdriver to remove the two 6.6mm screws.

Step 13

Flip the laptop back over so it is facing upwards.
Remove the six 6.6mm T8 Torx screws underneath where the keyboard used to be.

Flip the laptop back over so it is facing upwards.

Remove the six 6.6mm T8 Torx screws underneath where the keyboard used to be.

Step 14

Use the spudger to disconnect the nine cable connectors that secure the top case of the laptop to the body of the laptop.
Be extra careful while disconnecting the cable connectors because they can tear easily.

Use the spudger to disconnect the nine cable connectors that secure the top case of the laptop to the body of the laptop.

Be extra careful while disconnecting the cable connectors because they can tear easily.

Step 15

Insert the spudger in between the top case of the laptop and its outer frame.
Slide the spudger around the edge of the laptop until the top case comes off.
Remove the top case.

Insert the spudger in between the top case of the laptop and its outer frame.

Slide the spudger around the edge of the laptop until the top case comes off.

Remove the top case.

Step 16

Insert the opening tool underneath the left side of the battery to remove it from the laptop.

Insert the opening tool underneath the left side of the battery to remove it from the laptop.

Step 17

Fan

Use the spudger to disconnect the two cable connectors that secure the fan to the laptop.
Be extra careful while disconnecting the cable connectors because they can tear easily.

Use the spudger to disconnect the two cable connectors that secure the fan to the laptop.

Step 18

Insert the spudger underneath the black wire that wraps over the top of the fan.
Use the spudger to pull the black wire away from the top of the fan.

Insert the spudger underneath the black wire that wraps over the top of the fan.

Use the spudger to pull the black wire away from the top of the fan.

Step 19

Use a TR9 Torx screwdriver to remove the 6.6mm black screw directly above the fan.

Use a TR9 Torx screwdriver to remove the 6.6mm black screw directly above the fan.

Step 20

Insert the spudger under the right side of the fan.
Use the spudger to gently lift the fan from the laptop.

Insert the spudger under the right side of the fan.

Use the spudger to gently lift the fan from the laptop.

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

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