Equium A100-02L - overheating/shutting down

Hi folks
My daughters Equium A100 02L keeps overheating/ shutting down. The fan underneath is choked with dust etc. I dislodged some of it by blowing and poking with a fine wire. How can I remove the fan to give it a good clean? I know I could use compressed air and try blasting it from the exterior grilles, but this may not suffice?
any help diagrams/ video link help would be great.
cheers

> How can I remove the fan to give it a good clean?
It is not so easy because the whole notebook must be disassembled. Unfortunately Maintenance manuals is not public document and on the net you can maybe find some descriptions and several pictures but I don't think it will help you much.
The first problem is how to remove speaker cover placed on the top of the keyboard. If you do this on the wrong way you will damage small plastic holders and ...... you know what I mean.
If the notebook is still good and your daughter is satisfied with it contact service and ask how much will cost professional cleaning.
They will disassemble whole notebook and check how it looks inside. I saw very often that CPU grease on old notebooks is also not the best and completely desiccated. That means the CPU temperature can grow up and reach critical level. Talk with them. Maybe they can also replace CPU grease.
Ok it costs a money but on this way you will be sure everything will be done well and on professional way.

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