Well, what can I say four years on, better late than never...
You can find some pictures on this thread:
http://www.notebookforums.com/thread26493.html
btw, still using the same Aspire 1600! I've found out that vacuum cleaning...
No dead hard-drive problem, it's just the thermal paste that ACER use that is crap!
I own an ASPIRE 1604LC, 9 months old and after a lot of SolidWorks, UT2004 and loads and loads of movie hours it started overheating until it simply...
It's pretty easy to open the Aspire 1600:
1) open-wide the screen in order to completely expose the hinge cover;
2) remove the hinge cover by hand and with the help of a phillips screw driver (to pull them up);
3) unscrew the power...