# Clean HP Pavillion ZX 5000

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-hp-pavillion-zx-5000/370965>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 31, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-hp-pavillion-zx-5000/370965 "2006-08-31T18:57:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-hp-pavillion-zx-5000/370965/1 "2006-08-31T18:57:17Z")

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My son’s HP Pavillion ZX 5000 laptop shuts down suddenly every few minutes. It is essentially worthless. Since it is so old, I decided to try to clean out the heat sink and insides myself, but am having trouble finding a website that describes how to get to the innerds. Can anyone help me out here?

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**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-hp-pavillion-zx-5000/370965/2 "2006-08-31T19:22:58Z")

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[Link to HP service manual](http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00212209.pdf)

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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2006, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-hp-pavillion-zx-5000/370965/3 "2006-08-31T20:05:20Z")

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Thank you very very much for that link. I thought I was going to have to take the whole damn thing apart. The manual with specific instructions shows exactly how to do it with minimal invasion of the laptop itself. I know you saved me totally destroying the machine. I am good at taking things apart, not so good at putting them back together.

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**Author:** ![Kevbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@Kevbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kevbo)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/clean-hp-pavillion-zx-5000/370965/4 "2006-09-01T19:51:04Z")

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Appology to the teeming masses for neglecting to note that the above link is a PDF file.

Glad to be of help daurbach. HP’s is among the more useful of support sites…enough that I’ve never called them on the phone.