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  • After Shock Media
    It's coming look busy
    • Mar 2001
    • 35299
    #1

    Laptop DIY people inside please.

    How hard is it to personally replace the main fan inside of a dell laptop. It is out of warranty but still serves a great purpose and have no need to upgrade nor pay dell some outragious fee to replace it unless it is like brain surgery inside of a laptop.

    If it were a desktop I would not be asking as I know that is simple.

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    • Jace
      FBOP Class Of 2013
      • Jan 2004
      • 35562
      #2
      I know on my laptop the fan is pretty easy to get to...you just unscrew two screws on the bottom, pop the keyboard up and unscrew some more screws and the fan is right there...i have a gateway though

      in all honesty though man, every single laptop is different, so generalizing "a dell laptop" is like saying "how can I change the battery on a cell phone?"

      what model is it?

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        • RevSand
          Confirmed User
          • Oct 2003
          • 8151
          #3
          Laptops vary by model and maker... Hard to say. I have seen some that just plug in and others soldered to the motherboard... May have to open 'er up and take a look...


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            • After Shock Media
              It's coming look busy
              • Mar 2001
              • 35299
              #4
              Originally posted by RevSand
              Laptops vary by model and maker... Hard to say. I have seen some that just plug in and others soldered to the motherboard... May have to open 'er up and take a look...
              FUCK!

              umm lemme figure out what it is. BRB.

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                • After Shock Media
                  It's coming look busy
                  • Mar 2001
                  • 35299
                  #5
                  isperion b130

                  PS I can vissually see the fan however it looks like i must remove a crap load of screws.

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                    • riddler
                      Confirmed User
                      • Oct 2004
                      • 3726
                      #6
                      my old inspirion had a manual on how to remove everything yourself..

                      pretty sure dell provides the manual for all laptops on how to take it apart and replace stuff.

                      its not hard, just take a bit of taking the thing apart.

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                        • Jace
                          FBOP Class Of 2013
                          • Jan 2004
                          • 35562
                          #7
                          just out of curosity, why do you think the fan needs replacing?

                          is it just overheating? if so, how often do you clean the fan?

                          my laptop requires me to clean the fan about every 3 months or will start overheating like crazy

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                            • After Shock Media
                              It's coming look busy
                              • Mar 2001
                              • 35299
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Jace
                              just out of curosity, why do you think the fan needs replacing?

                              is it just overheating? if so, how often do you clean the fan?

                              my laptop requires me to clean the fan about every 3 months or will start overheating like crazy

                              Because I can see it and the blades are not moving when the laptop is turned on.

                              Oh I was cleaning it about every 2-3 weeks same with keyboard.

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                                • Jace
                                  FBOP Class Of 2013
                                  • Jan 2004
                                  • 35562
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by After Shock Media
                                  Because I can see it and the blades are not moving when the laptop is turned on.
                                  shouldn't be that hard to replace, just start unscrewing shit and keep track of where all the screws go

                                  my first time I took my laptop apart was a mess, i still don't think I have all the screws in the right place

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                                    • After Shock Media
                                      It's coming look busy
                                      • Mar 2001
                                      • 35299
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by Jace
                                      shouldn't be that hard to replace, just start unscrewing shit and keep track of where all the screws go

                                      my first time I took my laptop apart was a mess, i still don't think I have all the screws in the right place
                                      Ok will give it a shot when stores are open, then its back up once more (yeah redundancy) and then hope my geekdom skills are still strong within me.

                                      btw jace we never got to finish chatting.

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                                        • RevSand
                                          Confirmed User
                                          • Oct 2003
                                          • 8151
                                          #11
                                          Normally its not too bad.. I would guess Dells are easy enough to get out, from what I have seen of the desktops they are normally pretty easy to work on.. I have never torn apart a dell laptop, just lots of toshibas in a previous life...


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                                            • GrouchyAdmin
                                              Now choke yourself!
                                              • Apr 2006
                                              • 12085
                                              #12
                                              Good news: It's a simple replacement.

                                              Bad news: It's going to require a nearly-complete disassembly. If you don't have odd sized torx screwdrivers and have the patience of a saint, just take out the HD, and take it into a service center with the fan. If they fuck it up, then you get a new laptop.

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                                                • After Shock Media
                                                  It's coming look busy
                                                  • Mar 2001
                                                  • 35299
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by GrouchyAdmin
                                                  Good news: It's a simple replacement.

                                                  Bad news: It's going to require a nearly-complete disassembly. If you don't have odd sized torx screwdrivers and have the patience of a saint, just take out the HD, and take it into a service center with the fan. If they fuck it up, then you get a new laptop.
                                                  Well shit, ok what does that typically run?

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