tarun thanks for the reply! I already put in a new fan which I bought from eBay. I notice that my laptop runs on high temperature even though I am not running many things(just the browser as I write this. CPU load aprears to be less than 20%). I am using NHC(Network Hardware Control Pre-Rel 06) to m...

Yes, it is properly connected and yes it does spin! although it doesnt spin constantly(and I guess thats intended).
I did notice the laptop getting frozen several times!
could it be because of "fan error" message.

Please help

Thanks,
TT

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