Hi Peter,

I found a manual that claims to be for the 3150, but nothing inside the
manual indicates the specific model. I'll send it to your gmail account
separately as it is 3.1MB. I also found a site that goes through the
disassembly process:

http://kablammo.strongerthandeath.com/2006/01/31/averatec-3150-overheating-solved/

I knew that 13 years of playing on the net would come in handy some day...
:-) For future reference, here is the exact search phrase I used in Google
to find that link:

"Averatec 3150" disassembly

There were a lot of other results besides the one I provided above, so you
might find some that are additionally useful.

Good luck.

Cheers!
Kyle Elmblade
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On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:44 AM, Anapro <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I now have my daughter's Averatec 3150 laptop (she got a new Sony Vaio).
> The
> Averatec is displaying an error message on startup that the "North Bridge
> Fan" has failed. If I press F1 to continue, it works just fine. My
> assumption is that there is a sensor error. The problem is that I can't
> seem
> to figure out how to take this thing apart. This is a bit embarrassing to
> me
> since I can usually fix all sorts of devices!
>
> My request to the list is any specific instructions on how to take this
> particular laptop apart, or where can I get a service manual that would
> show
> me how to do it. Searching on Google came up with no results. Some service
> manual sites show that no such manual is available, but some blogs
> indicated
> that some people do have one. Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Peter Shkabara
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