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Dell Vostro 1000 complete disassembly to fix overheating

September 28th, 2008 Posted in english

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This is where your cpu is located and there you should apply the cleaning if you find a lot of dust.

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  1. 18 Responses to “Dell Vostro 1000 complete disassembly to fix overheating”

  2. By Mustapha on Oct 2, 2008

    Is this process applicable for Dell vostro 1500?

  3. By Andreas Schipplock on Oct 9, 2008

    I don’t know this model by heart but Dell Notebooks seem all very similar in that respect. So I would say you just start over and try it but you will loose guarantee. Just make sure you disconnect all needed cables because if you freck one of them you might have a problem if there is no replacement :).
    If you have still guarentee you can call the Dell support and they can also do it for you…Just tell them that your cpu overheats and they will replace it with new thermal glue, new fan etc…Wasn’t an option for me because it takes time…too much of it if you ask me :).

  4. By Joe Simon on Nov 15, 2008

    Thanks so much man, your a savour.

  5. By Josh on Dec 18, 2008

    Thanks a million, you saved me lots of time and money. (:

  6. By Davin on Jan 3, 2009

    To go that far and not replace the junk thermal compound that Dell puts in between the CPU and heat-sink. I did this just last night on our one year old Vostro 1000 but replace the thermal compounds between the heat-sink and the CPU and even the GPU (onboard X1150) with Arctic Cooling’s MX-2 paste. Temps dropped from 80-85 celcius load to 53-55 celcius load. There was some dust in the heat sink as shown but I think most of our heat problems stem from poor/cheap thermal paste.

  7. By Erik on Jan 10, 2009

    Excellent, managed in 1.5 hrs. The amount of dust was unbelievable. It is really freaky that other units can be approached and replaced in seconds, but the fan needs an hour to approach. If there could be such guide for every machine that we have at home, many people would lose their jobs and we will save too much money…

  8. By Tazpro on Jan 18, 2009

    There should be a latch to lift 90degrees that will release the keyboard flatband cable.

    It’s then put your finger behind the cable to ease up and then ease out.

    The flatband cable is defined by dell as fragile and could break if pulled on tightly.

    Nice pics, good stuff.

  9. By Dan on Jan 19, 2009

    Thanks a million! Excellent instructions. You’re a lifesaver!

  10. By TRGfunds on Jan 20, 2009

    Wow, I just read this and immediately shut my vostro down and totally disassembled it and reassembled it in less than 15 minutes! thank you so much! Now I know how to upgrade the processor! AWESOME

  11. By Michael on Mar 16, 2009

    just curious, as i dont feel like opening mine – does anyone know if the socket in this unit is upgradable/seated by zif socket or if it’s soldered to the motherboard? i have the sempron 3600 cpu and it’s killing me lol

  12. By anas on Mar 27, 2009

    hey. i have a vostro 1000 laptop. it was working fine untill i downloaded a game and started playing it a lot. the first day i played about 2 hours stright and then the computer gave a beep and then shut off. i waited about 5 min and turned on the computer and then after 10 min it shut off. i think the problem is with the fan. i don’t know how to fix. please help.

  13. By Brian on Apr 18, 2009

    I have a Vostro 1000 and I play games on it for hours, and it always overheats. It just shuts off in the middle of when I’m doing something. I might try to do this but I’m lazy and probably will break it. :/

  14. By ollie on Apr 27, 2009

    The Dell Service Manual is pretty good too. You can see it here:
    http://support.euro.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/vos1000/en/sm_en/index.htm

  15. By mitch on May 31, 2009

    Just followed your instructions to clean a fan on a vostro 1500. Was able to clearly follow your instructions, and had very little difficulty getting to the fan. I could not, however, completely free the keyboard cable, but was able to sufficiently move things out of the way and work on the inside. Thanks for presenting things so clearly.

  16. By mihai on Jul 28, 2009

    hey whats up man. i see you’re in germany. on my lcd, the little hinge on the right side broke. i found some hinges on ebay, but i’d need to take the screen apart. how would i do that as i don’t see any screws anywhere.

  17. By mihai on Jul 28, 2009

    oh by the way, i’m in nuremberg.

  18. By jeff on Aug 2, 2009

    Thanks Andreas, these are very useful instructions. It’s much easier when you know that someone has been there before!

    The little connector that you couldn’t identify goes to the lid opening sensor.

    I think it does matter which way round you connect the WLAN antenna cables. On my machine, the cable colours are identified by little triangles printed on the circuit board.

  19. By brian on Sep 16, 2009

    I can’t think you enough for this tremendous guide.

    In the midst of installing new hardware and software, I was consistently getting overheating shutdowns, and was concerned that it was to do with the hardware I was using. Thankfully, you set me straight.

    Thanks again.

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