question about laptop fan

Dominic Bonfiglio dominicbonfiglio-Mmb7MZpHnFY at public.gmane.org
Sat Oct 13 07:00:28 UTC 2007


Thanks for the advice, Stephen and Tyler.
--Dominic

Stephen wrote:
> Dominic Bonfiglio wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have an IBM T42p that I've owned for four years. For the last two
>> weeks, I've been hearing extra noise periodically from the fan, a kind
>> of fluttering sound. Yesterday when I went to turn on my laptop, I got a
>> fan error, and the computer refused to boot. Fortunately after a few
>> attempts the computer eventually started. Based on some Internet
>> research, it seems likely that my fan needs either cleaning or servicing
>> or replacement. Has anyone out there had similar difficulties with their
>> fan? Would cleaning a fan be easy for a novice? Or should I just take my
>> computer to a professional and forget about tinkering with it myself?
>>
>>   
> If you take it in for service I highly recommend a place on Eglinton,
> south side 1 1/2 blocks west if the Allen. Called the Notebook Store
> or something similar.
>
> Stephen
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