Replacing Fan

I have a Satellite A135-S4527 laptop. My fan is noisy. I have a Toshiba replacement fan. I tried to get the back open to replace the fan but after taking out all known screws there was still something holding the back in the middle of the computer. I didn't want to break anything and didn't pull hard. is there another hidden screw or is there a snap connect or something I might have missed? I'm out of warranty and don't want to use a repair facility for something that should be easy to replace.

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I'd suggest cleaning the fan first and removing dust from that area...if that doesn't help, try sourcing the fan directly from IBM and compare the price with ones on eBay and other Internet sources.
Information on how to replace the fan, as well as the FRU numbers involved, can be found in HMM that can be downloaded from here:
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-50577
Hope this helps. 
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