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[nobbyken]

Hi,
My fan is a bit noisy at times, and if the speakers are being used or too much video content then the laptop crashes.

I've heard (googling) that it's a messy repair, but has anyone had success getting one repaired and how much did you pay?

[darkjedidave]

I had a MacBook with a noisy fan and it ended up being 61,000W for replacement. Hope that helps for an estimate.

[ttompatz]

[jonbowman88]

u have to open it up, take the fan out, and put a new one in. then it will be quiet.

[nobbyken]

Yeah, looking online it seems it's a tricky bugger to replace as most of the laptop has to be taken apart as I seen as a usual case with this common issue on x61's overheating and shutting down.
I have to play sound through plug-in, powered speakers to prevent shutdown on video playback. May as well just keep as second computer.
Thanks for suggestions,
NK.

[pkang0202]

It shouldnt' be very diffilcult. Its a simply matter of inscrewing screws and not losing them).

I've worked on Thinkpad T40's, T60's and the x61 shouldn't be any different.

[UknowsI]

The fan on my Lenovo X300 laptop broke. I took it to the local Lenovo repair centre in my city, but they claimed they were unable to help me because I bought the laptop in another country. Later I called the Lenovo main office, and they were very helpful. They had to discuss with their managers and call me back a little later, but spoke good English and I got everything covered for free. A man picked it up at my office and I got it back with a new fan a couple of days later. It will be harder to convince them to change a fan using the warranty if it's only noisy, but as long as you pay for it, I guess it should be ok.

Come to think of it, my laptop has now started to make some fan noises and will shut down from overheating. I guess I'm in the same boat as you. As long as I keep the computer on Power Saving option, it wont overhead, but if I put it on Maximum Performance it will consume more power, overheat and shut down. I can't really complain that my computer is having problem now since it's 4 years old and been through a lot, including being soaked in water for extended period of time.

[nobbyken]

Thanks, I now put it on 'power saver' too.

Yeah, this ones nearly 4 years and a year out of warranty.
I may attempt in a few weeks, when back in Scotland and I should have more space to work on things. Hardly any desk space here and wife and kids liable to want attention or move things if I start.

[nobbyken]

[vjung001]

Do you mean thermal paste? If you get a new fan from Lenovo, it should already have some applied to it.

[nobbyken]