Like the title says you cant remove the fan and clean out the dust which causes the laptop to overheat without removing the heatpipe and cleaning and reapplying the thermal paste to it. It only a small modification on Frameworks part and it would make maintenance a lot easier.
hopefully this is read and reviewed otherwise a really good laptop!
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Am just running into this now too. Expected this to be a simple maintenance job without requiring me to go out and buy anything new. Am kinda shocked just the fan can’t be taken out separately for de-dusting without having to take out and re-paste the entire heat sink! I’m hearing the fan clatter, presumably because a hair or something got caught inside it, but it’s not a trivial fix for a modular laptop?!
13 inch Framework from the Intel 12th Gen series, not replaced any parts yet and trying to do my first bit of maintenance in ~2 years.
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A bit hidden but I made a “mini-guide”
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