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So today i decided to prep my laptop to get it ready for my return to starcraft. To do this i need to clean the fan so it wouldn't overheat almost instantly when ever i use it for anything apart from looking at it. Seriously i can't even play a movie on it. This is really something i needed doing a few months after buying it but 5 years later still haven't been able to do it. The problem is the fan is impossible to get to. You can't get in from underneath so can only go in from the top. When i tried this i had to remove the keyboard, touchpad which is impossible because there are metal hooks holding them in place. I cut the hooks off which broke the keyboard and touchpad. Then i realised i had to take out the harddrive, motherboards and a whole load of other plastic stuff to get to the fan. This is when i chickened out and put it back together. Today i decided it is going to get done even if it means destroying it in the process. I used a cutter and cut a panel of plastic out so i could get to it. It is still super loud so i am guessing the heat sink my be the problem (if i can find it). Why do they make it so hard?