Comments on: “Fan error” Blown Away http://foolswisdom.com/fan-error-blown-away/ A fool and his blog are soon parted. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:00:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-alpha By: RCFlorida http://foolswisdom.com/fan-error-blown-away/comment-page-2/#comment-255594 RCFlorida Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:15:56 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/fan-error-blown-away/#comment-255594 I have T42p with the long fan - replacement as shown here worked fine for me. A couple of notes: I just put one drop of thermal paste on the CPU (Didn't spread it as some said you should). Be careful removing existing fan if you are just cleaning it and reusing it - pulling up on it can bend/bow it and it might not sit flat. Don't pull on the fabric tabs - they are attached to a tin like piece that is stuck to heatsink - you could pull it off - the piece has the screw hole lined up to reconnect the keyboard & palm rest. Some screws may be goofy (Bad threads at bottom, show rust, rounded out top) - the ones that connect the heatsink/fan near the CPU & GPU should make firm contact as well as the bottom/external screws near those units. I have T42p with the long fan – replacement as shown here worked fine for me. A couple of notes: I just put one drop of thermal paste on the CPU (Didn’t spread it as some said you should). Be careful removing existing fan if you are just cleaning it and reusing it – pulling up on it can bend/bow it and it might not sit flat. Don’t pull on the fabric tabs – they are attached to a tin like piece that is stuck to heatsink – you could pull it off – the piece has the screw hole lined up to reconnect the keyboard & palm rest. Some screws may be goofy (Bad threads at bottom, show rust, rounded out top) – the ones that connect the heatsink/fan near the CPU & GPU should make firm contact as well as the bottom/external screws near those units.

]]> By: Steve http://foolswisdom.com/fan-error-blown-away/comment-page-2/#comment-254485 Steve Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:03:07 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/fan-error-blown-away/#comment-254485 Thanks for all the info! Getting ready to do this for a friend and this thread has been *invaluable*! Thanks for all the info! Getting ready to do this for a friend and this thread has been *invaluable*!

]]> By: Fred Fleming http://foolswisdom.com/fan-error-blown-away/comment-page-2/#comment-253957 Fred Fleming Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:41:25 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/fan-error-blown-away/#comment-253957 prying off the fan is delicate. Slide a flat blade screwdriver horizontally under the fan housing. Resist the temptation to pull up on the handle, as it will bear directly on the CPU chip, which is hyper sensitive to physical force. And everything else. Slide, do not pry! Go this way >>>>> not this way ////. prying off the fan is delicate. Slide a flat blade screwdriver horizontally under the fan housing. Resist the temptation to pull up on the handle, as it will bear directly on the CPU chip, which is hyper sensitive to physical force. And everything else. Slide, do not pry! Go this way >>>>> not this way ////.

]]> By: Merv. http://foolswisdom.com/fan-error-blown-away/comment-page-2/#comment-250500 Merv. Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:40:09 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/fan-error-blown-away/#comment-250500 What a great site, and I have learned so much by reading all the comments. I occasionally experience the 'Fan Error' display, but overcome the problem by lifting up the right hand side of the computer around 2 inches, and then letting it drop on to the table with a bang. Not very scientific, but it certainly works ! What a great site, and I have learned so much by reading all the comments.
I occasionally experience the ‘Fan Error’ display, but overcome the problem by lifting up the right hand side of the computer around 2 inches, and then letting it drop on to the table with a bang. Not very scientific, but it certainly works !

]]> By: Aaron http://foolswisdom.com/fan-error-blown-away/comment-page-2/#comment-247546 Aaron Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:32:28 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/fan-error-blown-away/#comment-247546 Hey, everyone. Another success story here... I replaced my T42 fan just as described by everyone else. Paid the $118 to Lenovo Canada for the part and shipping. The only minor change I made to the replacement process was skipping the hair dryer method of warming the stuck graphics heat sink... Instead, I booted the T42 pressing escape then ran a graphics-intensive application (MP3 visualisations in iTunes) for 10 minutes so the GPU got nice and hot, then powered down. It was still an effort to dislodge it, but it worked. Hey, everyone. Another success story here… I replaced my T42 fan just as described by everyone else. Paid the $118 to Lenovo Canada for the part and shipping.

The only minor change I made to the replacement process was skipping the hair dryer method of warming the stuck graphics heat sink… Instead, I booted the T42 pressing escape then ran a graphics-intensive application (MP3 visualisations in iTunes) for 10 minutes so the GPU got nice and hot, then powered down. It was still an effort to dislodge it, but it worked.

]]> By: justinsg http://foolswisdom.com/fan-error-blown-away/comment-page-2/#comment-245256 justinsg Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:51:34 +0000 http://foolswisdom.com/fan-error-blown-away/#comment-245256 I replaced my T40 fan and it worked great for a couple weeks, but now gives fan error on booting and the fan doesn't seem to be getting power. There's now Any suggestions? I replaced my T40 fan and it worked great for a couple weeks, but now gives fan error on booting and the fan doesn’t seem to be getting power. There’s now Any suggestions?

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