T60/61 fan in R60?

[28CarsLater]

My R60 gets awful hot after about 45 min of use. I was going to open her up, replace the fan/apply thermal paste, and see if I can find a whitelist BIOS for an N-card swap. I recall reading a comment on a frankenpad explaining the T6x fan was necessary because it cooled better. I was curious to know if this is true and if it could be fitted to an R60? Thanks in advance.

[ajkula66]

Does your R60 have Intel or ATi graphics? Better yet, what's the full 7-character model number of the system in question?

[28CarsLater]

The R60 in question is Type 9462-7AU. I do not believe it has ATI graphics.

[RealBlackStuff]

Following the MTM link at the top of each web-page:
R60 (9462-7AU) ex factory looked like:
T2400(1.83GHz), 512MB RAM, 60GB 5400rpm HD, 15in 1024x768 LCD, 128MB ATI Radeon X1400, CDRW/DVD, Intel 802.11abg wireless, Modem, 1Gb Ethernet, UltraNav, Secure chip, Fingerprint reader, IEEE 1394, 6c Li-Ion batt, WinXP Pro

ATI X1400 is the hottest running discrete graphics version!
Given its age, it could probably do with a proper heatsink/fan cleaning and thermal paste renewal (use AS5).

[28CarsLater]

Ok I will clean what I have then as opposed to trying to replace it.

Thanks.