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Posted by Val on April 7, 2007, 9:21 pm
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Here's a service manual for it, should help.
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00444244.pdf
Val
> [Pictures of the same laptop at
> http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=2580
> ]
>
> Is there some trick to opening the back, or bottom actually, of a
> Compaq Presario V2000 laptop?
>
> I want to open it to clean the heat sink on the processor. The machine
> has been working in a environment laden with dog hair, and I think the
> fan is coming on more often than it should.
>
> I think I've taken off all the screws. I removed the covers: battery;
> HD; RAM; and another cover next to the RAM cover over the card place,
> I think. (I didn't remove the DVD cover on the first attempt. Is that
> necessary?) The bottom seems to be held in the center somehow. Is
> there a clip or something I need to remove?
>
> On most pieces of equipment, I would be a bit rougher and I'd bend the
> plastic up until I found the binding point. But this is a laptop. I
> don't want to risk damaging it.
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> (||) Nehmo (||)
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