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T23 Fan Error
T23 Fan Error
I bought a second hand T23 a couple months ago, and occasionally upon boot, it would spit out "fan error". I couple restarts used to be able to fix the problem, but now it's constantly stuck on fan error. Would replacing the fan solve the problem, or is something more sinister going on? Can I use A T22 fan, because I can't seem to find a T23 fan anywhere.
Thinkpads: 760XD, 600E, T23, T30, T43p, T61p
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Re: T23 Fan Error
The heatsink halves can be split via screws to clean dust and take the fan rotor off and use little engine oil on the sleeve bearing. Remember to purchase some heatsink compound.
How I know? I have a T23 as well.
Cheers, thinkpadcollection
How I know? I have a T23 as well.
Cheers, thinkpadcollection
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Re: T23 Fan Error
T23 needs a T23 fan, nothing less.
Look on my website for a lot of T2x parts, incl. 3x T23 fan: http://theboardroom.info/parts1.html
Look on my website for a lot of T2x parts, incl. 3x T23 fan: http://theboardroom.info/parts1.html
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PS: the old Boardroom website is still available on the Wayback Machine.
Lenovo: X240, X250, T440p, T480, M900 Tiny.
PS: the old Boardroom website is still available on the Wayback Machine.
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Re: T23 Fan Error
T22 fan and T23 fan have completely different mounting designs. Why? Because even the shape of the CPU die and CPU socket, as well as TDP are much different for Coppermine vs. Tualatin on mobile.
I've cleaned both of them before so I've seen that difference with my own eyes.
Look at the HMM as well.
I've cleaned both of them before so I've seen that difference with my own eyes.
Look at the HMM as well.
I'm probably gonna try that on my spare T23 fan that is loud and have rattling noise.thinkpadcollection wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:03 pmThe heatsink halves can be split via screws to clean dust and take the fan rotor off and use little engine oil on the sleeve bearing.
Dell Lat CP MMX-233 64mb 40gb W2k
600 PII-266 416mb 40gb WXP
T23 PIII 1.13ghz 1gb W7
Precision M4300 X9000 8gb 160gb WUXGA Ultrasharp fp W10
T530i 15.6" i7 16gb fp W10
UXGA:
A30p PIII 1.2 1gb W7 (IDTech)
T43p 2.26 2gb fp W10 (Sharp)
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600 PII-266 416mb 40gb WXP
T23 PIII 1.13ghz 1gb W7
Precision M4300 X9000 8gb 160gb WUXGA Ultrasharp fp W10
T530i 15.6" i7 16gb fp W10
UXGA:
A30p PIII 1.2 1gb W7 (IDTech)
T43p 2.26 2gb fp W10 (Sharp)
Lat C840 P4-2.5 2gb 60gb W7 (Ultrasharp)
Re: T23 Fan Error
Good information here. I disassembled the fan, used 91% isopropyl alcohol to clean old dried lube off the fan stator, lubed with synthetic 5w30 oil, and spins right up now. Fan error is solved, and less junk to be thrown into a landfill.thinkpadcollection wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 5:03 pmThe heatsink halves can be split via screws to clean dust and take the fan rotor off and use little engine oil on the sleeve bearing. Remember to purchase some heatsink compound.
How I know? I have a T23 as well.
Cheers, thinkpadcollection
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Re: T23 Fan Error
Excellent job!
Only small complaint is quality of fonts in DOS and when video chip driver not in use. I wish this model used ATI 7500 chip instead then I'd be really loving the thinnest notebook.
Cheers, thinkpadcollection
Only small complaint is quality of fonts in DOS and when video chip driver not in use. I wish this model used ATI 7500 chip instead then I'd be really loving the thinnest notebook.
Cheers, thinkpadcollection
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