HP Pavilion g4-1117dx Fan Replacement

Written By: Robert Hamilton

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Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

10 minutes

Introduction

The fan is one of the more tedious components of your device to remove. It has several prerequisite guides, but when you get to the fan, it is very easy to remove.

Tools

JIS #0 Screwdriver

Parts

HP Pavilion g-4 Battery

Step 1

Slide pill shaped tab to the other side of the channel.

Step 2

Remove battery while keeping the tab to the side.

Step 3

Unscrew the two screws JIS #0 located on opposites sides of the panel.
Screws are attached to the panel and will not fully come out.

Step 4

Carefully pry off the L-shaped panel.

Step 5

Pull out and unplug the tab on the right hand side.

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Step 6

Unscrew all nine 6.0mm JIS #0 screws located on the border of the back panel.

Step 7

Remove 3 screws located where the battery previously was.

Step 8

Remove 6 screws located under the spot where the smaller L-shaped panel was located.

Step 9

Slowly pry off the keyboard from the back panel.
Between the back panel and the keyboard there are two ribbon wires.
Remove slowly to not break the back panel. If it does not come off easily, check to see if all screws are removed.