1. Inorder to replace fix or install your new HP XE3B laptop fan and heatsink, you will need to open up your laptop. You can do this by removing the screws from the bottom of the laptop.
2. Once the screws have been removed from the bottom of your laptop, you can now remove the keyboard and plastic bezels from your HP XE3B laptop.
3. You will see your HP XE3B Fan and Heat Skin exposed.
4. Use a screw drivers and remove the screws from you HP XE3B HeatSin Fan.
5. Before reinstalling the new HP XE3B Fan onto your laptop, you can clean the HP XE3B Fan. To clean your Fan and Heatsink, use a can of air and blow out any dirk from your HP XE3B Fan. You can also use a paint brush to clean out the dirt from the hard to get areas. Somtimes cleaning your HP XE3B laptop fan will actually repair it. Dirt can cause the HP XE3B Laptop Fan to make noise and even stop spinning properly.