What is the size or name of the screws when cooling Model: Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52-516W?

Masohas
Masohas Member Posts: 3 New User
edited November 2022 in Nitro Gaming

I can't unscrew the screws when cooling, what are they called or what size are they?

If possible, is the size of the screwdriver with which I can unscrew them

Laptop : Acer Nitro 5

Model: AN515-52-516W

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Answers

  • StevenGen
    StevenGen ACE Posts: 12,174 Trailblazer
    edited November 2022

    The screws that secure the Thermal Module of the AN515-52 are all Phillips head type screws that you have damaged their heeds and made them impossible to unscrew, there is no screwdriver that will unscrew these screws as you will do more damage to the screws, all these screws need to be expertly unscrewed with an easy out tool or an appropriate gripping tool, be warned that this is a hard job and using any excessive force will damage the bottom screw in points and can also break the mobo!

    If you don't have experience and the proper tools to do this job, then take your laptop to an experienced and skilled technician who has done this job before and can do this job, otherwise and if you attempt to do this job yourself, then you will cause more damage than fix anything and you will need a new mobo (if you can get one?) or it will become financially unviable to fix your AN515-52 laptop.

    These are all the Acer SG OEM thermal module securing screws and part # and to what torque that they are secured to and should be secured to: