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hello, first time poster here.

so my x60s fan's been making some off-color sounds and i'm thinking about replacing it with a bargain fan from eBay. the lenovo support database here (http://support.lenovo.com/en_US/detail. ... MIGR-62906) shows the following parts that are compatible between the X60, X60s, X61, and X61s:

41V9747 - Fan assembly, Ultra Low Voltage
41V9748 - Fan assembly, Ultra Low Voltage
41V9749 - Fan assembly, Standard Voltage
42W2522 - Fan assembly, Intel Core 2 Duo processor Standard voltage
42X3804 - Fan assembly, Low Voltage
42X3805 - Fan assembly, Standard Voltage

EDIT: striked entries represent incompatible fan assemblies.

i've done a search in the forums and found the following thread:

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=104518

it seemed very helpful and informative, except the user's now been banned,

so which part number should my eBay fan correspond to for my x60s?


-cH

The Low and Ultra-Low Voltage fan assemblies are compatible with the X60s and X61s.

41V9747 - Fan assembly, Ultra Low Voltage
41V9748 - Fan assembly, Ultra Low Voltage

42X3804 - Fan assembly, Low Voltage

The Standard Voltage fan assemblies will not fit inside your X60s. These are taller and will only fit inside thel X60 and X61.

Caution:
You will find on eBay what is claimed to be the fan-ONLY part of the X60s/X61s heat sink assembly. The x60s/x61s fan is built into the heat sink metal, and canNOT be removed and replaced, plug-and-play style, with one of those eBay fans ... regardless of what the eBay listing claims. Unless you are willing to do "surgery" on the existing heat sink, buy the $30+ full heat-sink-fan assembly, and not just the $4 fan.

thank you both for your advice!

EOMtp wrote:Caution:
You will find on eBay what is claimed to be the fan-ONLY part of the X60s/X61s heat sink assembly. The x60s/x61s fan is built into the heat sink metal, and canNOT be removed and replaced, plug-and-play style, with one of those eBay fans ... regardless of what the eBay listing claims. Unless you are willing to do "surgery" on the existing heat sink, buy the $30+ full heat-sink-fan assembly, and not just the $4 fan.

Here's someone who took apart the fan assembly on their X60s. Posting here for relevance.

http://mm0hai.net/blog/2012/08/06/Servi ... s-fan.html

I have an X60s with working fan (the computer is not working - im waiting for new LCD to arrive). The wall of the blower to which the motor is connected is one part with the heat pipe and everything

The fan i have is suppoedly original

FRU P/N 41V9748
P/N 60.4B513.002
Toshiba MCF-W01PAM05 Rev. A02
5V 0.2A 3 wire (4 pin connector, 1 pin is missing)

If you want pics ask me