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Old October 19th 19, 08:37 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,alt.windows7.general
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Default FAN DIED

Fujitsu A6120 Win XP Pro

FAN Died. CPU heated up and shut down the PC.
Ordered a new fan. $10 - Amazon.
Watched video of similar laptop to disassemble.
Typing on it now to see if all is working.
Marked on the case where the smaller screws went.

Vacuumed out a pile of dirt from all over inside. Fan area extremely
clogged up and air flow impossible. Many years of use.
I really like this laptop.

Took part.
CONS: hate those damn ribbon cables with no connector.
One for keyboard and one for display.
Hate those tiny coax connectors.
Searching for screw under covers necessary to get apart.
BIG DESIGN FLAW ! - the whole laptop need to be disassemble to get to
the fan. If they had only thought a little, the structure cold have
been such that only taking the keyboard out would allow full access to
the fan. Biggest failure item is a fan ! Lowest reliability !
Designers should plan for it.

Fan has metal plate on it top that is there for who knows what. I had
to pop it off and lay on top of the new fan. Will fasten plate in place
using aluminum duct tape and tape to the internal structure.

Fan connector different color code but key matched up. Plugged it it.

After all back together, I started laptop and it immediately gave me a
fan error. Keyboard not on all the way so I peeking and saw the fan
connector had a pushed socket pin. Inserting the connector cause the
power ire to back out of the connector. My big finders and a tiny screw
driver allowed me to put the socket back into the connector without
removing the connector. Fan error went away and fan ran.



PROS: lots of screws but not too difficult to take apart.

New fan is very noisy at slow speed and quieter at high speed.
Who would have guessed?

Running for a while and fan is changing speed as necessary. So it is
all working and laptop is getting enough air to not shut down.

So can use and back up using Macrium Reflect Free.


So if the fan noise get bothersome, I can get another fan and do
another replacement. Any suggestion on finding a quiet fan ?


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