T61 Ebay Fan?

[Boy2006]

How about an Chinesse Fan? Mine is quite deat.
There are a lot of one of them is for example:
EUR 3,76 + EUR 0,80
Is the quality worse than the "original" or useable?

[zoltan87]

I think you can find even cheaper options, I while back I bought a few T60 fans for £1.30 each (shipping included). I haven't put them to use yet, but here are my observations: the axle is solid, and on an original lenovo T500 fan (that I use in my T60 at the moment) the axle has some grooves on it. Also the blade surface quality is worse on the cheap chinese ones, probably because of cheaper, lower quality injection moulds.

All in all I wouldn't worry about these things, as long as they are this cheap. I mean even if it's lifespan is 1/5 of an original fan, it's still cheaper to keep buying these chinese fans.

[zerotetration]

How about an Chinesse Fan? Mine is quite deat.

The original is made in China as well...

[Boy2006]

sure but does a copy of a copy do the same Job.