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Laptop
Fan Failure
The
guts of a laptop are crammed into such a small, cramped
space, that the cooling fan is absolutely critical.
A
replacement laptop fan and heat pipe should cost well under
$50, you may even get by with a generic fan replacement for
a few bucks, but the job is fairly involved and differs from
manufacturer to manufacturer. I don't get excited about
noisy laptop fans, I had one in my Toshiba Satellite that
got noisy within a year of my buying it and continued noisy
for the next four years without failing. On the other hand,
you don't want to wait until you get heat damage to replace
the fan. If the fan gets increasingly noisy over time or
starts noisy (and slow) then quiets down as it picks up
speed, I'd replace it at the first opportunity. Assuming
you've owned the notebook for a while, you should be
familiar with how long the fan usually takes to come on and
how long it runs. If the fan never comes on, unless you're
working in a freezer, it's probably dead.
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