As I have mentioned before, my HP EliteBook 8530w has been experiencing overheating problems, which I expected to be related to dust. Undusting this laptop went easier then anticipated.
Step 1: Remove the keyboard screws, located at the bottom
Remove Keyboard Screws
Step 2: Unlock the keyboard locks, located at the top of the keyboard, between esc and f1, f4 and f5, f8 and f9, f12 and scroll lock/
Keyboard locked
Keyboard unlocked
Step 3: Remove the keyboard
Remove the keyboard
The keyboard looks a little dusty on the back, however, the fan doesn’t look as dusty as expected. Appearances are deceiving.
Step 4: Remove the fan
Thick layer of dust
As you see, there is a thick layer of dust at the air outlet of the fan, even though the fan blades are just a tiny bit dusty.
Dust
Now that thick layer of dust is removed, put everything together again in reverse order ;)
Now…. I am running the laptop at full speed (2.8 GHz in stead of 800 MHz) and make it compile stuff, to see if the overheating problem is solved.
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Just came across this post after thinking about doing this for the past year. I had a quick look at the manufacturers instructions a while back and they made it seem ridiculously complicated. Took one look at your post and 20 minutes later it’s all done & dusted :). Seems to be running much cooler now.
Anyway – thanks again. My laptop is happier :).
Great post. Just what I needed.
You’re welcome
Awesome ! super tutorial .
My Elitebook is like a new :)
regards from Poland
Andre,
Thanks for the post. I was about to take my 8530P into the shop for dust bunny removal when I decided to google the project. Your blog was one of the top hits. For the most part, it worked well. A couple of suggestions for future DIYers.
Make the first step of the process to remove the battery. While the first picture does clearly show the battery missing, you should mention it. I was on step three when I thought about the battery.
Please display a picture of what screws to remove in order to pull the fan. It isn’t quite obvious and the last think I want to do is ruin the laptop. Also, it appears that a special screw driver is required. I used a small phillips to remove the keyboard screws but it didn’t work on the fan screws. Does a phillips work?
In any event, I was able to get major fur balls out of the fan without removing it. The LT does seem to run cooler now.
Thanks again for the insightful post.
Thans for the tips.
Quite busy these weeks, projects and deadlines you know. I might open the laptop at a later time to have a look. About the screws, I know I own philips (kruiskop) and torx screwdrivers, so if it is not a philips I suppose it is a torx.
Thankyou. It really helped to fix the overheating problem without going to service center.
great post, thank you for sharing, nice to read it