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Laptop fan broken.

villa2010
villa2010 Posts: 293 Forumite
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Hello amazing people,

I believe my laptops fan is not working and is causing my Laptop to get very warm at times.

Its a Dell Inspiron and out of warranty they said that it would cost £330 to come out and fix it....!

That seemed a tad overpriced.

Has any one got any suggestions...?

Many thanks.

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  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 11,907 Forumite
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    get one off ebay and do it yourself :)
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  • J-Pop
    J-Pop Posts: 91 Forumite
    villa2010 wrote: »
    Its a Dell Inspiron and out of warranty they said that it would cost £330 to come out and fix it....!

    That seemed a tad overpriced.

    That's well overpriced,

    You would need to take the laptop apart and look at the fan, it's likely the fan is clogged up with dust balls and fibers and stopping the fan from spinning properly.

    You may be able to find a video guide on how to take your model apart if you google it.
  • Hammyman
    Hammyman Posts: 9,913 Forumite
    I second the above. Its the usual main cause. If you don't want to do it yourself, a shop should charge no more than an hours labour.
  • villa2010
    villa2010 Posts: 293 Forumite
    They also said that I would have to purchase a new motherboard if I were to get a new fan...!
  • villa2010
    villa2010 Posts: 293 Forumite
    The fan also keeps clicking every second....!
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,612 Forumite
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    http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?rt=nc&LH_PrefLoc=1&_nkw=dell%20inspiron%20fan&_fln=1&_trksid=p3286.c0.m283

    loads....
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  • J-Pop
    J-Pop Posts: 91 Forumite
    villa2010 wrote: »
    The fan also keeps clicking every second....!

    Sounds clogged up to me, better stop using it and try and clean the fan before it breaks altogether.
  • closed
    closed Posts: 10,886 Forumite
    fan or hard disk keep clicking?

    If it's the fan, it may be catching on the case, or has a loose connector
    !!
    > . !!!! ----> .
  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 11,907 Forumite
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    clicking every second sounds more like the hard drive rather than the fan. Clean the fan out and if it's still clicking, back up all your data while the hdd is still operational.....
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  • Hammyman
    Hammyman Posts: 9,913 Forumite
    villa2010 wrote: »
    They also said that I would have to purchase a new motherboard if I were to get a new fan...!

    THey were talking out of their arriss. The fan is not part of the motherboard.
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