Fan Replacement & Repaste Tutorial Acer Nitro 5
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- Опубликовано: 15 мар 2022
- In this tutorial we will replace the CPU and GPU fans on the Acer Nitro 5 step by step.
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my fans after about a year of use are already beginning to sound funny, so I'm glad i found this video for the inevitable replacement job lol
I like how beginner friendly is your video. You explained each process in detail and clearly.
That's how I like to make them. As if you have never done the process before.
This is the most in depth and one of the best guides out there. This video needs a lot more likes especially in the acer community. My Acer nitro has started to run at high temperatures recently and I was thinking about repasting but im holding off on that since the laptop is just around 2 years old from new. Amazing tutorial 🙌
Thank you! If you feel uncomfortable about repasting seek a professional. IMO I think you are about due for a repasting as 2 years is pretty far out there especially for a gaming machine.
@@Meanpoohbeen about 2 years for me haha would clean my fans often tho. I chipped a bit off one of the fans the first time :(
Thank you so much! My fans were whirry and the repair place I normally use didn't take gaming laptops, so this video was a huge help for repairing the fans!
Could not find any info on Acer's site, turned to YT and this popped in the search. Very in-depth, chill and informative. I appreciate you taking the time to make this!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much! My fans were grinding and vibrating my whole laptop for 2 weeks. It sounded like an airplane taking off, it was driving me crazy. I'm really new to tech so I was nervous to try to replace the fans myself, but with the help of my brother, we were able to complete the replacement in just 10 minutes! Thank you, this tutorial is so detailed and beginner friendly!
thanks man. i've been having problems with my fans for several months but the local repair services are so expensive. i've been too nervous to open it up but this video made me feel confident, just ordered the fans in your desc
You are a life saver. GPU fan sounded like an airplane taking off. Couldn’t stand it. Especially with streaming. I feel very equipped to do this task now. Thank you 🙏
Just make sure to ground yourself and to disconnect the battery from the board.
Had to replace my fans after this awful grinding sound began to occur, I think I was lucky considering how long I managed to have it before the fans began to go out, especially how often I used it, worried about having the right parts initially despite having the exact part numbers in order but everything worked swimmingly for me, start to finish! Definitely will be looking back to this video when it comes time for me to do the thermal paste, thank you for making this tutorial! I had found others prior but they didn't seem so in-depth and show everything as clear for me to understand, so again, thank you lots!
Why buy a plane when you have acer nitro 5
Yeaaaa hahaha but I love my nitro
Accurate 😂
Better on gas 😅
A thing of beauty, this video. Clear, in-depth, thorough... and exactly the same model laptop as my daughter's! Thanks for this... going to take care of two noisy fans! (And re-paste!)
You're very welcome!
THANKS FOR THIS VIDEO! My computer was sounding like it was either about to takeoff from the runway or explode and now…I have to listen closely to even hear that it’s on! Not only did I save money but I learned a new skill.
Your channel really makes a difference in our daily lives ✊🏿
im actually watching this video because i have that exact issue and was going to do the exact thing as your title. you're the man! thank you
You’re welcome. It’s pretty easy on the fan replacement portion.
Thank god I found this video I was running around trying to figure out which fan is compatible, my GPU fan has been making a lot of noise recently. Wasn't planning on upgrading but you provided compatible upgrades so looks like when I open her up i'll be upgrading too XD
This guide is genuinely easy to follow. Thanks man and keep on rocking👍👍👍
Thanks, will do!
Topman, followed this tutorial to replace my sons worn out fans & now his laptop works perfectly 👍🏻
Bro definitely earned a like and subscribe from how easy and simple you made this video to understand and even pointing out possible mistakes that could happen.
Thank you for the very clear tutorial! I was scared when I saw mentions of needing a paste for the fan replacement, but somewhat relieved to see it's a different process from fan replacement, though heavily recommended.
It's kind of scary to read up on repairs for laptops costing well over $500 when the parts are under $100 and just need screws... Granted, if I mess up it's my own fault as a nonprofessional tinkering with tech, but for some repair costs out there, I might as well save up for a new laptop, yikes.
I think I messed up my gpu fan after cleaning it for the first time in a while... Loud noise and even slight vibration, but it's not the fan being jammed or a loose wire, so after asking around and looking up different sites, it seems like the fan bearing has just worn down after many years and my cleaning finished the job, oops...
At least my laptop's not hot, but I figure I better bite the bullet and fix it now rather than wait and find out the neglect slowly made something else worse.
Thank you again!
You make laptop care seem a lotless intimidating than we think. Thank you so so much for this detailed video.
I'll keep this video in handy since my Acer Nitro 5 laptop has been going crazy lately with its freezing.
I ordered a cooling fan and it'll come tomorrow so I'll see what I can do
I've been trying to find replacement fans for my laptop wich happens to be the same as the one in the video but i couldn't find the right fans anywhere. glad i found this video for a link to the parts and a replacement guide!
Welcome!
Very useful I was super worried about fan grinding and your tip about adjusting the wire helped big time thanks
Thank you bro! This video is really easy to understand. Can't wait to do it by myself
Planning to do same with my acer nitro 5 this week, will use you're wideo as tutorial.👍
Thanks! . It certainly saved me a lot of time.. Most videos tended to suggest you had to remove heat synch but just to replace fans you video took care of it and saved me waiting for a repair company who wanted to keep the system for two weeks!..
Thank you very much! These are the comments I like to see. These videos are meant to help people people out as much as possible. I appreciate the donation!!👍
I never knew you can replace the fans, even though the fans by default seems very good for what they are built for. I currently use a KLIM laptop fan that sits under my laptop. 😲👀
this video format is so fire
Thanks a lot for this video! I could clean the fans without calling the service centre.
Also, for some tighter screws, the ph00 drill bit helps a lot!
You are welcome!
Wow man, thanks a lot! Now i wont pay much for the 'services' they said on local computer store in my town. You got the sub man, clearly.
Worked out well for me, new fans working great. 👍
Great to hear!
thanks for the video, i just replaced thermal after a 2years of use, the temps were 92-93c on cpu and gpu, after i replaced the new thermal paste (grizzly kryonaut) the temps are now 65c on stress test and gaming!!
Nice work!
Nice video. Very professional!
so glad this vid exists my gpu fan sounds like a lawnmower, and i havent even had it for a full year 😳
Amazing video worked out perfectly for me
Thanks man, my nitro 7 has been doing the same thing.
Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for.
Glad I could help!
Thanks for your video! I think it is very easy to understand! 🥰
You are welcome.
Thank you I'm going to save this video for when I need it for my son's nitro 5 thank you God bless 👊
Thank you Good Luck and God bless you and your family as well.🙏
Excellent tutorial. Thanks heaps!
You're welcome!
Wow thank you great video I have the same laptop and overheats now I know what to do
No problem 👍
tysm for this tutorial you now have a new sub
Glad I could help😉
Thanks for the video mate!!! I just finished my Thermal Repasted on my Acer Nitro 5; I achieved 60 °C average.😁
Fantastic!
Really helped out
Thank you very much. I will need to do that very soon.
Best of luck!
Thanks a lot. I have Acer Nitro 5 2021 version with rtx 3060. Just now replaced with Artic-MX4
How are the temps, did it stop thermal throttling? i have the 2020 version with the RTX 3050 and I5 10300 and i will change paste when it gets here from amazon, because its pretty much always throttling because of the stock thermal crap they put on it
Nice work!!!
dude you are a king. that busted bearing drove me goddamn nuts lol
6:50 that was such a good move and idea 👍
My fans were vibrating the entire laptop, and after ordering the fans in your description and following the tutorial it worked. My first ever tech repair lol, thanks for the helpful video.
My one fan seems to he doing that is it damaged badly?
@@patrickbovin8023 If it's slight, might not be an issue, but it could get worse over time. If you can afford it I would recommend replacing the fans. Could prevent a worse headache down the line. My fans weren't visibly damaged, but they were not acting right. After I replaced them, I had no further issues, the problem was purely with the fan. I can't say for certain, but chances are at least one of the fan blades are slightly bent and are clipping the fan enclosure. It probably won't affect the rest of the laptop, but could greatly diminish cooling.
Thanks for your guide, I just clean my fan out of my Acer.
thank you i could not find any video on for this model so far left a like and a sub sadly amazon does not got the fans in stock currently its been mostly my gpu fan for me as a complete computer noob this helped alot
Glad I could help out. If you have to order from eBay make sure to check the price. A lot of times they show 2 fans when in reality the price is for one. Shipping origin is the thing. Either it’ll take a month and or high shipping prices.
So far the replacement has been working out without issue. Good luck 👍
man thankyou for this
I wonder though because my fans start making a loud grinding noise the second I raise the fan's RPMs
huge thank u, I just noticed my gpu fan was not spinning so ima have to replace it. I don't know much about computers and I've messed around with inside the laptop with a few things but I dont know everything so thank you for also including how to repaste as well. I'm probably way over due and I might have the same issues that u faced with the thermal paste not coming off so I'm not looking forward to that aaaaaaaa.
Good luck and don't forget to disconnect the battery. 👍
Thank you for the video, can I clean my fans and then just put them back, instead of buying new ones? My laptop is just 2 years old and they are just very dusty.
Great video, thank you. I'm about to do the same to my Nitro, and I was wondering about how much of the K5 Pro would you say you used? I bought a container with 20 grams in it, and I don't want to get started and realize I don't have enough.
Thank you so much for this video
Most welcome 😊
Hi there. What are the temperatures of your device's VRAM and VRM components?
Thanks! A fragment from somewhere got caught in my fan
May i ask, what the name of thing that used to hide cable in both fan? A glue like because mine already can't glue properly...
Thank you so much you saved my life
Happy to help✌️
Amazing video! Do you have to replace the fans if remove them for cleaning, or is the adhesive on the tape good enough to simply re apply it the fans.
You can reapply. Its safe to remove them for cleaning.
i have a question, ive followed ever steps and i thought it worked out well, unfortunately i have been experiencing code 34 and i think it isnt detecting my gpu
Should I be using the same amount of thermal paste as you on everything. I’m using the same kind (TM30) and I’m not sure if it’s safe to do.
will fans intended for an515-52 model fit on the an515-58 model which is my laptop?
I have checked the other available fans and they all have a lower rpm than the oem fan. Except the one you recomend, that one dosen’t say what rpm it has. What rpm do you get?
My rear vents are kind of blocked like no air is coming out from there and that explains how my idle sometimes goes as high as 65 deg (completely idle) which I know is too much.
I have previously opened the laptop myself to upgrade the storage and ram, but now I will need to clean the fan, I genuinely liked the video and will update after I clean it today :)
Just make sure you unplug the battery. 👍
@@Meanpooh And I have done it :)
I didn't apply any thermal paste/pads till now, it is completely stock in that way since my laptop just turned 1 year old this may, and my temps are now back to 45-50 deg idle ....
The thing was, there was a fudge ton of dust buildup in my rear vents, so I had to clean it and voila !
Thanks for all the suggestions :)
So glad it's not just me
Nice review and very detailed teardown. I think I wouldn't do this to my new Nitro 2021, so I can sell it down the road around 3-5 years of used. I can note that (laptop was never been opened, no history of repairs.) Then use money to buy new Nitro Model.
Sounds like a good idea buy I wouldn't, sell it because there's no difference between the new model versus the one you've currently got 🤔👍
Same, this should not be done unless you are having issues with yours fans and out of warranty. If you are going to sell it, do it as soon as possible. The Nitro 5 doesn’t hold much value the older it gets. There is stiff competition on eBay as they are everywhere. The machine that I’m using will be lucky to bring in 2-300 without upgrades. Also be careful with OfferUp as there are lots of scammers there wanting you to mail it to them.
Good luck. 👍
Hey, so my left fan (from bottom) is not working at all. I want to replace that only so from what parts of the video i have to watch? Also why do i have to unplug the battery cable? Aso in india i cant find those fans you used. Do u have any other recommendations that can be brought from india?
my old laptop had high fan noise too, i just lubricated my fan and everything fixed
There are multiple version of the acer nitro 5, are the fans the same for all ? Because i have a 515-54 and the fans are on the top left corner both
Amazing!
You are!
Great video, thank You so much! It helped me a lot to understand how I can disessable my notebook! I have a question. Can I use a regular Solids thermal pad instead of the K5 Pro? I am about to clean my notebook and I do not know which one to use.
Yes, absolutely
What size is the millimeter of thermal paste for an Acer Nitro 5 laptop?
hi, my computer has the same problem except I don't have a spare fan to change it can I use the same fans again? there are no computer stores in a 600km radius
Much less teardown than i thought, about how much of the k5 did you need to use on this laptop?
can i ask what is the name of that black tape i cant find it online
thank you
You're welcome
How did you remove the screws completely from the heat sink? Mine arent coming off
thank you - do you by any chance have the measurement for the springloaded heatsink screws?
Sorry I do not.
I have exactly the same issue since day one! After more than 2.5 years. I don't know what's happened back then maybe something got inside it like hair.
Hello, I have a problem with my acer after removing the dust and all, I replaced the fans but my pc won't turn on anymore. Nothing work, even the alimentation stopped working... Do you have any idea ?
thx
I will give it a try i am sick if the 91c
Good luck, I’m sure you will drop some degrees.
Will the fans fit in AN515-54 model?
The fans that him put in the description are out of stock where else can i find them?
I would remove that gallium plaque from the heat sink and polish it, i'ts a massive bottleneck in transfering heat. I once had an old scalped i5 with LM under the lid, it solidified and etched the lid surface pretty badly. What I did is I took a piece of 2k grit sandpaper, glued it to a flat block of wood with a double-sided tape and ground the plaque away. In the end the surface was very cavernous with bits of metal stuck in the holes, but I used fresh box cutter blade and very carefully pried off those bits of what essentially was gallium amalgam foil, then polished the surface some more to make it as shallow as possible (a few particularily deep caves remained though), and finished it off with some polishing paste so it looked like a mirror, always using that bit of wood to not make the surface wobbly and curved. It looked like a plaster wall initially, but in reality the grooves were less than 0.1mm deep, so I could just press the lid further to compensate for removed layer of copper to make good contact (the silicon gasket around the lid is about one millimeter thick, I removed it and used some silicone to reattach the lid). It didn't do much difference at that moment, but the contact surface of gallium and copper would corrode further over time, deepening the damage. It works for ten years already, I change the grease once every 18 months or so. I use Arctic Cooling MX-4 instead.
I've only had mine for over 3 months and although doesn't sound nearly as bad as this, I've been noticing less air coming out on the gpu fan but it shows on nitro sense that it should he spinning faster. And it's not like before, now it's hotter but weaker, as opposed to the strong flow of air that it once had. I've cleaned the fan with a makeup brush once when I upgraded the ram but didn't bother to take out the fans as I did not have a thermal paste with me to replace the old one. It wasn't that dusty but now I'm suspecting a blockage in the vents causing the reduced airflow.
My question is what specific thermal paste do you recommend on this laptop and how often should I clean/replace the thermal paste to avoid thermal throttling
Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut, Cooler Master MasterGel Pro and Arctic MX-5 are some good ones. They are not conductive so its safe if you accidentally get it on your motherboard. If you can reuse your thermal pads, do it. If not replace them. Gelid Solutions is a good brand. K5-Pro is good but it's messy and some people don't have good results although it has worked fine for myself.
You should only change thermal paste, grease and thermal pads if your temperatures are higher than normal with the fans cleaned.
Great and helpful video!
But I have one question I am planning repaste my Acer but in my country I can’t get K5 pro? What could be used instead of that? Thank you so much much for answering :)
If you cant get K5 Pro, just replace the thermal pads. Its a lot less mess. Unfortunately you will have to measure the pads to get the thickness as I never have. They usually fall into sizes .5, 1.0, and 1.5. I'm sure there are other sizes but these are the most common. Look here. amzn.to/36NhNH7
My daughters fan(s) on her Acer Nitro 5 make that same sound. Looking for replacements as I type. She just got the thing last Christmas...
You can find them on Amazon and Ebay. Make sure its the right one for your machine. They are different.
Cool video! I really appreciate if you can show me how to clean up the fans instead of buying a new pair! Tks so much for replying!
You can use a small toothbrush to clean them. Use compressed air to blow the dust out. Makes sure the compressed air is made for electrical parts. To be safe hold the fan blades when using the air so they wont spin.
Very informative video.
Does opening the lid void the warranty? Is there a sticker of some sort that gets torn?
No it will not void the warranty. There is no sticker. If you happen to break something while inside then proceed to warranty claim, you may get charged for the fix if they find out its your fault.
Hi, nice video. Its big problem if i dont change those "things" with k5 pro? just leave old ones, and change only cpu with gpu thermal paste?
If they are in good shape and fairly new, I dont think its a problem. I've done it before with a new laptop. You should have no problem. Make sure to keep an eye on your temperatures if you do. If they are higher after you remove the heatsinks then you may have to replace them.
Just followed this guide and a couple other ones cause I have a different model. Everything went good and temps significantly decreased but my cpu load is higher for some reason and spiking up to 30 sometimes almost 100 percent despite being 50 and 44 degrees. I might’ve put too much thermal paste but tried to do it the same as the vid. Any insight would be appreciated.
Hey, question on this. When I was taking apart my laptop of the same model to clean the fans, like I have plenty of times before. And after I put it back together it would turn on anymore. No charging light with a working charger. No response at all. You have any recommendations or know any info that may help me?
Did you reconnect the battery? (maybe a stupid question)
i really wanted to check out my CPU and GPU but every time i tried to unscrew one of the screws it slightly strips the screw and i don't want to continue
I have the same laptop can this laptop with 16gb of ram can be upgraded to 32gb ?
did u just casually turn on your laptop after assemble? or did u go into bios mode?
This was way more complicated then I thought it would be, I'm definitely gonna take it to a local service store instead 😅
You can do it.