ACER ASPIRE 5742 take apart video, disassemble, how to open disassembly
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- čas přidán 13. 08. 2012
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No music. No talking. Just work.
If you are taking your ACER ASPIRE 5742 laptop apart be careful and wear an anti-static wrist band or use other anti-static device. If you need to change a LCD usually you don't have to take screen out of a laptop. You can leave it on a laptop and watch the last part of the video where I am taking LCD apart. If you need to change a keyboard, you don't have to take all bottom screws out. There are usually some marks, like a keyboard picture, on a case bottom. If you need to put a laptop back to work be aware of screws. They are different and you better remember or mark them somehow to insure that you will put them back in to a right place.
Some laptops I take apart first time, so don't be serious on my time and performance.
If something got broken - ooops, it's your fault.
Believe me, some parts in your laptop are already broken, you just don't see that.
So, just watch this video and repair your laptop.
Have fun and good luck!!
regazzz
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Took temperatures from 80 degrees to 30 degrees after doing a repaste. Laptop was pretty easy to take apart thanks to this video and detailed pics on ifixit
Thanks a lot!
Great guide, didn't want to find myself forcing anything apart and missing some screw or something. Thank you for posting this : )
I love your work ! Thanks. Keep disassembling !
This video really helped me to disassemble my aspire 5742, was looking around the internet to find how to disassemble so that I can clean the fan (over heating problems), and my laptop still works after assembling it back, not to mention im still fourteen so thanks alot :)
Great video, Couldnt find a whole lot of videos showing full disassembly of this laptop so thats awesome you made one!
Thanks for your time and effort.
Very useful as I had to replace a screen on this model recently. Appreciate knowing the order of disassembly. Many thanks.
many thanks - made it easy to figure out how to get to heatpipe to remove the fuzz from my old laptop. running nice and cool now!
Fixed my laptop! Thanks regazzz :D
Awesome guide mate took me a whole but did it! Fan was filthy but put it all back together and works a treat. Thanks man
GREAT!!! Thanks!
Very good this film. I found it very useful. Thank You from ROMANIA!
You are welcome!
Glad to hear it, come back again!
thanks for the video...I would have never figured out the keyboard part on my own. Tricky tricky.
thanks alot for all your help and support bro
Disassembled my Acer Aspire 5742G. Cleaned went - everything seems to work, happy so far. Managed that if you miss one screw at the location where wireless card is - when system boots up, it doesn't recognize it. So to all those who are about to disassemble their laptops be careful with all the screws - they need to go back to where they came from.
Yeah that's what i feared... if the cable is disconnected than when i attach a monitor to the RGB port it should work... dang, guess i'm taking it to the repair shop for a last attempt at saving me money for a new, one, thanks for the videos, great stuff, keep it up
This is a wonderful result!!!
Thx from Italy!!!!!
helps me a lot!!
finish with my laptop 1 minute ago thnx for the video everything works
p.s. the fun was full of dust'
Thank you very much , video that was very useful to me ! But is it important to use the same original tape to attach the fan to the radiator .
Thanks for help !
thanks a lot friend!!! this was a big help.
Great video, BUT, something very important is that first you need to take apart the DVD, then from underneath push the keyboard, then remove the screws beneath it, then proceed to take apart the screws from the main support of the screen (i don't know the translation), because doing it this way you may (I know i did) damage the plastic/break it due the weight of the screen itself.
Good video tough!
Hello, I am very glad that my videos are coming handy!!! Thank you very much!
So helpfull ! You might have saved my laptop ! Thanks !
rolmic1 I hope I did!
you did, definitively !
Hey, that's great!
Hi Alan, thank you for critic! So far I know road workers making not a bad money... maybe I should go look for this type of job :)))
I just installed a i5 520m, so yes. I found the service manual very helpful.
Merci pour le partage. :) beau travail. J'ai tout de même une question. Je te vois arraché les nappes qui sont sous le clavier pourquoi n'enlève tu pas les clips puis les nappes? ça ne risque pas de les abimer en les enlevant ainsi?
Thanks bro for this video it is very helpful. But i was wondering if i could upgrade the cpu (intel P-6100) to i5 of some 4th gen and those graphic card (ati mobility radeon) to the you know amd radeon 8900 or what could be the latest which will fit in??? will it be possible to upgrade those two??? im only curious!!!
Thanks for the really useful video.This has been the reference to open up my laptop.:D
I had few questions about this laptop and would really help if you could answer those.
I am using the 5742g with gt 420M graphics card.Could you tell me there is an empty mini PCLe sized bay for it.What can i upgrade in those and i was planning onto changing the CPU so an 15-580M.I have read i7 quads do give this motherboard a no go.Your suggestions please.also the idea of putting an external graphic card.
Thanks u helped me a lot
make sure that heatsink is sit properly and touching very well a cpu and gpu. Hope you applied thermal past correct way. And of course this laptop isn't a gaming one ... I would not expect some kind of better result.
Anyway, great job! Have a nice day!
Is it possible to get to the cpu fan by removing the bottom part of the casing only? Have the same laptop here with cooling issues.
While seeing one of your videos I saw something on the left bottom of the screen saying something about the flex cables. I can't find it anymore, do you have a link to that?
hey buddy, my 5742g is always overheating, probably need to clean the fan. In order to access it, do I have to unscrew all these screws at the back or am I fine by simply taking out the keyboard and unscrewing the screws below it?
The mini PCLe bay i'm talkin about is there at the top left of the casing with a vented cover in the 5742 and the 5742g(Hope you've seen it).Its empty though and I was wondering if i could get any component in that especially an express card and get an external gpu running. Do let me know your thoughts on these.Thanks again.Also about the i7s its guarenteed (95%) that they won't work to their full potential because of their wattage.The motherboard by acer only agrees to 35 Wattage.
to only clean the cooler, i need do all the steps you did on the video or can i just take off the keyboard ?
Interesting idea!
Thank you for the video!
What a pain in the bum just to replace the thermal paste :P The touchpad cable is very hard to plug back!!!
+HP2ViD you are welcome! Have a nice weekend!
Good job!
Thank you so much for this, it really helped.
So I got my Acer cleaned and now it works quieter for sure. Less fan spin, and I also applied new Thermal compound which brought peak temp down to just 75.
Hi,
I think it should be fine, but you still need to recheck everything twice, what processor you got right now?
Or I can plug another cpu fan into the place of cdrom space by connecting copper tube to existing cpu fan's copper tube edge. Do you recommend this?
Hi! I am going to clean my acer's fan. I wanna ask you, do you think that i can flip the mobo without unplugging HD, RAM and battery?
I think I need to open up my ACER Aspire 5742z-4640, I've been having some fan problems. Occasional unusual very loud whirring (NOT normal fan activity, much louder), thankfully shutting off for a few minutes has cured it thus far. I guess it's getting clogged up or something. Never gone into a laptop case before, scared to do it. This model sadly doesn't have a little panel just over the fans, which in hindsight is bad. This does make it look pretty easy to get in... but still... pretty scared to try.
once you take the little cover on the back off do you have to take all that stuff inside it out.
thanks man I opened my acer and applied new thermal past now the max temp is 80C when I'm running prime 95 and furmark at the same time.
There is only one thing there was a plastic sticker around the gpu wich I couldn't clean perfectly. My max temp of the gpu is 78C so I'm not worried about overheating or something but can you remove that plastic? Just wondering for the next time I open my acer.
I'm not sure if this has been asked but my computer screen broke a few days ago so I decided to connect my laptop to another monitor. All of the sudden my VGA port became loose so I have to hold it up in order for the image to show up so I'm guessing that the port inside itself is loose. Would I have to solder the port back in or is this a defect or what? I'm not looking to disassemble my laptop just to find out I need to do something else.
Thanks :)
Regazzz. After a lot of google research,I think only you can help me. So please answer my question! I'm playing aion on this laptop,but it's not really recommended for the integrated video card. At first it was okay,but now it's not anymore,I have a lot of lag. Now if I may ask you.. is it possible to buy a normal video card and add it to this laptop? I'd be really grateful if you answer me! Thank you and have a good day!
Had the same problem and the only way is get it open and clean the dust out of the fan, if you know what you're doing you can also reapply thermal paste.
Hey.. I use the same model as you. do you have problems while running games? laptop gets too hot and shuts off?
do I need to unscrew the hard drive if I just want to get down to the fans? I see it's pretty much just the back screws + the keyboard on here, and me being clunky, I don't want to risk misplacing the hard drive... also, thanks for the keyboard part, I was wondering why my front cover wouldn't budge, I'd never think of looking for those small "buttons" you push with the screwdriver.
Hi, idk whats wrong with my acer aspire 5733z. Evereytime I turn it on it only last for 15 seconds then it turns off. I tried dusting the fan(without opening up the laptop) but it didn't work. Should I open it and clean out the fan? Thanks btw what are the names of those little yellow screwdrivers you used?
Hi, glad you like that video!
I am not sure that there is a some mini port like that, you may just google a picture of this motherboard and take a look.
If you check some comments over here, there was a guy who added i7 1st generation to this motherboard, you may ask him to... (comments on approval, but I will try to approve them faster to not disturb your conversation)
I am not sure that external gpu are useful, if you are talking about gpu's via usb?
wow, super cool!!!
have a good luck!!
Im thinking of replacing the display/panel to a matte full hd panel.. do you know if the connector is 40pin? Thanks =)
hello :D I have the apsire 5741g and I was wondering whether it is worth upgrading my hdd to seagates sshd (hybrid) ??? also is it possible to upgrade my cpu to say the 3rd gen i5 cpu?
can't i just open the back cover to acces the fan or do i have to do all you did in the vid?if yes can you do a tutorial on how to clean the fan on acer 5742.a lot of people would aprecciate...
So can you write me what should i do to clean my notebook from dust and change the thermal grease, im lame so i dont know if i should remove parts like in your movie... Im asking because my notebook have started since Winter getting hot, FPS in games is sometimes about 10-15...
In all honesty, besides the trollin' this did help to re-apply heatsink compound. Cheers.
i have a piece of plastic stuck in mine or several i don't know how they got in they might of broken of from a usb port and managed to get in im not sure but its loose in there and it i lay my laptop down on so the plastic lid is down it goes into the fan and causes more damage it sounds like it has already snapped something of the fan, What would be the best course to take it apart myself or go to my local computer store and ask them to do it?
Thank You for this tutorial
Hi there. I have an Acer Aspire 5733z, but I do not have a Aspire 5742 like you have. I was just wondering if I can upgrade my Cpu to an i3 or an i5. I am thinking that an i3 Cpu will work, because ii is like from the same Acer Aspire family. So please let me know if I can upgrade my cpu to an i3. That's all I want to know. So thank you very much!
Hi, idk whats wrong with my acer aspire 5733z. Evereytime I turn it on it only last for 15 seconds then it turns off. I tried dusting the fan(without opening up the laptop) but it didn't work. Should I open it and clean out the fan? Thanks
Wow! Thank you very much!
It is up to you to fix it, how did the right side snap on? pretty much same will be the left one!
hi i have acer aspire 5742 and i have a small problem sometimes when my laptop is in vertical position you can hear as if some wire falls into fan and fan starts to work very loudly and as if the fan stops spinning, and also u can hear some noise like cracking of something, laptop still works but i'm worried if thats not gonna cause some problems in future. I dont want to risk and take it apart and see whats wrong unless its needed. any advice?
at 3:37 you see how you disconnected that cable on your left hand side, the white part that the cable connects too came off while i was struggling to get the cable out. Is that something i should be worried? i'm scared to touch something
Very good result!!! This plastic sticker, orange one? Should not be a problem to have it without.
Ok, I have some news here, as my Aspire 5742-G Came with the graphics:
Nvidia Geforce GT 420M; Wich should be just a GPU and nothing more according to Geforce.com, it has some requirements and specifications..
Are single GPUs replaceable?
4.03 I just took palmrest off and fan is right there, visible and I think at that point you can make decision should you remove it or not. To take fan out you have to flip motherboard because somewhere around 6.35 you can see that fan is taped with black tape to a heatsink... it maybe possible to remove ti without taking motherboard out, if you apply little more pressure (I am not sure), so, it is up to you.
Hey thanks for vid. I've Acer 5742ZG and some button doesnt work on keyboard. I tried USB keyword and worked. So I think i need to change just keyboard ? And if it possible I just disassemble old keyboard and take new keyboard without screw off on laptop ? Thnx
Hello, yes, keyboard replacement is easy process.
4:38 and 4:42 where do the little black and white wires come from? and where do i plug em back in at?
thank you so much !!! i had one question, can i upgrade the 5742 processor? from the i3 370m to..... lets say.... an i5? or maybe even an i7?? if so, can you please tell me the specs of it? thank you very much sir !!!
Hi,
if it was not failing before, it is probably drivers ... maybe you can reinstall old drivers back somehow?
Very helpful thanks very much :)
You are very welcome!
I have one Acer Aspire 5742g and he is overheating, shutting down when i play games ... i think the only thing i can do is clean the fan, the 5742g is the same model you use ? can i use this video as a reference to clean ? because i dont find any video about the 5742g
Hi i have the Aspire 5742. I plugged a universal laptop charger in it and mistakenly set the voltage at 24DC and the laptop went dead. It won't turn on and the charging light doesn't even come on when i plug it in. I used the original charger and it still doesn't work. What do you think i should do?
to get to the fan do you have to take that green thing out ?
Hi didnt notice the speakers are they easy to replace?
Are all the screws the same size or shall I put different screws in different places?
hey, i just want to clean my laptop fan.. do i have to remove the keyboard and all that?
Do I have to take it apart like this, If I just want to clean the fan?
So useful!
great video i will give u 100 for this tutorial great thanks very helpfull
Thanks your Vid helped a lot
You are welcome!
is the sound card all in one or seperate as my jack sound is broke
so, i did this according to the video to clean out the fans of my laptop. and now the touchpad is broken. i must have done something wrong because i checked the cables on the chip and changed their position so it's not that. and now i can't even connect a mouse device to the computer. is there anywhere i can buy a new chip or something?
I did the dismantling to clean my fan and was in the process of putting everything back. I thought I will check if everything works before putting the screws in. Everything works except the keyboard. Any idea what might be wrong?
+sudin amin probably obvious thing, but did you connect it back? Like when regazzz disconnects it in 2:59?
@regazzz the button turns blue for a couple of seconds but nothing appears on the screen and then shuts off again
You're not grounded.
Is the cpu soldered in place or can it be removed/upgraded?
Hi, it basically depend on how dirty fan/heat sink is. Sometimes you can just use a canned air.
Would a barebone kit be a good option for gaming?
How did you unplug the keyboard? I'm afraid I might tear the cable.
Hi, could not see the speakers... are they easy to replace? Thanks
Hi I have a question. I have Aspire 5742G with ATI Radeon 5470 Is a graphic card upgradable? Probably not (I heard that MXM motherboards do). My processor is Core i5-460M... This is Arrandale: 2 cores, 4 threads. Is i7 possible (8 threads or something)?
u recommend any good videocard that will fit in the laptop?
open it and get all the dust out of the fan and if you know what you're doing you can also reapply thermal paste. Mine wasn't overheating(shutting down without a warning) when I got the dust out of the fan.
Can the acer aspire's intel i3 - 2.4gig 370m (non turbo tech) be replaced with an i5 2.66gig (with turbo tech)? Acer tell me there might be compatibility issues. Or would i have to change the motherboard too if so to which one?