1. Inorder to replace fix or install your new Sony PCG-71215L 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 Sony PCG-71215L laptop.
3. You will see your Sony PCG-71215L Fan and Heat Skin exposed.
4. Use a screw drivers and remove the screws from you Sony PCG-71215L HeatSin Fan.
5. Before reinstalling the new Sony PCG-71215L Fan onto your laptop, you can clean the Sony PCG-71215L Fan. To clean your Fan and Heatsink, use a can of air and blow out any dirk from your Sony PCG-71215L Fan. You can also use a paint brush to clean out the dirt from the hard to get areas. Somtimes cleaning your Sony PCG-71215L laptop fan will actually repair it. Dirt can cause the Sony PCG-71215L Laptop Fan to make noise and even stop spinning properly.