Hiya, I recently needed to clean out my satelite a200 due to over heating, I followed the guide above and all was well. The shop wanted a hundred dollars to do it claimin that there are cooling chanells all through it that had to be checked and cleaned. That is not the case and air is only drawn through the fan and sent out through the cooling fins on the side. All that is required would be to insert something plastic into the fan to stop it spinning and creating a charge(which didnt do any harm a couple of months ago when I cleaned it with vac but would be a good precaution anyway). And then hold the vacume cleaner nossle over the fan inlet and charge compressed air into the side of unit though the cooling fins. This should dislodge any dust buildup on the inside of the fins and bring it out through the fan inlet without any problem, and without the need to strip the whole machine down.
Regards Al
After doing the strip and seeing how it is all placed I would bet that is all the shop would have done to it anyway. Being that they left one of the screws out that holds the screen hinge in place when i had them replace my screen on warranty previously. Clowns!
